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keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 6:41 PM

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@half kernel let's move this in here

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Okay

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Having reviewed the screenshots

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I have a suspicion about what may have happened

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I think that at some point you may have installed those modules while Foundry VTT was running as administrator- which prevents you from overwriting or deleting the files

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When installing a module, if FVTT encounters files that already exist it will attempt to overwrite them- if it cannot, it cancels the install

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the following steps should resolve this for you

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press windowskey + R
In the run window, paste: %localappdata%\FoundryVTT\Data\modules

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Locate the coriolis-core-rules folder and shift-delete it.
Repeat for the vaesen-wicked-secret folder
You should now be able to install the modules in FVTT again

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 6:46 PM

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trying the install now

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same error

keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 6:47 PM

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that's....very strange.

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lemme dig a little deeper

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And this doesn't occur with any other modules (that you've seen) beyond the free league ones, and only occurs on your local install?

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 6:50 PM

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no

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This may be extraneous information, but the first occurence of the error came when after I did a fresh install after the first v9.2 patch, and none of the other modules installed at that time had this issue.

keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 6:51 PM

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currently using 9.255?

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 6:51 PM

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yes. downloaded teh exe this morning

vagrant phoenix Mar 31, 2022, 6:52 PM

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Humor me, rename/move that FoundryVTT folder, blank slate as a test.

keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 6:53 PM

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Spice's guidance is sound and is probably a good test. Just the FoundryVTT/Data folder is sufficient

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just rename the folder "Data" to "TempData" and we'll rename it back after

vagrant phoenix Mar 31, 2022, 6:53 PM

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True, but I wanted to make sure nothing funny was up with the other files/folders.

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 6:54 PM

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Done. Try another install? (and i have no data to protect so feel free to do anything)

keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 6:54 PM

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Please do

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 6:55 PM

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same error

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although there are now zip files for both modules

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...but only because I still had the foundry app up. Went away when I closed the app.

keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 7:02 PM

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I...don't have a good answer for what would cause this. Try spice's full suggestion- move everything, not just the Data folder

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:03 PM

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fresh install to a new location?

keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 7:03 PM

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Nah, just the %localappdata%\FoundryVTT folder. Shut FVTT down first

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:05 PM

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I did try this earlier, and expect to get the same error

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yes, same error

keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 7:06 PM

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You mentioned there were zip files for both modules---Where are they located?

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:07 PM

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They were located in data/modules, but only as long as the foundryapp remained opened and I couldn't access them (access denied)

keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 7:08 PM

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When you launch FVTT, you are not launching it as administrator, correct?

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:09 PM

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I am not selecting anything. THough it was never an intention to do so, is it possible I hit a setting to always open as admin

keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 7:09 PM

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Let's check

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right click the FVTT shortcut you're using to launch and verify it doesn't have compatibility set to "Run this program as an administrator"

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half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:12 PM

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That option is not checked

keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 7:14 PM

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Well. Let's go find the file they're the error message throws. Navigate to the path given, right click on the file, and go to properties, show me security tab

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:15 PM

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that files does not exist

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however, this is the folder properties

keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 7:19 PM

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IIRC win10 read-onlies all folders in and under appdata by default

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but not the files

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:19 PM

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That is correct, based on contents of another folder

keen cobalt Mar 31, 2022, 7:20 PM

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i'm afraid i don't have an answer for why this is happening on your PC- and i have a meeting looming. I'll ponder it while i'm gone and see if someone else can tag in to assist

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:21 PM

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Thanks for your effort on this. I don't have a windows restore point or I'd try that

rich fulcrum Mar 31, 2022, 7:22 PM

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What version of windows are you using?

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:22 PM

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windows 10 ... home?

rich fulcrum Mar 31, 2022, 7:23 PM

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Okay so let’s try one more thing just to see

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Let’s change the data path for foundry to outside of the app data folder

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:24 PM

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I have done that to E: drive

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Under config tab, correct?

rich fulcrum Mar 31, 2022, 7:24 PM

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Yeah

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And it’s doing the same thing at that path?

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:25 PM

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yes

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let me double-check real quick

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it's... going further

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it's writing to a usb, so taking longer

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successfully installed to E drive.

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and successfully installed inside game world

rich fulcrum Mar 31, 2022, 7:37 PM

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So it's back to a weird permission error. You could set the path to something in the root C drive and it would probably work too

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Is it a work computer?

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:39 PM

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yeah, put it in my documents folder. It's a general use. I'll be getting a proper gaming rig eventually.

rich fulcrum Mar 31, 2022, 7:39 PM

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Documents is also user protected which can lead to permission issues

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:39 PM

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So this morning when I did everything, it was still my night so there's a chance (pretty good in light of this success) that I forgot to save changes under congifuration

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:39 PM

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rich fulcrum Documents is also user protected which can lead to permission issues

ahh

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and it won't run from dropbox I expect?

rich fulcrum Mar 31, 2022, 7:40 PM

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Also if you have on drive setup windows tries to sync the documents folder which will cause all kinds of issues

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Do not place your user data in any location that is automatically synced it will cause all kinds of problems

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:41 PM

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i know. so create c:/foundryvtt-data

rich fulcrum Mar 31, 2022, 7:42 PM

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That should do it. What do you mean by "general use?" Just a shared family computer? If it's a machine that is used for work then there may be other settings at play also

half kernel Mar 31, 2022, 7:44 PM

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Personal use. I don't recall doing anything in particualr, certainly not recent enough to affect the module install

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