Hello

::TECH-INFO::
I use Win Vista 64amd SP1 active autoupdate on an Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 
DualCore/4Gb/NVidia 8500 GT.
PovRay is V3.6.1.mscv8.win64.

::ERROR::
After a fresh install of PovRay on useraccount (with no admin-rights) 
without errors, save POVLEGAL.DOC fails ("Cannot create POVLEGAL.DOC"), 
arbitary file save fails (with crash), save settings fails and starting the 
example generate the messages with error:

Support libraries used by POV-Ray:
  ZLib 1.2.1, Copyright 1995-1998 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
  LibPNG 1.2.5, Copyright 1998-2002 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
  LibJPEG 6b, Copyright 1998 Thomas G. Lane
  LibTIFF 3.6.1, Copyright 1988-1997 Sam Leffler, 1991-1997 SGI

Preset INI file is 'C:\PROGRAM FILES\POV-RAY FOR WINDOWS 
V3.6\renderer\quickres.ini', section is '[512x384,
No AA]'.
Preset source file is 'C:\Program Files\POV-Ray for Windows 
v3.6\scenes\objects\chesmsh.pov'.
Redirecting Options
  All Streams to console..........On
  Debug Stream to console.........On
  Fatal Stream to console.........On
  Render Stream to console........On
  Statistics Stream to console....On
  Warning Stream to console.......On

/* THE ERROR */
Cannot open file C:\PROGRAM FILES\POV-RAY FOR WINDOWS V3. 
\RENDERER\RERUN\CURRENT.INI to write rerun information
/***********************************************/

Parsing Options
  Input file: C:\Program Files\POV-Ray for Windows 
v3.6\scenes\objects\chesmsh.pov (compatible to version
3.61)
  Remove bounds........On
  Split unions.........Off
  Library paths:
    C:\PROGRAM FILES\POV-RAY FOR WINDOWS V3.6\include
    C:\Windows\Fonts
Output Options
  Image resolution 512 by 384 (rows 1 to 384, columns 1 to 512).
  Output file: C:\Program Files\POV-Ray for Windows 
v3.6\scenes\objects\chesmsh.bmp, 24 bpp (system
format)
  Graphic display......On  (gamma: 2.2)
  Mosaic preview.......Off
  CPU usage histogram..Off
  Continued trace......Off
Tracing Options
  Quality:  9
  Bounding boxes.......On   Bounding threshold: 3
  Light Buffer.........On
  Vista Buffer.........On   Draw Vista Buffer....Off
  Antialiasing.........Off
  Clock value:    0.000  (Animation off)

Scene Statistics
  Finite objects:            2
  Infinite objects:          0
  Light sources:             2
  Total:                     4
File Init Error: Cannot open output file.
Total Scene Processing Times
  Parse Time:    0 hours  0 minutes  0 seconds (0 seconds)
  Photon Time:   0 hours  0 minutes  0 seconds (0 seconds)
  Render Time:   0 hours  0 minutes  0 seconds (0 seconds)
  Total Time:    0 hours  0 minutes  0 seconds (0 seconds)
CPU time used: kernel 0.11 seconds, user 0.05 seconds, total 0.16 seconds

POV-Ray finished

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