10Midgets Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I've been getting a common error when trying to update FNIS telling me that it is being denied access a certain file preventing it from updating correctly. The exact message it's giving me is this, "ERROR(5): Access to the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim\Data\meshes\actors\character\behaviors\magicbehavior.hkx' is denied."I've tried running FNIS as admin and setting my account to an administrator account but nothing seems to fix the problem. I have tried completely uninstalling and then reinstalling it as well but that hasn't worked either so I'm really at a loss at this point and any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fkemman11 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Fores suggest moving your files out of your "C" drive as windows is blocking access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Midgets Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 Move my entire Steam file out of the "C" drive or just a certain file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroekr Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Entire Steam folder along with your mod organizer (MO or NMM) and any other (LOOT, FNIS, TesVEdit, etc.) files out of Program Files directory. It will save you problems in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Midgets Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 So I don't actually have a separate hard drive so do I need to buy one or is just moving it out of program files enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fore Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I've been getting a common error when trying to update FNIS telling me that it is being denied access a certain file preventing it from updating correctly. The exact message it's giving me is this, "ERROR(5): Access to the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Skyrim\Data\meshes\actors\character\behaviors\magicbehavior.hkx' is denied."I've tried running FNIS as admin and setting my account to an administrator account but nothing seems to fix the problem. I have tried completely uninstalling and then reinstalling it as well but that hasn't worked either so I'm really at a loss at this point and any help would be appreciated. I don't remember that anyone ever explicitly said that this happens when FNIS is manually installed. It seems that mod managers, both NMM and MO, are very susceptible to Access Denied when run in a UAC protected directory. So never ever run Steam and all games and tools in "C:\Program Files (x86)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroekr Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 So I don't actually have a separate hard drive so do I need to buy one or is just moving it out of program files enough? Just out of Program Files is fine. I said that in case you did have more than one hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Midgets Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 I fixed the problem, finally. Turns out it wasn't any of the problems I thought it was. I tried moving my steam folder out of program files and it wouldn't let me and I kept getting an error message saying I didn't have admin permissions or something of that nature, so I went looking for a solution to that and as it turns out, at some point in time, I had downloaded a piece of malware or spyware (I'm not sure which) that had hijacked my admin privileges on my computer and as a result I wasn't allowed to move or delete any files on my computer. None of my malware detectors could remove it so in the end I decided to do a factory reset on my computer and that seemed to work. I may have to reinstall Skyrim as well as all my mods again but at least I have admin control of all my files again so problem solved. Thanks to all the people who tried to help me solve it though and you'll be happy to know that I reinstalled steam outside of my program files this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fore Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 I fixed the problem, finally. Turns out it wasn't any of the problems I thought it was. I tried moving my steam folder out of program files and it wouldn't let me and I kept getting an error message saying I didn't have admin permissions or something of that nature, so I went looking for a solution to that and as it turns out, at some point in time, I had downloaded a piece of malware or spyware (I'm not sure which) that had hijacked my admin privileges on my computer and as a result I wasn't allowed to move or delete any files on my computer. None of my malware detectors could remove it so in the end I decided to do a factory reset on my computer and that seemed to work. I may have to reinstall Skyrim as well as all my mods again but at least I have admin control of all my files again so problem solved. Thanks to all the people who tried to help me solve it though and you'll be happy to know that I reinstalled steam outside of my program files this time. Thanks for telling. Access problems seem to become more frequent these days. And now I can give my users this valuable piece of information. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Midgets Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 I fixed the problem, finally. Turns out it wasn't any of the problems I thought it was. I tried moving my steam folder out of program files and it wouldn't let me and I kept getting an error message saying I didn't have admin permissions or something of that nature, so I went looking for a solution to that and as it turns out, at some point in time, I had downloaded a piece of malware or spyware (I'm not sure which) that had hijacked my admin privileges on my computer and as a result I wasn't allowed to move or delete any files on my computer. None of my malware detectors could remove it so in the end I decided to do a factory reset on my computer and that seemed to work. I may have to reinstall Skyrim as well as all my mods again but at least I have admin control of all my files again so problem solved. Thanks to all the people who tried to help me solve it though and you'll be happy to know that I reinstalled steam outside of my program files this time. Thanks for telling. Access problems seem to become more frequent these days. And now I can give my users this valuable piece of information. :thumbsup: Np, I would just like to point out however that this is a "last resort" kinda option because if you have the time, patience and know how to figure out what exactly is causing your problem it will save you all the reinstalling I had to do. If your like me however and you've spent days trying every solution you kind find online and none of them are working and you don't have the time, patience or know how to fix it and you don't mind resetting your cp then this solution will likely work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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