Platformio failed to install as regular user

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Trying to install Platformio on Visual Studio and it installs OK as Administrator but not as regular user -

Installing PlatformIO Core…
Please do not close this window and do not open other folders until this process is completed.
Failed to install PlatformIO IDE.

This in on a windows 10…

Any suggestions? I’d prefer not to use VS as admin.

Thanks!

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Causes of failed installations are often related to antivirus software. Have you tried to disable all AV as a verification? Also, does any other more detailed error pop up? Is the VSCode directory somehow owned by admin maybe?

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That was a great thought, still got the same error though. I don’t know… I have it installed on Atom.

I was going to move some stuff over to VS and see how I liked it.

I’m going to uninstall it and start over.

Much appreciated!

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If you still don’t have any luck or get any useful error messages, try opening the Developer Tools (Help -> Toggle Developer Tools) as soon as possible after opening VSCode, to see if there are any error messages sent to the console there.