Index: trunk/src/lib/com/izforge/izpack/installer/PrivilegedRunner.java
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--- trunk/src/lib/com/izforge/izpack/installer/PrivilegedRunner.java	(revision 2649)
+++ trunk/src/lib/com/izforge/izpack/installer/PrivilegedRunner.java	(working copy)
@@ -103,7 +103,12 @@
     {
         try
         {
-            File temp = new File("C:\\Program Files\\foo.txt");
+            String programFiles = System.getenv("ProgramFiles");
+            if (programFiles == null)
+            {
+                programFiles = "C:\\Program Files";
+            }
+            File temp = new File(programFiles, "foo.txt");
             if (temp.createNewFile())
             {
                 temp.delete();