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Posted 05 March 2019 – 12:18 am
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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.nexusmod…s/133?tab=files
2 https://www.nexusmod…s/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
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BigBizkit
Posted 05 March 2019 – 11:22 am
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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.
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KenLBen
Posted 23 August 2019 – 04:37 pm
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 by KenLBen, 23 August 2019 – 04:40 pm.
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Posted 23 August 2019 – 06:18 pm
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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
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KenLBen
Posted 23 August 2019 – 11:41 pm
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
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KenLBen
Posted 23 August 2019 – 11:44 pm
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.
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Cartophile
Posted 03 October 2019 – 02:43 am
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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.
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HadToRegister
Posted 03 October 2019 – 04:09 am
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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
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Lucifer2166
Posted 22 November 2019 – 09:49 am
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.
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Posted 22 November 2019 – 03:30 pm
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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
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Vortex is giving me an “access denied” error, making it impossible to use.
The error says:
“Vortex needs to access “C:UsersAnthonyAppDataLocalFallout4vrloadorder.txt” but doesn’t have the permission to. If your account has admin rights Vortex can unlock the file for you. Windows will show a UAC dialog.”
When I choose to give permission, this error will keep popping up. Same for when I choose cancel. Any advice?
The reason this shows up now is that in previous versions Vortex would give up on deploying the file immediately and report “Deployment failed” at the end. Future versions will retry the same file a few times internally before showing the dialog so in your case you will probably never see it.
Now for understanding this it’s important to know that Vortex doesn’t “pick” the mod it’s reporting. When you receive any kind of “File busy”, “Access denied”, … errors inside Vortex, Vortex is never wrong about that. It can’t be. Vortex always just attempts file operations and then reacts to what the Operating System says. So in this case Vortex tried to link a file and the OS refused – actively refused – the instruction, reporting that the file is locked.
Now it’s possible that the OS is wrong, it could be that there is a Filesystem defect that Windows misinterprets as the file being busy but Vortex just relays the error it got from the OS and does it’s best to deal with it.
So Vortex will never ever report a file being inaccessible if in reality it could have been accessed.
However, my best bet is that you have an Antivirus that locks files as it’s scanning them and this prevents Vortex from accessing it. Since the AV process runs as an admin or even system process, Vortex can’t determine which process it is – for security reasons, hence why the dialog doesn’t list the process name.
And since all this is timing dependent (Vortex and AV run in separate processes at the same time, the error occurs only if both try to access the file at exactly the same time) it will appear “random” which mod gets reported.
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About Vortex Issue Code: EPERM #11970
Issue Opened
CheeseBoi12 Opened Issue On May 28th 2022, 11:47
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How do I have full read/write permissions to your “Program Files” folder for Vortex. I’m trying to purge Fallout 4, but every time I try I get that error that Vortex needs to have access to ‘C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonFallout 4srccommoncommon.vcproj’
but its written protected. I just need help on how to actually do this. If you can please tell me step by step of how to do this because I would really like to have this issue fixed.
TanninOne
You control file permissions through windows explorer. Right click the file or folder -> properties -> security.
There you can assign permissions (you want to allow write, you should already have read) for your own account or for the users group as a whole.
If you give permission for a folder that will affect all subdirectories and files within as well unless you explicitly override it further down, so giving yourself write access to “C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonFallout 4″ you should then also have that permission for C:Program Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonFallout 4srccommoncommon.vcproj” and everything else alongside it.
