Please help..

[Fl4yedone]

Ok, so i was looking through a couple of mods today on planet elder scrolls and installed a couple such as "Qarl's Harvest". After I installed the mods I decided to go check them off in the Oblivion Launcher under DATA before playing and I get an error message saying "Unable to find any data files. Your Oblivion installation appears to be damaged. Please uninstall Oblivion and reinstall it from the original disc(s)." I then try to go in to the Technical Support part in the Oblivion Launcher and under the Readme tab it says "Could not find Readme.txt", I then click on the Contacting Bethesda tab and I see "Could not find Bethesda.txt". So i go back and click Play and then it comes up with "The Oblivion Launcher could not find the Oblivion game executable. Please reinstall Oblivion. I sit there confused, then I go to TES4EDIT and try to clean one of the dirty mods after I ran BOSS to sort my loading order and as I open TES4EDIT I don't see any Plugins in the Box that appears. I decided to take a look at the log that appears when you open TES4EDIT and I get this:

 

Using Oblivion Data Path: C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\

Using ini: C:\Users\Lawrence\Documents\My Games\Oblivion\Oblivion.ini

Using settings file: C:\Users\Lawrence\AppData\Local\Oblivion\Plugins.tes4viewsettings

Loading active plugin list: C:\Users\Lawrence\AppData\Local\Oblivion\Plugins.txt

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Visual Enchantments v0.9.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "SDCrystalBallLamps.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "No Quest Items [v.1.0].esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Bashed Patch, 0.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Cobl Silent Equip Misc.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "LightSpellLiteBlue.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities - Open Better Cities.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities - COBL.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities Full FPS Patch.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities IC Waterfront.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities IC Temple.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities IC Talos Plaza.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities IC Prison.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities IC Market.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities IC Green Emperor Way.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities IC Elven Gardens.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities IC Arena.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities IC Arcane University.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities IC Arboretum.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities - VWD of the IC.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities Full.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "_Ren_BeautyPack_full.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "_Ren_BeautyPack_onlyhairs.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "FastTravelAllowed.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "actors_in_charge.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Fullbody Armour for Sephs Animations.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "JM's Bar Fights.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "dyseso_Alchemy_Potion_Perks.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Potion_Unlimiter-1948.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "RealisticMagicForceHigh.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "RealisticForceMedium.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Quest Award Leveller.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Cliff_BetterLetters.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Bag of Holding.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Salmo the Baker, Cobl.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Shadowcrest_Vineyard.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "HoarfrostCastle.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "za_bankmod.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "VOILA - Soldiers of Empire.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "VOILA.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "The Imperial Water.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Mag1cWind0w_The_Imperial_Water.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "LetThePeopleDrink.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Cobl Tweaks.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Cobl Glue.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "SilverwareWeapons.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Nicos Scimitars Side.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "KDClothCirclets.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "KDCirclets.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "HouseMapMarkersOnlyBought.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Streamline 3.1.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "ReneersNotesMod.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Qarls_Harvest.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Lamps of Oblivion.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "ClocksOfCyrodiil_BC_OBC_OC_OCLR_Vanilla.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "WindowLightingSystem.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "All Natural - Real Lights.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Storms & Sound.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Sounds of Cyrodiil.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Atmospheric Oblivion.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Symphony of Violence.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Louder Nirnroot Sound.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Idle Dialogue.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Bell Sounds.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Immersive Interiors.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "All Natural.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "LoadingScreens.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities .esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Lamps of Oblivion Master.esm"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Better Cities Resources.esm"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Qarls_Harvest.esm"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Cobl Main.esm"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "All Natural Base.esm"

Note: Active plugin List contains nonexisting file "Oblivion.esm"

Ignoring ModGroup Kvatch Rebuilt and OOO+MMM: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Kvatch Rebuilt and OOO: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Kvatch Rebuilt: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Knights of the Nine and UL: Ancient Redwoods: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup SM Spell Leveller: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup UL: Chorrol Hinterland and UL: River Ethe: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup UL: Chorrol Hinterland and UL: Lush Woodlands: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Supreme Magicka and FCOM: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Supreme Magicka: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup UL: Lost Coast, Better Cities and Compatibility Patch: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup UL: Chorrol Hinterland, Better Cities and Compatibility Patch: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Better Cities: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Official Plugin - Battlehorn Castle: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Official Plugin - Knights of the Nine: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Official Plugin - Orrery: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Official Plugin - Mehrunes Razor: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Official Plugin - Thieves Den: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Official Plugin - Vile Lair: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Official Plugin - Frostcrag: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Official Plugin - Spell Tomes: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Official Plugin - Horse Armor: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup FCOM: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Tamriel Travellers: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup IWRRetrofitted: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup AWS: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Francesco's Leveled Creatures-Items Mod: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup COBL: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Tamrielic Ingredients: less then 2 plugins active

Ignoring ModGroup Unofficial Patches: less then 2 plugins active

[23:40] Background Loader: starting...

[00:00] Background Loader: Warning: <Can't find C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\..\obmm\BSARedirection.bsa>

[00:00] Background Loader: Warning: <Can't find C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\Oblivion - Meshes.bsa>

[00:00] Background Loader: Warning: <Can't find C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\Oblivion - Textures - Compressed.bsa>

[00:00] Background Loader: Warning: <Can't find C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\Oblivion - Sounds.bsa>

[00:00] Background Loader: Warning: <Can't find C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\Oblivion - Voices1.bsa>

[00:00] Background Loader: Warning: <Can't find C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\Oblivion - Voices2.bsa>

[00:00] Background Loader: Warning: <Can't find C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\Oblivion - Misc.bsa>

[00:00] Background Loader: [C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\] Setting Resource Path.

[00:00] Background Loader: finished

 

Can anyone please help me?

Edited October 13, 2011 by Fl4yedone

[HeyYou]

You are on either Vista, or Win7, and the game is installed in program files......

 

Best bet is going to be uninstall the game, nuke the install folder, and the one in My Games (you can back up your saves first if ya like) and then Reinstall the game SOMEPLACE ELSE. C:\Games\Oblivion works great.

[bben46]

What that log is telling you is that Windows cannot find those files in the place where the path (or possibly the Registry) says they are.

 

First guess, since you installed in the UAC controlled program files location, UAC has decided that the mods in question are malware and has blocked them. Which somehow affected the game itself. Possibly causing some corruption in files or Registry. If you had UAC turned off, a microsoft update could have turned it back on. :wallbash:

 

Best solution for this is to completely uninstall and reinstall in a better location. Moving the game doesn't always work properly. And may leave behind some stray Registry entries that can come back and byte you later. If the game is not in program files then what UAC does is no longer relevant. :thumbsup:

 

Here is a link to my complete uninstall/reinstall procedure located in the WIKI section of the Nexus

http://wiki.tesnexus...stall_procedure

 

 

 

It allows you to preserve any saves and mods, or remove them completely - your choice.

[Fl4yedone]

Actually it WAS installed in program files BUT I moved it to my games so I could install Wrye Bash. It worked fine until I tried to installed some of the mods yesterday But you may be right on the registry entries part. Thanks for the reply, I'll see what I can do.

[Fl4yedone]

Wow, I just copied the Bethesda Softworks folder back to program files and it works again.. any ideas?

[AnimalRiot]

No wonder you had problems. Moving the folders around is the problem.

 

Do a proper uninstall from Program Files and a new install on somewhere like "C:\Games\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\".

 

You have to remember that when installing the game, the installer adds Windows registry entries which point to the installation folder. The registry stuff isn't updated when you move folders around after the installation that's why Windows can't find your Oblivion data.

Edited October 14, 2011 by AnimalRiot

[Fl4yedone]

O.k thanks I understand now :P