I had similar problems and every time the download file had a different MD5 checksum. I'll post my checksum tomorrow so that you can compare with yours. I'm using MPLABX v1.3 and xc16 v1.0 Chetan Bhargava http://microz.blogspot.com On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 5:39 PM, Jim Franklin wrote= : > What I have found over the years is that whilst Microchip makes excellent > chips, they make pretty dire software. > > Did someone say MPLABX? > > A real pity as it looks to have some really nice features in it - like a > real development environment should be. > -Jim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf = Of > cdb > Sent: 11 August 2012 23:45 > To: PICLIST@mit.edu > Subject: [PIC] Microchip XC8/16 v1.10 install error > > I installed the above builds yesterday (I already had v1.00 installed) an= d > both installers had the same file copying failure when trying to copy fro= m > my temp directory the XCLM.conf file to the etc directory. > > After attempting to manually copy the file I found that the etc directory > is not accessible due to Microchip making it accessible only with 'Specia= l > User' permissions. > > Both compilers worked. After adding my user name and giving myself full > permissions to this file, I could open the folder and see that despite th= e > installer error message box the file was in fact there. > > This file appears to have something to do with the licencing requirements= .. > > So in a nutshell, if you get this error message upon install and you find > that you are denied access to this folder in your file explorer, it looks > as though it can be ignored. > > Colin > -- > cdb, on 12/08/2012 > > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .