lakegastonlife, The documentation includes a help topic called "Launching InstallShield with vs. Without Administrative Privileges." That help topic explains the download error that you described. Since this is the Express forum, here's a link to the Express edition version of that help topic: http://helpnet.flexerasoftware.com/Robo/BIN/Robo.dll?tpc=/robo/projects/isxhelp17/launchingIS.htm The Limited edition of InstallShield is always run from within Visual Studio, so the Limited edition will always have the privilege level that Visual Studio has. By default, if you launch Visual Studio by double-clicking its shortcut on a Windows Vista or later system, you will not have administrative privileges, so the Limited edition will also not have administrative privileges. The procedure at the bottom of that help topic explains how to launch Visual Studio (and InstallShield) with administrative privileges. ... View more