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Mod Organizer Read/write Permissions


MisterB1969

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I started up Mod Organizer today and got the following Error from Wearable Lanterns:

Mod Organizer/overwrite/SKSE r

Unable to write , need read/write permissions.

But when i goto the location in my MO folder, there is no SKSE folder.

I tried running SKSE as Admin, but that caused some kind of Elevation issue that made it impossible to start SKSE. So what should I do ??

Edited by MisterB1969
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(EDIT): https://superuser.com/questions/920489/does-the-amount-of-files-on-desktop-affect-computer-performance <- DON'T KEEP YOUR FILES IN THE DESKTOP FOLDER REGARDLESS OF SKYRIM/MO PERFORMANCE. My Mod Organizer folder is the largest folder on my computer, literally 95 gigs (yeah, I know, I need to clean it out). If I kept it on my desktop my computer would wig the f*** out.

 

Wearable lanterns should have an SKSE folder within it that it writes to, but if the file it's trying to write doesn't already exist (and isn't already identified by MO) it'll likely try to write it to the overwrite folder.

 

If the overwrite folder doesn't already have an SKSE folder that might be part of the problem. But that's unlikely. I've had the mod installed for years and I've never had to move parts from overwrite to the actual mod folder and there aren't any files related to that mod in my overwrite folder currently. The files/folders there include Plugins/StorageUtil.dlll, Plugins/WearableLanternsData/common.json, Plugins/WearableLanternsData/profile1.json (at least for me, don't know if there might be more) and Plugins/WearableLanternsData/startup_test_file.json. It's likely that last one giving you an issue judging by the name and with no other info to go by.

 

I think the most likely solutions to the problem are (in rough order):

 

  • Make sure MO is not installed to program files or program files (x86). If it is, that can create read/write problems because Microsoft decided to get finnicky about what's modified in those locations. If it is and you don't want to move it, see the next bullet and see if that works. Because reinstalling MO elsewhere is probably a pain in the ass, though it might work if you want to do that. (EDIT: Apparently you have MO installed to the Desktop folder. I address this as a major problem up top in the edit. That's probably also a place where Microsoft tries to control read/write permissions for a variety of reasons).

 

  • Run MO as an administrator (right click the MO link and select the option, or if it's on your taskbar right click and then rightclick the actual link and select the option). You addressed this in your first post and I'm drunk, sorry.

 

  • Make sure there is an SKSE folder in the wearable lanterns mod. If not, reinstall the mod. Or it may try to create it on game startup, in which case you'll have to move the related parts to the mod from the overwrite folder after they're created (which isn't working, but possible steps to deal with that are below), but I'm fairly sure I never had to do this.

 

  • Right click the overwrite folder within MO and make sure that authenticated users have read/write permissions.

 

  • Create the folder manually in the overwrite folder and give it the permissions as indicated above.
Edited by JackArbiter
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Alright, so I moved MO to the C drive. Re-installed Wearable Lanters, and created my own SKSE folder in MO, but still getting the error. I am unsure how to change a folder to ahve read/write permissions, so will have search for that. Cause its obviously im clueless on my own, when trying to figure that out. xD

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