| | | | 
10-23-2009, 05:02 PM
|  | Super Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: The sun, the moon, and the stars.
Posts: 30,316
| | |
For some reason recently, when I went to manually install some Morrowind mods, I kept getting errors. I'd grab the subfolders as I've always done and dragged them across to their proper destination, overwriting/adding where necessary. But I keep getting this sort of thing, after choosing Confirm Folder Replace with Yes to All:
"Can't remove folder n. The directory is not empty."
Yes, there is a folder n. I can try this several times, and finally, it will work, but not the first one or four. It's annoying, and never used to occur. Is there some sort of change I might have made that could be causing this? I'm on WinXP.
__________________
To the Righteous belong the fruits of violent victory. The rest of us will have to settle for warm friends, warm lovers, and a wink from a quietly supportive universe. | | |
10-23-2009, 05:42 PM
|  | Moderator and Twisted Sister | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The maelstrom where chaos merges with lucidity
Posts: 19,215
| | |
Very strange...
Much like you, I've always installed MW mods manually and never had a problem.
Have you recently done any messing about with your computer? Reg cleaning, intensive defragging, general cleanup, anything like that?
__________________
testingtest12Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
testingtest12.......All those moments ... will be lost ... in time ... like tears in rain. | | |
10-23-2009, 06:21 PM
| | Super Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: The sun, the moon, and the stars.
Posts: 30,316
| |  Quote:
Originally Posted by dragon wench  Very strange...
Much like you, I've always installed MW mods manually and never had a problem.
Have you recently done any messing about with your computer? Reg cleaning, intensive defragging, general cleanup, anything like that? | I've done some cleaning, but I have no idea what would specifically cause this kind of behavior--which has never occurred during defragging, before--or how to stop it.
__________________
To the Righteous belong the fruits of violent victory. The rest of us will have to settle for warm friends, warm lovers, and a wink from a quietly supportive universe. | | |
10-23-2009, 07:10 PM
| | Moderator and Twisted Sister | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The maelstrom where chaos merges with lucidity
Posts: 19,215
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by fable I've done some cleaning, but I have no idea what would specifically cause this kind of behavior--which has never occurred during defragging, before--or how to stop it. | I'm no expert at all, but I have occasionally encountered problems running certain programs after really thorough cleans (probably because I was over zealous in some of my file deletions  ).
Hopefully the more tech savvy people here will be able to pinpoint your problem, it sounds *extremely* annoying ...
__________________
testingtest12Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
testingtest12.......All those moments ... will be lost ... in time ... like tears in rain. | | |
10-24-2009, 03:10 PM
|  | Exalted Member | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: New Zealand
Posts: 1,806
| |
Hi Fable
Is your user account an administrator? Have you tried taking ownership of the folder, or resetting the folder securty rights? If it has been downloaded it may have some bad security ID's in the folder metadata.
Also have a look at this program: WhoLockMe Explorer Extension v2.0 beta (NT-Win2K-XP) download page
This will show which process is locking the folder or files.
__________________
There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't.
I think I think, therefore I might be. | | |
10-24-2009, 03:21 PM
|  | Super Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Denmark
Posts: 13,862
| | | | | |
10-24-2009, 04:46 PM
| | Super Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: The sun, the moon, and the stars.
Posts: 30,316
| | |
Thing is, transferring folder-to-folder does work, sometimes. At other times, with the exact same folder, it doesn't. It takes anywhere from 1 to 8 (the highest number, yet) times for it to work properly. So rights don't appear involved, otherwise it wouldn't work on the same folder continuously, regardless.
Which is damn confusing, I admit.
__________________
To the Righteous belong the fruits of violent victory. The rest of us will have to settle for warm friends, warm lovers, and a wink from a quietly supportive universe. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | | Display Modes | Rate This Thread |  Linear Mode | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | | |
