Air installation needs admin privileges...I am the admin.

[katemg]

I'm trying to install Adobe Air and i keep getting the following error..."An error occurred while installing Adobe Air. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator." I am the administrator on my pc and I have made sure I'm logged in as such. I have tried all the troubleshooting on the forums and am still unable to find a solution. This is preventing me from using a certain application that requires AA to run so I would like to find a solution. Thank you.

[John T Smith · Accepted solution]

Right click the program and select Run as Administrator in the pop up window

[katemg]

I figured it out, in a nutshell....I'm an idiot.

[warsaw_]

Hello, I am having the same issue. Could you please tell me how you fixed yours? Thanks!

[Bani Verma]

Moving to AIR Installation Issues​

[BC_Doug]

Sounded like good advice, but didn't work for me. Also tried setting 'Run as Administrator ', in the "Change Setting for All Users". But still no joy. Other suggestions?

[BC_Doug]

After hunting around and trying various things, looks like the one that worked with Windows 10 Pro is:
Note: I have Admin access to my computer.

1. Followed steps above for setting the Compatability mode for the program as "Run as Administrator".

2. From a command line prompt, go into your folder and run the app as follows,
   (example: C:\Users\<username>\Downloads\AdobeAIRInstaller.exe –silent

https://helpx.adobe.com/air/kb/troubleshoot-air-installation-windows.html

To access Command Line Prompt, just type "command" into your search bar.

VERIFY: From your keyboar press Start-X and check "Apps and Features", you should see Adobe Air now listed (if this works for you of course)