How to solve: love.exe has stopped working (Windows 7)

[ghostwriter]

If you're working on Windows 7, you might have this problem when trying to debug your love2d programs:

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Instead of displaying useful debug information, love.exe simply crashes. This is because since Windows 7, the Program Files and Program Files (x86) directories are protected and love.exe is not allowed to write its errors to stdout.txt.

To solve this, find your LOVE directory and view its properties and click on the Security tab:

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Click on Advanced, then Change Permissions, then select your username and click Edit. Check "Full Control":

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Click OK, OK, OK, OK to clear all the properties windows. Now run your crashing program again for great success!

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Edit: if multiple users are going to run love2d, you might have to change the permissions for each of them.

[thelinx]

https://bitbucket.org/rude/love/issue/135/

[ghostwriter]

https://bitbucket.org/rude/love/issue/135/

Ah... well I'll keep this post here anyway for those of us who don't browse the bitbucket issues