jerrk Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 (edited) errrr... uac? Whats a UAC? Edited April 21, 2011 by jerrk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker879 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 When Microsoft introduced Vista they came up with a security feature called User Account Control (which was slightly modified and carried over into Windows 7). It works to protect programs that are installed in Program Files or Program Files (x86) from 'unauthorized' changes (by malware and viruses for example). Unfortunately that also includes mods and utilities for Oblivion if it's installed in a subdirectory off Program Files. If you've used mods on this installation in the past you must have taken some steps to avoid problems with UAC. If you were just running vanilla Oblivion in the past, and have just started to add mods you are running up against UAC's 'protection'. UAC will not interfere with a vanilla (unmodded) installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrk Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 When Microsoft introduced Vista they came up with a security feature called User Account Control (which was slightly modified and carried over into Windows 7). It works to protect programs that are installed in Program Files or Program Files (x86) from 'unauthorized' changes (by malware and viruses for example). Unfortunately that also includes mods and utilities for Oblivion if it's installed in a subdirectory off Program Files. If you've used mods on this installation in the past you must have taken some steps to avoid problems with UAC. If you were just running vanilla Oblivion in the past, and have just started to add mods you are running up against UAC's 'protection'. UAC will not interfere with a vanilla (unmodded) installation. Wow, If i had known i could turn that off before, it would have saved me a lot of time, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker879 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Turning UAC off isn't the best way of dealing with it. That works, but moving your Oblivion install to a location outside of Program Files is the best way to deal with it. That means completely uninstalling and then re-installing the game to a directory such as C:\Games\Oblivion. If you decide to go that route, one of the moderators here bben46 has posted this uninstall/re-install guide to help get the job done correctly and completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrk Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 Turning UAC off isn't the best way of dealing with it. That works, but moving your Oblivion install to a location outside of Program Files is the best way to deal with it. That means completely uninstalling and then re-installing the game to a directory such as C:\Games\Oblivion. If you decide to go that route, one of the moderators here bben46 has posted this uninstall/re-install guide to help get the job done correctly and completely. ok, Ill try that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker879 Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 If you do uninstall/re-install don't neglect the CCleaner registry cleanup step ... it helps prevent problems when re-installing (with the Oblivion installer finding old references to your past installation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrk Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 ok, thats done, ill have to re-do all those meshes and stuff now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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