--- a/cinst/nssstore_win.c	Mon Sep 29 16:53:49 2014 +0200
+++ b/cinst/nssstore_win.c	Mon Oct 13 12:31:37 2014 +0200
@@ -805,19 +805,44 @@
   /* Security: if someone has created this directory before
      it might be a symlink to another place that a users
      wants us to grant read access to or makes us overwrite
-     something */
-  if(!create_restricted_directory (path, true, &access_control_list))
+     something so we take the acl that would have been used to
+     create the directory and apply it later on if the directory
+     exists. */
+  if (is_elevated())
     {
-      ERRORPRINTF ("Failed to create directory\n");
-      xfree(path);
-      return NULL;
+      if(!create_restricted_directory (path, true, &access_control_list))
+        {
+          ERRORPRINTF ("Failed to create directory\n");
+          xfree(path);
+          return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* We are not elevated so we do not have to care about
+         restricting access and just create the directory with
+         default access rights. */
+      if (!CreateDirectoryW(path, NULL))
+        {
+          DWORD err = GetLastError();
+          if (err != ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
+            {
+              PRINTLASTERROR ("Failed to create directory");
+              DEBUGPRINTF ("Directory path is: %S ", path);
+              xfree (path);
+              return NULL;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
   if (wcscat_s (path, path_len, L"\\") != 0)
     {
       ERRORPRINTF ("Failed to cat dirsep.\n");
       xfree(path);
-      LocalFree(access_control_list);
+      if (access_control_list)
+        {
+          LocalFree(access_control_list);
+        }
       return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -825,7 +850,10 @@
     {
       ERRORPRINTF ("Failed to cat filename.\n");
       xfree(path);
-      LocalFree(access_control_list);
+      if (access_control_list)
+        {
+          LocalFree(access_control_list);
+        }
       return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -847,10 +875,11 @@
                           0,
                           NULL);
     }
-  else
+  else if (access_control_list)
     {
-      /* Opened existing file */
-      /* Set our ACL on it */
+      /* Opened existing file so set our ACL on it if
+         we created a restricted directory where
+         we obtained the access_control_list */
       PSID admin_SID = NULL;
       SID_IDENTIFIER_AUTHORITY admin_identifier = {SECURITY_NT_AUTHORITY};
 
@@ -896,11 +925,15 @@
       FreeSid(admin_SID);
     }
 
-  LocalFree(access_control_list);
+  if (access_control_list)
+    {
+      LocalFree(access_control_list);
+    }
 
   if (hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
     {
-      PRINTLASTERROR ("Failed to create file\n");
+      DEBUGPRINTF("Failed to create or open file: %S", path);
+      PRINTLASTERROR ("ERROR");
       syslog_error_printf ( "Failed to create nss instruction file.");
       xfree(path);
       return NULL;