williamren Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 I need help with omod, when I try to install new mods it says that I need to be administrator or something like that. The problem is that I am administrator. I use vista btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosisab Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 I need help with omod, when I try to install new mods it says that I need to be administrator or something like that. The problem is that I am administrator. I use vista btw.are you in the very beginning, BTW, have you installed just recently? If yes, uninstall and install again, this time far away from C:\Program Files. Any folder will do the trick. Better yet if it's another partition. I'm assuming the game is installed there since it's the most common source of problems. If it's not the case or you do not want to reinstall, the solution is turning out the UAC and actually start the application as "Administrator", seems it's not enough you being administrator in Vista, it's need to be The Administrator. Sorry I don't use Vista and never used beyond the beta testing. It was clear that OS were never to be launched, it is a bridge between the XP and 7 exactly like Millenium Edition was between the 98 and XP, and just so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Unfortunately, in both Vista and Win7 being the computer administrator does not mean you are the real administrator. UAC will force you to Right click each file, find the line run as administrator, left click that and then it allows you be the administrator of that file only. You could turn UAC off, but that leaves any other files in the program files folders open to being hacked. Turning off UAC just hands over anything on your computer to the first virus that manages to get by any protection you have. Best is what nosisab recommended - install the game outside of the protected program files folder.Create a new folder C:\Games\Oblivion and install it there. Microsoft never intended for programs such as Oblivion with mods to be protected by UAC. Bethesda made Oblivion before Vista and in XP (NO UAC) everything went into the program files automatically. If you need to reinstall and keep everything. Here is a link to my complete uninstall/reinstall procedure located in the articles section of the Nexushttp://www.tesnexus.com/articles/article.php?id=240 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamren Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 It works now, thanks alot! :thanks: (I hate those sign smileys) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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