PedgeJ Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 I was reading it's because of UAC and running as an administrator causes issues. Is there a way to just turn the nag off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadToRegister Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 First off, DO NOT RUN VORTEX as an AdministratorIf you want to turn the nag off, look in your windows security settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedgeJ Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 I didn't plan on running as admin. In my settings do you mean turn off UAC? TY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AugustaCalidia Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 As I understand it, when installing a program in Windows, selecting "yes" to the UAC prompt does not automatically elevate the program executable. When selecting "yes," you're simply telling Windows that it's OK to install the program. I say this on the basis of my own experience. When I first installed Vortex and then its subsequent updates, I was always prompted for permission to install. However, in each case, when I checked the Vortex permission level, it has always been at a non-administrator level. By the way, I would not turn off UAC. It's there to protect you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannin42 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Noooo, please don't disable UAC, it's the most important and effective security measure on your PC. Vortex is very safety conscious. When you deploy mods and the deployment method is "symbolic link", only an elevated process can create symbolic links (it's odd but that's how MS implemented it). But Vortex starts a separate process with minimal functionality (e.g. no extensions can affect that process) that just creates the links and then ends.Unfortunately this triggers a UAC dialog every time.Possible Solutions are:- either move your mod install directory to the same drive as the game and then use hard link deployment- or turn off automatic deployment and only deploy immediately before starting the game (if you start from inside Vortex it will remind you). This way you still need to confirm the UAC dialog but only once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedgeJ Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 Possible Solutions are:- either move your mod install directory to the same drive as the game and then use hard link deployment- or turn off automatic deployment and only deploy immediately before starting the game (if you start from inside Vortex it will remind you). This way you still need to confirm the UAC dialog but only once.Are these confirmed working?And thanks guys for all of you looking out for me with UAC, don't see a lot of community like that nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
platinums Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 i have my games on d:, then have some games on a different drive/ssd depending what needs it. ( use symlinks\hardlinks) Can i set it up to avoid the elevate nags? Can you have specific location per game for mod folders? Also, whats the worst that can happen if the Vortex software is run as Admin, mods with virus's getting free reign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadToRegister Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 i have my games on d:, then have some games on a different drive/ssd depending what needs it. ( use symlinks\hardlinks) Can i set it up to avoid the elevate nags? Can you have specific location per game for mod folders? Also, whats the worst that can happen if the Vortex software is run as Admin, mods with virus's getting free reign? No, you get locked out of your game database and have to Tale "Ownership" of the files and folders again.That's what I got stuck doing. I never get a notice about Elevating. If you are, then perhaps your games, and Steam is set to run as Administrator.So you need to set Steam to run regularly along with your games etc Also, you should have your games on the same drive as your mod staging folder.Somebody else used symlinks and hardlinks in their system to 'move" their mod files, and ended up accidentally deleting 6 years worth of download mods because when Vortex updated, he had forgotten he had the symlinks/hardlinks to his mods on a different drive and it wiped them out You can have separate mod folders, but they're going to have a common top folder. IE D:\Vortex Mods\skyrimseD:\Vortex Mods\fallout3D:\Vortex Mods\falloutnewvegasD:\Vortex Mods\oblivionD:\Vortex Mods\fallout4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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