File is write protected

[pjgarner]

I'm having trouble with installing the "Follower Dialogue Expansion - Jenassa" mod (www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/120255) as part of the Follower Dialogue Expansion collection (http://www.nexusmods.com/games/skyrimspecialedition/collections/uu3kpb)

I can't get it to download or install, getting this error message for "Failed to install dependency":

EPERM: operation not permitted, stat 'C:\Users\*MyUser*\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\downloads\skyrimse\FDE Jenassa-120255-4-0-1738427207.zip'

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, stat 'C:\Users\*MyUser*\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\downloads\skyrimse\FDE Jenassa-120255-4-0-1738427207.zip'

Prior Context:

at Object.openAsync (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:9664:27)

at loop (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:1845:205)

at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:77:11)

And this message when I try to delete it to start afresh:

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EPERM: operation not permitted, stat 'C:\Users\pjgar\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\downloads\skyrimse\FDE Jenassa-120255-4-0-1738427207.zip'

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, stat 'C:\Users\pjgar\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\downloads\skyrimse\FDE Jenassa-120255-4-0-1738427207.zip'

Prior Context:

at Object.removeAsync (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:9684:232)

at onceStopped (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:1900:12)

at DownloadObserver.handleRemoveDownload (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:1902:230)

at C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:1855:58

at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:10219:190)

at EventEmitter.emit (node:events:517:28)

at removeId (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:2351:45)

at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)

at Object.action (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:2353:24)

at DialogCallbacks.instance (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:44:18)

at C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:47:92

at C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\node_modules\redux-thunk\lib\index.js:23:18

at C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\node_modules\electron-redux\dist\middleware\forwardToMain.js:25:59

at onDismiss (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:10324:245)

at dismiss (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:10323:217)

at dismiss (C:\Program Files\Black Tree Gaming Ltd\Vortex\resources\app.asar\renderer.js:10269:207)

The error message for both is saying:

"Vortex needs to access "C:\Users\*MyUser*\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\downloads\skyrimse\FDE Jenassa-120255-4-0-1738427207.zip" but it's write protected.

When you configure directories and access rights you need to ensure Vortex can still access directories.

This is usually not a bug in Vortex."

I can't even manually delete it from the Vortex downloads folder (the file has 0KB size) although everything else can be.

I'm using Vortex version 1.13.7 (only installed on my new system on Wednesday), a regular Nexus account, and Skyrim AE 1.6.1170.0 on Steam with SKSE64 installed.

Posted on the Collection/Individual mod's own pages as well.

[pjgarner]

Nvm, got it to work by restarting Vortex. Really weird how it would let me add all sorts of other mods including ones from the same collection but oh well