From 1c7bfec5982210b2666a91771777c56338cf4d8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 22:24:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Windows notes: add a few lines on gaining admin privs for
 installing

Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
---
 NOTES.WIN | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NOTES.WIN b/NOTES.WIN
index a2e91201ab..b3d19671bf 100644
--- a/NOTES.WIN
+++ b/NOTES.WIN
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
      PREFIX:      %ProgramFiles%\OpenSSL
      OPENSSLDIR:  %CommonProgramFiles%\SSL
 
+ ALSO NOTE that those directories are usually write protected, even if
+ your account is in the Administrators group.  To work around that,
+ start the command prompt by right-clicking on it and choosing "Run as
+ Administrator" before running 'nmake install'.  The other solution
+ is, of course, to choose a different set of directories by using
+ --prefix and --openssldir when configuring.
 
  GNU C (Cygwin)
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