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Originally Posted by midat04
In asking your patience, can anyone advise how to extract mods etc into SH3 using Vista OS ....I keep getting "access denied" or cannot find path etc.....
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Little thread necromancy here, but I have a new tip. Vista wants to keep bad programs from fiddling with your applications. So it places permissions on the whole program files folder to make sure nothing can change anything without your consent. This makes it a PITA to use mods though. Two solutions:
1. Set JGSME to "run as admin" in the advanced tab on the file properties. This works, but you have to "accept" every time you run it JGSME and other programs like SHIII Commander aren't covered. (you also have to extract the mod files someplace under C:\users\myuser first)
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2. Change the permission on the SHIII folder. You only have to do this once and no dialogs will bother you anymore. All modding programs will work and you can uncompress files here as well.
- Right click the Silent Hunter III folder in Program Files\...
- Click "security"
- click the "Edit" button with the shield and confirm you want to do this.
- highlight "Users (Computername\Users)" in the list. (Computername will be unique to your computer.)
- Check the allow box on "full control"
- click "Ok"
Now your SHIII folder is writeable by anyone logged into the computer and all the mods will be happy.
WARNING: Don't apply this to any other folders. Changing permissions on SHIII is a bit of a security risk. A rogue program may scan Program Files looking for things to infect. If you did this to say "Adobe Acrobat" or another well known program you could be entering a world of pain.