Directories are not writable

[eaiym]

So at the moment I'm trying to set the staging folder to C:\Vortex but it keeps telling me there's an error and that I don't have user permission to write to this directory. It doesn't ask for permission; my account is administrator for obvious reasons being that this is a shared PC and I'm the owner, but I'm not running Vortex as administrator so I can't see how that would mess up permissions. I've tried to place the staging folder to everywhere, even my own account's user file, and it still says I 'need to select directories that the current user account can write to!'.

 

I'm on the current version of Vortex.

 

Any help?

[HadToRegister]

Do you have UAC turned off?

[eaiym]

It's probably not best to use jargon with me I'm not the most technologically intuitive person.

 

What's UAC?

[AugustaCalidia]

It's probably not best to use jargon with me I'm not the most technologically intuitive person.

 

What's UAC?

 

UAC = User Account Control. This is a fundamental security feature of Windows, starting with Vista.

[eaiym]

 

It's probably not best to use jargon with me I'm not the most technologically intuitive person.

 

What's UAC?

 

UAC = User Account Control. This is a fundamental security feature of Windows, starting with Vista.

 

Okay, so what do I do with it?

[DaveClaw]

C:\ is a more protected location in recent versions of Windows.

 

If you create the folder as Documents > Vortex instead that might work. The path is then C: > Users > YOURNAME > Documents > Vortex

 

If you have a second hard drive, D: > Vortex would also work.

 

That's much safer than turning off UAC.

[HadToRegister]

C:\ is a more protected location in recent versions of Windows.

 

If you create the folder as Documents > Vortex instead that might work. The path is then C: > Users > YOURNAME > Documents > Vortex

 

If you have a second hard drive, D: > Vortex would also work.

 

That's much safer than turning off UAC.

 

I wasn't instructing him to turn off UAC, I was asking him if he HAD UAC turned off, because it can cause the problems he's having.

[eaiym]

 

C:\ is a more protected location in recent versions of Windows.

 

If you create the folder as Documents > Vortex instead that might work. The path is then C: > Users > YOURNAME > Documents > Vortex

 

If you have a second hard drive, D: > Vortex would also work.

 

That's much safer than turning off UAC.

 

I wasn't instructing him to turn off UAC, I was asking him if he HAD UAC turned off, because it can cause the problems he's having.

 

 

UAC is on recommended settings. As I said in the original post, I've already tried to put the path in my specific folder of the users area, with no luck. If Skyrim is in C:\ program files \bethesda softworks\skyrim would it not clash with Vortex if it was in the D drive? I thought they had to be on the same one.

[HadToRegister]

 

 

C:\ is a more protected location in recent versions of Windows.

 

If you create the folder as Documents > Vortex instead that might work. The path is then C: > Users > YOURNAME > Documents > Vortex

 

If you have a second hard drive, D: > Vortex would also work.

 

That's much safer than turning off UAC.

 

I wasn't instructing him to turn off UAC, I was asking him if he HAD UAC turned off, because it can cause the problems he's having.

 

 

UAC is on recommended settings. As I said in the original post, I've already tried to put the path in my specific folder of the users area, with no luck. If Skyrim is in C:\ program files \bethesda softworks\skyrim would it not clash with Vortex if it was in the D drive? I thought they had to be on the same one.

 

 

Vortex can be on a different drive, but the Mod Staging Folder has to be on the same drive as the game

 

 

That's where you change it

Note my Mod Staging Folder is nowhere NEAR the Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition folder.

 

 

[eaiym]

 

 

 

C:\ is a more protected location in recent versions of Windows.

 

If you create the folder as Documents > Vortex instead that might work. The path is then C: > Users > YOURNAME > Documents > Vortex

 

If you have a second hard drive, D: > Vortex would also work.

 

That's much safer than turning off UAC.

 

I wasn't instructing him to turn off UAC, I was asking him if he HAD UAC turned off, because it can cause the problems he's having.

 

 

UAC is on recommended settings. As I said in the original post, I've already tried to put the path in my specific folder of the users area, with no luck. If Skyrim is in C:\ program files \bethesda softworks\skyrim would it not clash with Vortex if it was in the D drive? I thought they had to be on the same one.

 

 

Vortex can be on a different drive, but the Mod Staging Folder has to be on the same drive as the game

 

 

That's where you change it

Note my Mod Staging Folder is nowhere NEAR the Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition folder.

 

 

 

 

I meant, would it not clash with Vortex if it [the staging folder] was in a different drive. I've tried placing the staging folder in a ton of different places in the C: drive, which is the same drive Skyrim is in. Every time I put it somewhere it said I don't have permission to write in this location.

 

I don't understand. I never had this issue with Nexus Mod Manager. I wouldn't even be using Vortex if I could still use NMM to download mods straight from the nexus instead of downloading them manually and fiddling with them.