java-native-access
diff --git a/‎contrib/platform/test/com/sun/jna/platform/win32/Advapi32Test.java‎
Lines changed: 10 additions & 1 deletion b/‎contrib/platform/test/com/sun/jna/platform/win32/Advapi32Test.java‎
Lines changed: 10 additions & 1 deletion
@@ -519,7 +519,16 @@ public void testReportEvent() {
     	String applicationEventLog = "SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\EventLog\\Application";
     	String jnaEventSource = "JNADevEventSource";    	
     	String jnaEventSourceRegistryPath = applicationEventLog + "\\" + jnaEventSource;
-    	Advapi32Util.registryCreateKey(WinReg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, jnaEventSourceRegistryPath);    	
+        // ignore test if not able to create key (need to be administrator to do this).
+        try {
+            final boolean keyCreated = Advapi32Util.registryCreateKey(WinReg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, jnaEventSourceRegistryPath);
+            if (!keyCreated) {
+                return;
+            }
+        } catch (Win32Exception e) {
+            return;
+        }
+
     	HANDLE h = Advapi32.INSTANCE.RegisterEventSource(null, jnaEventSource);    	
     	IntByReference before = new IntByReference();
     	assertTrue(Advapi32.INSTANCE.GetNumberOfEventLogRecords(h, before));