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Insert operation leads to exception on Windows when installed using msi
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> The SQLite project does not publish any application which uses either ".msi" installation or exception-style error handling.

That particular API is maintained under this project's umbrella:

<https://system.data.sqlite.org/>

As you say, though, the OP's problem is certainly one of trying to write somewhere where a non-admin user is not permitted.