You could also set Jenkins home (JENKINS_HOME) to be somewhere that doesn't require those permissions.
Sent from my Windows Phone From: Richard Bywater Sent: 9/1/2012 9:26 PM To: jenkinsci-users@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: problem installing plug-ins on windows pc Are you using Windows Vista/7/2008 or something similar? If so I wouldn't be suprised if there was a UAC-related issue trying to install the plugins into the Program Files folder (which requires admin privileges I believe) When we installed onto 2008 Server we installed into a non-program files directory to avoid problems like this. Richard. On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Kenneth <kenneth.f.niel...@gmail.com> wrote: > hmm, yes where would they be located by default? > C:\Program Files\Jenkins\xxx.log ?? > > On Sunday, September 2, 2012 12:52:47 AM UTC+2, slide wrote: >> >> Do you get an error message in the logs? What is the failing behavior? >> More information is needed to help debug the problem. I run Jenkins on >> Windows on several systems with no problems, so it is most likely a >> configuration issue. >> >> Sent from my Windows Phone >> ________________________________ >> From: Kenneth >> Sent: 9/1/2012 2:57 PM >> To: jenkins...@googlegroups.com >> >> Subject: problem installing plug-ins on windows pc >> >> Hi all, >> I am trying to get Jenkins to work, and I keep getting blocked by not >> being able to download and install plugin files. >> Has anyone a solution for this? >> it might be a setting in internet explorer or something. >> >> kfn