IrishCandle Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 So basically my power went out when i was launching Vortex to other day and ever since vortex has be giving me this error I've check task manger and screwed around with that, didnt help. I uninstalled and re installed vortex didnt work. I dont know what to do at this point. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmm200 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Did you reboot your PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCandle Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 yeah, still wont load Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Pickysaurus Posted February 14, 2022 Community Manager Share Posted February 14, 2022 I'm really confused how so many people get into this state. Basically some of the important files in %appdata%/Vortex can currently locked so Vortex thinks another instance is running. If you can't work out which files to update the ownership of, you can delete the entire %appdata%/Vortex folder to reset the app to defaults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatFalro Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 On 2/14/2022 at 8:08 PM, Pickysaurus said: I'm really confused how so many people get into this state. Basically some of the important files in %appdata%/Vortex can currently locked so Vortex thinks another instance is running. If you can't work out which files to update the ownership of, you can delete the entire %appdata%/Vortex folder to reset the app to defaults. I'm afraid you've been had, Picky. Our boy "Kenneth", if that even is his real name, is naught but a spammer in our midst. I even wrote a poem:Silly little spammerPosted on the forumDid not even realizeThe mods were coming for 'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Pickysaurus Posted February 15, 2022 Community Manager Share Posted February 15, 2022 Dang, they got me. Usually if they have 1 post I automatically assume a spammer until I check to see that they're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCandle Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 On 2/14/2022 at 8:08 PM, Pickysaurus said: I'm really confused how so many people get into this state. Basically some of the important files in %appdata%/Vortex can currently locked so Vortex thinks another instance is running. If you can't work out which files to update the ownership of, you can delete the entire %appdata%/Vortex folder to reset the app to defaults.Could you if its not too much to ask give me a quick step by step on what to do, im sorry im still rather new to pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmm200 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 When people quote a previous post - exactly - I really worry about malware placeholders.I hope the forum does not allow innocuous posts to be replaced with malware links after a few months... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Pickysaurus Posted February 17, 2022 Community Manager Share Posted February 17, 2022 On 2/17/2022 at 3:59 PM, rmm200 said: When people quote a previous post - exactly - I really worry about malware placeholders.I hope the forum does not allow innocuous posts to be replaced with malware links after a few months... If it's an exact copy, it's 99% going to be a bot/spammer. I've banned them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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