Vortex Error

[Emophaze]

I am getting this error everytime I boot up vortex though im not sure why and i have no clue on how to fix it.

 

dest already exists.
Error
at Object.withTmpDir (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:168:210)
at C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:989:46
at tryCatcher (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\util.js:16:23)
at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:547:31)
at Promise._settlePromise (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:604:18)
at Promise._settlePromiseCtx (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\promise.js:641:10)
at _drainQueueStep (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:97:12)
at _drainQueue (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:86:9)
at Async._drainQueues (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:102:5)
at Async.drainQueues (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\node_modules\bluebird\js\release\async.js:15:14)

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[italocjs]

Same here, fresh install of windows and vortex

[Pickysaurus]

Go to Downloads -> Open Download folder

 

Then go up one level to the list of games.

 

Delete the folder called "Site"

 

Restart Vortex

[Connectamabob]

Having the same issue.

 

Go to Downloads -> Open Download folder

 

Then go up one level to the list of games.

 

Delete the folder called "Site"

 

Restart Vortex

 

EDIT:

I think Pickysaurus above was assuming that the Vortex UI was still usable (which was not the case for me), and was giving directions for how to do this from within Vortex.

 

If, like me, you are unable to use the Vortex UI because of it being locked behind an un-dismissable error popup, the folder you want to delete is:

C:\Users\(YourName)\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\downloads\site

 

Deleting this folder and re-starting Vortex fixed the problem in my case.

 

Edited November 5, 2021 by Connectamabob

[Guest deleted34304850]

okay if you can't do it via vortex its easy enough.

in windows file explorer open the directory where you've told vortex to download mods to - i don't know what you set it to - but lets pretend you did something sensible like D:\games\

 

in that directory navigate to d:\games\downloads\

 

there should be a directory called site - delete it. simple.

[Guest deleted34304850]

Having the same issue.

 

Go to Downloads -> Open Download folder

 

Then go up one level to the list of games.

 

Delete the folder called "Site"

 

Restart Vortex

 

EDIT:

I think Pickysaurus above was assuming that the Vortex UI was still usable (which was not the case for me), and was giving directions for how to do this from within Vortex.

 

If, like me, you are unable to use the Vortex UI because of it being locked behind an un-dismissable error popup, the folder you want to delete is:

C:\Users\(YourName)\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\downloads\site

 

Deleting this folder and re-starting Vortex fixed the problem in my case.

 

heads up for you - i really wouldn't put my downloads folder in appdata. you may want to search this forum for hundreds of posts on download folders and where to place them. appdata is not a good choice.

[Connectamabob]

 

Having the same issue.

 

Go to Downloads -> Open Download folder

 

Then go up one level to the list of games.

 

Delete the folder called "Site"

 

Restart Vortex

 

EDIT:

I think Pickysaurus above was assuming that the Vortex UI was still usable (which was not the case for me), and was giving directions for how to do this from within Vortex.

 

If, like me, you are unable to use the Vortex UI because of it being locked behind an un-dismissable error popup, the folder you want to delete is:

C:\Users\(YourName)\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\downloads\site

 

Deleting this folder and re-starting Vortex fixed the problem in my case.

 

heads up for you - i really wouldn't put my downloads folder in appdata. you may want to search this forum for hundreds of posts on download folders and where to place them. appdata is not a good choice.

 

 

I didn't put it there. The Vortex installer did. That's the default location.

 

If it shouldn't be, that really needs to be taken up with the devs (and/or made a sticky thread) instead of chiding end users for not being clairvoyant enough to have searched for it specifically.

[Guest deleted34304850]

 

 

Having the same issue.

 

Go to Downloads -> Open Download folder

 

Then go up one level to the list of games.

 

Delete the folder called "Site"

 

Restart Vortex

 

EDIT:

I think Pickysaurus above was assuming that the Vortex UI was still usable (which was not the case for me), and was giving directions for how to do this from within Vortex.

 

If, like me, you are unable to use the Vortex UI because of it being locked behind an un-dismissable error popup, the folder you want to delete is:

C:\Users\(YourName)\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\downloads\site

 

Deleting this folder and re-starting Vortex fixed the problem in my case.

 

heads up for you - i really wouldn't put my downloads folder in appdata. you may want to search this forum for hundreds of posts on download folders and where to place them. appdata is not a good choice.

 

 

I didn't put it there. The Vortex installer did. That's the default location.

 

If it shouldn't be, that really needs to be taken up with the devs (and/or made a sticky thread) instead of chiding end users for not being clairvoyant enough to have searched for it specifically.

 

 

i didn't chide you - look up the word and understand it before you use it. i threw you a bit of free, friendly advice that you're free to ignore because you know - no-one tells you how to do vortex, right?

 

Also, i'm aware that it's the default location. Its perfectly fine as a default location - but - if you have a lot of mods, they consume a lot of disk storage and if your disk where appdata is located isn't huge, you can get issues. if you get issues, then its more than likely you'll be back here going full karen because your disk has run out of space, then you'll panic and delete all the mods and wonder why nothing works and blame everyone except yourself because no-one takes responsibility for their actions, no matter how stupid they are.

 

also - it isn't anything the devs would be able to deal with as everyone's system is different - so they use the windows default location - because - well - it's the default location on every system.

 

but hey, you do you. i'm sure you'll be perfectly fine.

Edited November 6, 2021 by 1ae0bfb8