FrostyModManager cannot create symbolic links

[Euclid]

HI  All   Today I got ME Andromeda, just started the game  and then exit to desktop  and installed FrostyModManager (from Github).  Wanted to test it first (no mods) , launched as admin and got 3 popup messages "New installation detected.  ...." ,  "Frosty needs to generate symbolic links, ....." and " One or  more symbolic links could not be created, please restart the tool as Admin and  ensure your storage drive is formatted NTFS .."

Then nothing happens, Lauching is creating  ModData indefinitely.  All my drives are NTFS. Any hints appreciated.

Log just reads "[Core] Frosty Mod Manager v1.0.6.3
[Core]Custom Mods Directory does not exist, using default instead"

I've tried MCHORN's solution  with the launcher settings  to EA. But the  result is the same. Both, FMM and  EA, are run as admin.

Any help is appreciated.

Cheers Euclid

[Euclid]

Noticed in the list of installed plugins the FsLocalization Loader has an exclamation mark "GalaxyMan2015 &Mophead 1.0.1.1    !"  in the status column while all others have a tick.  Hence  I've tried a fresh install of the 1.0.6.3 (latest stable version), deleted also the Frost folder appdata>>local.  Unfortunately that did not solve the problem. It  seems lauching  the  game via FMM wants to execute a bat file and that fails.

 

Cheers  Euclid

[AaronOfMpls]

Is your game installed somewhere where Windows restricts permissions a bit more?  E.g., Program Files?

(Not a FMM user.  But when I was still on Windows, I had issues with editing some things when my Steam games were in Program Files, until I gave myself "full control" of a few game folders in there.)

[Euclid]

Thanks for  your feedback AaronOfMpls, appreciated.

And no, all my games are installed on SSDs D to  G. All ME games (installed via Steam), tools  and mods are installed in folders on F to which the admin has full comtrol.

Cheers  Euclid