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rachelleb75063757
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May 15, 2015
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How to fix installation problem of 'not enough permissions to write disk?'

  • May 15, 2015
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I keep having trouble installing the adobe flash player, because right as it's starting to download it stops and prompts, "not enough permissions to write disk." What do I do?

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_maria_
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_maria_Community Manager
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May 15, 2015

Hi rachelleb75063757,

Flash Player installs to restricted areas of the file system and thus requires Admin permissions to install.


What OS is this on?  Is the user ID you are using to install a standard user or an administrator user?

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Maria

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rachelleb75063757Author
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May 15, 2015

The OS version is 10.10.3, is that the right thing? I didn't know there was a difference, I suppose. It's making me give my computer password to install, so I'm assuming that makes it an Administrator install? But once I put in my comp password, shouldn't that let it install?

_maria_
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_maria_Community Manager
Community Manager
May 15, 2015

Hi nuk473

Since Flash Player installs to protected system file locations OS X will always prompt for a password.  Your User ID may or may not be an administrator.  You can check to see if your user id is an administrator or not by doing the following:

  1. System Preferences > Users & Groups
  2. The left pane will list all users on the system and their account type (administrator, standard, etc).

This FAQ What userid & password do I need to install Flash Player? provides more information.

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Maria

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