Portable: cannot install to c:\program files

[pnadon]

I install OpenOffice Portable to c:\program files (Windows 7). OpenOffice Portable v3 wasn't a problem. But when I put OpenOffice Portable v4.1.1 in c:\program files\OpenOfficePortable I get the following:

Title: "Apache OpenOffice Portable (PortableApps.com Launcher")
Message: "Apache OpenOffice Portable cannot be run from inside C:\Program Files. This location is for standard local software only. Please use this application from another location."

Is there a "bypass" or work around to get past this?

Thanks

[Villeroy]

Install the regular version from http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html to C:\Program Files

[Bill]

This is not an OpenOffice issue. The message is from PortableApps which blocks installing and running portable programs in C:\Program Files because of issues with UAC. I always added a C:\PortableApps directory in Vista and Windows 8 and installed portable programs there. See these PortableApps forum threads for discussions about why portable apps shouldn't be in Program Files.

Restrictions on where LibreOffice Portable can be installed.

RBTray Portable cannot run from "C:\Program Files" folder!?

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