Error when installing

[AddieBatty]

I uninstalled Vortex a while ago and am attempting to reinstall it but every time I click the .exe I get this message:

 

Error opening file for writing:

D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Vortex\Uninstall Vortex.exe

 

Any ideas of what this means? I can't figure out what to do.

[HadToRegister]

Not sure, but I hope that's not where you initially installed Vortex.

You should NEVER install it inside the Steam folder

[AddieBatty]

Not sure, but I hope that's not where you initially installed Vortex.

 

You should NEVER install it inside the Steam folder

Well it's definitely too late for that. I believe that's where it was originally because I did not know at the time. I had uninstalled it weeks ago and now this is happening.

[HadToRegister]

 

Not sure, but I hope that's not where you initially installed Vortex.

 

You should NEVER install it inside the Steam folder

Well it's definitely too late for that. I believe that's where it was originally because I did not know at the time. I had uninstalled it weeks ago and now this is happening.

 

 

 

Try deleting this folder and start over

 

C:\users\YOUR NAME\appdata\roaming\Vortex

 

OR

 

C:\users\YOUR NAME\appdata\roaming\BlackTree Gaming\Vortex

 

Then reinstall Vortex with your AntiVirus turned off, just in case

[f4ye]

Haven't used Vortex since at least the start of 2022, I didn't have wifi so I had no way to use it and the file was completely missing on my pc. No idea what ever happened to it, but I am now trying to reinstall Vortex.

 

I keep getting the error "Error opening file for writing: F:\Vortex\Uninstall Vortex.exe"

If I click retry the error just pops back up, if I click abort the installation pauses and I have to click the X button, if I click ignore I get a "AccessControl error: Invalid filesystem path missing"

 

I don't even have a drive in my computer called "F" so I have no idea where it's trying to install Vortex. I already have administrator permissions and I even followed a youtube tutorial on making sure everyone has control over the Vortex app. After I close out of Vortex once the install fails I get the error "The item 'Vortex.exe' that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved, so this shortcut will no longer work properly. Do you want to delete this shortcut?'

 

Any ideas on what to do to fix this? My antivirus is already turned off so I don't understand what's causing this, is it possible to change the location of where my Vortex installs? I already moved the installation software itself to a folder where I'd like to install Vortex. Now what do I do?

 

I also attached images of the error messages.

 

[Vortex version 1.6.14]