Notepad++ Installation Error

When installing Notepad++ on Windows 7 64-bit, I receive this error:

Error opening file for writing:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\langs.model.xml

Click Abort to stop the installation,
Retry to try again, or
Ignore to skip this file.

Of course, if I click Ignore, it will just error out on the next file and the next file (if I click ignore, yet again), and so on.

After searching Google, I found a lot of people who received a similar error when trying to load it (after the install), but no one who experienced this problem on an install. Is there a workaround to this?

Download the ZIP package from the Notepad++ website. Unzip it, and then copy the langs.model.xml file from the package into C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++.

The application doesn't necessarily need to be installed, either. You can always just unzip the package to your preferred location and then launch the application directly from that folder. Should work just as well.

In any case, I believe you answer lies in downloading the .ZIP version of Notepad++, not the Windows Installer.

I encountered the same problem when tried to install the latest version, npp.6.3.2.Installer.exe.

One solution is: right click and Run as Administrator. It works properly then.