vista situation with ootp6.5

Phillies2010 · 03-09-2010, 08:00 PM

had to go over to my vista pc, as my laptop crapped the bed
I have the 6.5 loaded and running as admin but when I try to download online league file it says that they cant be created....
ive been told it has to do with folder permissions....??????

anybody have a work around ?

thanks in advance

kq76 · 03-09-2010, 09:01 PM

That sounds odd. What exactly can't be created? Who or what told you it's an issue with file permissions?

Maybe I'm remembering this wrong, but I'm pretty sure we couldn't update in the game with 6.5 so what you must be doing is downloading the files to your computer outside of OOTP, putting them in the OOTP folder and then trying to load the league with the game. When exactly does it say what it says?

I imagine the new tech support site (a link to it is in my sig) might be more for OOTP10, but you might want to also post for help there.

Phillies2010 · 03-09-2010, 10:46 PM

kq76 thanks for the quick response

i essentially cant extract zipped league files. my commish told me that its a known issue, but he couldnt remember the solution, something about file permissions.
I get the error message when I try to extract the league files into the ootp6.5 folder
I actually posted to the new tech thread and it got moved, I guess. I dont see the post right now

kq76 · 03-09-2010, 11:48 PM

Ahh, the problem is starting to come back to me.

Try extracting it elsewhere first, like your desktop and then move it.

Or try running both your extraction program and OOTP in admin mode.

I remember I had to do something specificly different with OOTP6 and vista, but I can't recall exactly what it was.

Something tells me another option is installing OOTP6 somewhere other than your program files folder.

Ahh, here we go. I found the old online league thread on the topic. You have a number of options.

Phillies2010 · 03-10-2010, 09:27 AM

kq76
you are a gentleman and a scholar
I very much appreciate the help
I'll work on this tonight

thanks a ton

03-09-2010, 08:00 PM	#1
Phillies2010 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3	vista situation with ootp6.5 had to go over to my vista pc, as my laptop crapped the bed I have the 6.5 loaded and running as admin but when I try to download online league file it says that they cant be created.... ive been told it has to do with folder permissions....?????? anybody have a work around ? thanks in advance

03-09-2010, 09:01 PM	#2
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 10,703	That sounds odd. What exactly can't be created? Who or what told you it's an issue with file permissions? Maybe I'm remembering this wrong, but I'm pretty sure we couldn't update in the game with 6.5 so what you must be doing is downloading the files to your computer outside of OOTP, putting them in the OOTP folder and then trying to load the league with the game. When exactly does it say what it says? I imagine the new tech support site (a link to it is in my sig) might be more for OOTP10, but you might want to also post for help there. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project) Last edited by kq76; 03-09-2010 at 09:03 PM.

03-09-2010, 11:48 PM	#4
kq76 Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 10,703	Ahh, the problem is starting to come back to me. Try extracting it elsewhere first, like your desktop and then move it. Or try running both your extraction program and OOTP in admin mode. I remember I had to do something specificly different with OOTP6 and vista, but I can't recall exactly what it was. Something tells me another option is installing OOTP6 somewhere other than your program files folder. Ahh, here we go. I found the old online league thread on the topic. You have a number of options. __________________ My OOTP Wishlist Your Recommended Team Nicknames, By City (A Crowdsourced Project)

03-09-2010, 10:46 PM	#3
Phillies2010 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3	kq76 thanks for the quick response i essentially cant extract zipped league files. my commish told me that its a known issue, but he couldnt remember the solution, something about file permissions. I get the error message when I try to extract the league files into the ootp6.5 folder I actually posted to the new tech thread and it got moved, I guess. I dont see the post right now

03-10-2010, 09:27 AM	#5
Phillies2010 Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3	kq76 you are a gentleman and a scholar I very much appreciate the help I'll work on this tonight thanks a ton