Vortex needs to access ... but doesnt have permission to. If your account has admin rights Vortex can try to unlock the file for you

[portaadonai]

ERROR MESSAGE: Vortex needs to access ... but doesnt have permission to. If your account has admin rights Vortex can try to unlock the file for you

 

I have installed about 50 mods and so far 2 of the mods give me this problem.

 

ONE SOLUTION: Now I did figure out a way to fix it. I had to recreate the entire folder structure of the mod, by making a bunch of NEW FOLDERS on my own, and renaming them. Then I simply copied the mod files into my new folder, archived it, then installed the 'new' mod

 

PROBLEM: This is a pain. It takes a long time and its easy to misspell a folder name or make a mistake transferring a file

 

I am the administrator. Asking Vortex to try and fix the problem for me does nothing.

 

Here are two mods that cause this problem. Please try to install these mods using Vortex yourself? [FALLOUT 4]

 

1 https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/133?tab=files

2 https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/735?tab=files

 

I HAVE ALSO GONE INTO PROPERTiES AND GAVE MY ACCOUNT USER ALL PERMISSION TO MODIFY THE FILE, AND UNCHECKED READ ONLY AND ALL THAT. By the way, i have the same permissions and read only settings for all the other mods I have installed.

 

[i am more than willing to include several screenshots, but this system wont let me upload hardly anything, only 250 kb?]

 

Here are screenshots in a 3rd party gallery. You can see step by step what I do, the errors, the permisssions, the read only status etc

https://imgur.com/a/J4WWUJB

[BigBizkit]

It seems like the folders / file(s) in question are marked as read-only.

 

"ONE SOLUTION: Now I did figure out a way to fix it. I had to recreate the entire folder structure of the mod, by making a bunch of NEW FOLDERS on my own, and renaming them. Then I simply copied the mod files into my new folder, archived it, then installed the 'new' mod"

 

You essentially recreated folders but did not mark them read-only. It makes sense that this would work as this is where the problem lies.

 

I am not sure why the folders would need to be marked as read-only in those mods in the first place, but I have relayed your issue (Vortex being unable to rectify the situation) to the devs.

[KenLBen]

I am having a similar issue but with the "Vortex Staging Folder". I am including this information in case its part of the problem, The Vortex folder is in Program Files and Not in Program Files(x86). This is a brand new computer, at least for me.

It's an HP Omen by HP Obelisk

Intel Core i7-8700

16Gb Ram

Nvidia RTX 2080 Graphics

256Gb SSD

2Tb HDD

I should note this is my 3rd attempt at getting it working, on a previous attempt I ended up seeing all of the folders listed inside the "Programs (x86)) file, I cannot give you a screen shot because the program needs me to give it permission to Access the staging folder which so far I cannot

 

I am not very computer literate but at least I can try to follow instructions. A thought came to me is this a McAfee issue? That is just a guess though on my part and not an educated one.

Edited August 23, 2019 by KenLBen

[HadToRegister]

I am having a similar issue but with the "Vortex Staging Folder". I am including this information in case its part of the problem, The Vortex folder is in Program Files and Not in Program Files(x86). This is a brand new computer, at least for me.

It's an HP Omen by HP Obelisk

Intel Core i7-8700

16Gb Ram

Nvidia RTX 2080 Graphics

256Gb SSD

2Tb HDD

I should note this is my 3rd attempt at getting it working, on a previous attempt I ended up seeing all of the folders listed inside the "Programs (x86)) file, I cannot give you a screen shot because the program needs me to give it permission to Access the staging folder which so far I cannot

 

I am not very computer literate but at least I can try to follow instructions. A thought came to me is this a McAfee issue? That is just a guess though on my part and not an educated one.

 

 

Yes, it could be an AV issue, because just like Windows, AV programs will over-zealously guard the Program Files folders

[KenLBen]

 

I am having a similar issue but with the "Vortex Staging Folder". I am including this information in case its part of the problem, The Vortex folder is in Program Files and Not in Program Files(x86). This is a brand new computer, at least for me.

It's an HP Omen by HP Obelisk

Intel Core i7-8700

16Gb Ram

Nvidia RTX 2080 Graphics

256Gb SSD

2Tb HDD

I should note this is my 3rd attempt at getting it working, on a previous attempt I ended up seeing all of the folders listed inside the "Programs (x86)) file, I cannot give you a screen shot because the program needs me to give it permission to Access the staging folder which so far I cannot

 

I am not very computer literate but at least I can try to follow instructions. A thought came to me is this a McAfee issue? That is just a guess though on my part and not an educated one.

 

 

Yes, it could be an AV issue, because just like Windows, AV programs will over-zealously guard the Program Files folders

I think I'll shelve this until I can learn how to get everything to play nice with each other

[KenLBen]

 

I am having a similar issue but with the "Vortex Staging Folder". I am including this information in case its part of the problem, The Vortex folder is in Program Files and Not in Program Files(x86). This is a brand new computer, at least for me.

It's an HP Omen by HP Obelisk

Intel Core i7-8700

16Gb Ram

Nvidia RTX 2080 Graphics

256Gb SSD

2Tb HDD

I should note this is my 3rd attempt at getting it working, on a previous attempt I ended up seeing all of the folders listed inside the "Programs (x86)) file, I cannot give you a screen shot because the program needs me to give it permission to Access the staging folder which so far I cannot

 

I am not very computer literate but at least I can try to follow instructions. A thought came to me is this a McAfee issue? That is just a guess though on my part and not an educated one.

 

 

Yes, it could be an AV issue, because just like Windows, AV programs will over-zealously guard the Program Files folders

 

I'll shelve this for now till I can hopefully learn how to make this computer play nice with itself.

[Cartophile]

I"m having this issue with several mods but not all of them. I'm importing them into Vortex from NMM. I'm running Win10 latest update and use Windows Defender as my AV. All the mods that fail to import when I give Vortex permission all fail at around 90%. Sometimes giving permission works but mostly not. I'm not sure if this is helpful but I thought I'd add my experience.

[HadToRegister]

I"m having this issue with several mods but not all of them. I'm importing them into Vortex from NMM. I'm running Win10 latest update and use Windows Defender as my AV. All the mods that fail to import when I give Vortex permission all fail at around 90%. Sometimes giving permission works but mostly not. I'm not sure if this is helpful but I thought I'd add my experience.

 

 

Do you have the ransomeware thing turned off in Windows Defender?

 

It's called "Folder" something

[Lucifer2166]

I'm having this problem for ALL mods. I disabled my anti-virus and it still won't install mods. Vortex asked for me to give it permission, then windows asked for me to give it permission, I click on yes both times but it's an endless cycle.

[HadToRegister]

I'm having this problem for ALL mods. I disabled my anti-virus and it still won't install mods. Vortex asked for me to give it permission, then windows asked for me to give it permission, I click on yes both times but it's an endless cycle.

 

What game are you modding?

Where do you have the game installed?

Where is your Mod Staging Folder located?

What Deployment method do you have Vortex set to?

Are you running Vortex as an Administrator?

Do you have UAC in windows turned ON?

 

More information is needed