Is this just Vista, or what?

[mcarlsonus]

I've been forced into downloading and extracting mods one file at a time. I have Vista Home Premium and JSGME has been installed - and I used administrator rights to get it to generate the appropriate "MODS" and "BACKUP" folders. HOWEVER, when I attempt to extract mods I've downloaded into either the "MODS" folder, or another folder I've created, it gives me an error along the lines of "Can't extract to C:\SH4...\MODS..." I end up having to extract to Desktop instead, and then manually overwrite the existing files in SH4 (not a great idea, to be sure!)
What am I doing wrong?

System: 2G, AMDx2 4600+, XFX 7600GT, 320G SATA-7200

[EAGLE_01]

Originally Posted by mcarlsonus

I've been forced into downloading and extracting mods one file at a time. I have Vista Home Premium and JSGME has been installed - and I used administrator rights to get it to generate the appropriate "MODS" and "BACKUP" folders. HOWEVER, when I attempt to extract mods I've downloaded into either the "MODS" folder, or another folder I've created, it gives me an error along the lines of "Can't extract to C:\SH4...\MODS..." I end up having to extract to Desktop instead, and then manually overwrite the existing files in SH4 (not a great idea, to be sure!)
What am I doing wrong?

System: 2G, AMDx2 4600+, XFX 7600GT, 320G SATA-7200

Vista is secured against changes being made to files in an attempt to fight hackers. AFAIK. You need to right click Proram Files,>properties>Security, and either add your name to the accepted list or make sure all permissions are checked for your name. Then you can modify stuff in that folder. It will apply that setting to all files in the Program Files folder, so it will take a minute...Go get something to drink, as Ducimus said...

[skwasjer]

Ehm, don't ever modify permissions of system folders (Program Files, Users, Windows, etc)... You'll only make your system vulnerable/unstable. Either install the program you have problems with to another non-system drive, or change permissions only on a file-by-file or folder-by-folder bases where required, but not the entire parent folders

Games should never be installed to Program Files or even a system drive anyway.

In your case, only the MODS folder would do...

[bsalyers]

I believe it is Vista. I downloaded JSGME and ran the installer as admin. Everything went fine until I tried to install my mods. Thanks to Vista's "compatibility files" feature (whatever the heck THAT is), Vista won't even let you really unzip the files to your MODS folder; instead, they end up in some "virtual space" where they can't "hurt" you. JSGME won't even SEE them. And before I get the harsh "maybe you're just an idiot" responses, I'm running JSGME in compatibility mode for XP SP 2, with administrative privileges, per Jones' readme. I also checked the directory structure of my mods and they are fine.
If anyone else has encountered this and has an answer, I'd be very grateful.

[Capt. Shark Bait]

yanno, there is another solution. go back to XPSP2

[longam]

Or just turn off UAC, it is a pain.