fishman773 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 when i download mods as soon as it finishes it just changes to a single file instead of a compressed file(zip). so i put it in my oblivion data folder and it dosnt show up it my data files....plz help...i have vista, and i used to be able to get mods all the time :wallbash: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Usually the file you download is a single file, just in a compressed format. The zip file is all of the files from the mod compressed into one file for easy downloading. Unzipping breaks all of the individual files back out. Zip files have many formats, such as .7z = 7-zip, .rar = Winrar, .zip = winzip and many more. The most popular on Tesnexus are the 7-zip and winrar formats. The 7-zip is free and available on tesnexus as a self extracting download - here: http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15579 7-zip can unzip most formats, such as winzip and winar. Before you put it in the data folder, you MUST unzip it. You can unzip directly into the data folder. As to Vista, it has a 'security' feature called UAC that will prevent mods from working unless it is disabled. The preferred method of dealing with UAC is to NOT install it in the default folder, but in a separate folder, such as c:\games. That prevents UAC from blocking mods. You must also be logged in as an administrator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishman773 Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 thnx!!!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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