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Neil Helgeson posted Wed March 11, 2026 09:18 AM

I am unable to install any extensions.  When I select one from the hub  and try to install I get a message of 1 installed and 1 failure.  I am running V29 on Windows 11.  What could be causing this?

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Jon Peck IBM Champion

The main reason for this failure is that the locations SPSS tries to use are not writeable.  You might try starting SPSS in Admin mode and then doing the install.

Another solution would be to create a directory where you know you have write permission and then create an environment variable like this example

SPSS_EXTENSIONS_PATH=c:\extensions

SPSS will then put that first on the list of locations to try.  After you  create it, restart SPSS before trying it as environment variables are read only on process startup.

Running SHOW EXT will display the locations where SPSS would try to install them,

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David Dwyer

Hi @Neil Helgeson,
Extension commands resources should install under your User profile.  If you don't have full access to your own profile, that is indeed a problem to discuss with your Administrator.

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