help i cant update or reinstall

[frank cape]

help pls

when i pres retry it comes up with the same error

[vale fjord]

Try this.

The installer doesn't have the correct permissions to write to Program Files but winget should either bypass this or use your Application Data folder.

[frank cape]

what

[frank cape]

oh

[vale fjord]

If you have important modpacks, back them up.

Press Windows key + R and go to %APPDATA%\ModrinthApp

you can find your modpack folders there

[frank cape]

what is an ''important modpacks''

[vale fjord]

just anything you happened to install onto the app

that you don't want to lose

if you have nothing to lose

uninstall the app with

winget uninstall --source=winget --id=Modrinth.ModrinthApp

and then run the first command again

if it still doesn't work

[real sorrel]

why is urs diff to mine

[vale fjord]

because he already has the app installed (but it's outdated and cannot be updated)

[real sorrel]

mine says succesfuy installed

but i still cant run modrinth

[vale fjord]

open event viewer

and then go to the application logs from earlier

if you see an error show that error

make sure it has the name modrinth in it

(should be in the details at the bottom pane when focusing on the error)

[vale fjord]

okay so it's not an application error

you could still have the old shortcut

huh strange

modrinth app is installed to program files through winget

there could be left over files in %APPDATA%\ModrinthApp

[frank cape]

how?

[vale fjord]

if you close modrinth (make sure it's completely closed from task manager) and then delete the %APPDATA%\ModrinthApp folder which can be done by typing %APPDATA% in your Windows search and looking for ModrinthApp, delete that. Then launch the Modrinth App again (you will lose all the data).

^^^ it is not very recommended if you have important modpacks but honestly this error cannot be solved more conveniently

[vale fjord]

Windows key + Shift + S

it opens the screenshot tool

once you capture the region

press ctrl + v to paste it here

[frank cape]

do warnings count as errors

[vale fjord]

no warnings are just for things like outdated libraries and some things not working but can be ignored

errors are for all software on the system

looks like that error is not modrinth-related

(you can ignore it too)

so you can try the other way

#1296162548848263229 message

[frank cape]

i can only find this error

oh hangon

[real sorrel]

i deleted it

and evrything

it still shows this

[vale fjord]

okay I have another idea

[vale fjord]

these are just errors from software throughout the time you've used your system

that's why Event Viewer is useful

you can catch errors you don't see anywhere else

[frank cape]

ok

what do i do now?

[vale fjord]

Maybe Modrinth App.exe is already running?

try going back to your Command Prompt window and run taskkill /f /im "Modrinth App.exe" or just end all processes that have that name in Task Manager.

Sometimes background processes might interfere with the installation of some programs.

[frank cape]

its not running at all

[vale fjord]

Okay.

Leave that open or open a new one.

now run cd /d "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads"

then type the full name of the installer file.

it should run the installer.

it might provide logs on what is happening

[real sorrel]

full name of the insatller file?

[vale fjord]

yeah

with exe at the end and everything

[real sorrel]

whats the installer file modrinth?

[proven willow]

if you redownload modrinth you can select where it paths to so you have to just reinstal it and path it to your old modrinth file and it works again. Thats how ive been fixing it atleast

it doesnt let you select it when ur updating for some reason

[vale fjord]

go to your downloads folder in explorer

show me the name of the installer

[frank cape]

huh

[vale fjord]

there's a new version

https://modrinth.com/app

0.8.9

download that

[real sorrel]

tysm sorry about that

[vale fjord]

it's alright

just here to help

[frank cape]

alredy have it

[vale fjord]

okay

you can try this then

open your command prompt

and paste this into there:

"%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\Modrinth App_0.8.9_x64-setup.exe"

assuming the installer is in the downloads folder

it should print out some logs

if it doesn't then obviously it doesn't have logging capabilities

[frank cape]

just did that

[vale fjord]

okay, now abort it

does the console say anything?

[real sorrel]

omds its still saying the same thing

[vale fjord]

internet download manager doesn't seem to have verbose logging

but I'll keep trying

okay so it installs just fine for me

how about this

let's use my settings

type in "User Account Control Settings" in the start menu search

should see "Change User Account Control settings"

open that

[proven willow]

when updating it doesnt let you select the file but if you reinstall and select the same modrinth file it keeps all your packs and worlds

[vale fjord]

set it to the lowest possible setting

(you can change it back after)

then try installing the app

[real sorrel]

are u taljing to me?

[vale fjord]

yeah

[real sorrel]

alr

[vale fjord]

turn off user account control

[real sorrel]

ok

[vale fjord]

the installer might need access to something that UAC cannot do

but UAC might be restricting it

idk in what world that would happen

but

my system configuration is not to use UAC

anyway

let me know how that goes

[real sorrel]

yea i have to log into my dads acc for that

[vale fjord]

dang

that might be the problem with modrinth

[real sorrel]

it says the administratpr has to do it

[vale fjord]

it's trying to install to Program Files

[real sorrel]

i have his pin

[vale fjord]

but Program Files requires your dad's pin

most likely

[real sorrel]

i have the pin

but it says

wait lemma ss

[vale fjord]

okay

[vale fjord]

dang

yeah cause it's like a security change

it would allow any app to just use the system's admin stuff immediately

so if you turned that on for a second and installed the modrinth app

[real sorrel]

ohh

[vale fjord]

it might work

and then you can switch it back

if your dad is tech savvy you can explain to him

he might know how it works

[real sorrel]

but modrinth and all my stuff isnt on my dads computer

account8

[real sorrel]

account*

and even if it was i would have to use my dads acc from now on

[vale fjord]

that would in theory work but it might not be caught when updating the app

that's my only personal issue with using a custom directory

[frank cape]

thats the defult one

[vale fjord]

(unless they save the install directory in registry or env variables)

[proven willow]

worked for me

thats how ive been updating it

its so needlessly complicated when i can just reinstall and path it thru the old modrinth and it keeps my saves

[vale fjord]

if anything the path should be C:\Users\<Your Windows Username>\AppData\Roaming\ModrinthApp

or something similar

probably just Modrinth since ModrinthApp is used already

[real sorrel]

for me?

[vale fjord]

just as a temporary place to have modrinth

[real sorrel]

are u talking to me?

[vale fjord]

yeah

[real sorrel]

mb

[vale fjord]

or %localappdata%\modrinth

might be a good directory too

but %appdata%\modrinth would be perfect

cause other apps like Spotify use %appdata%

[vale fjord]

%APPDATA%\ModrinthApp should contain this stuff

but if you set the installation directory to %APPDATA%\Modrinth

that should work

[real sorrel]

how would i set the directory to that?

[vale fjord]

open the installer

when it asks you for the path

put this in

%APPDATA%\Modrinth

if it doesn't allow that

then

go back to your command prompt window and do echo %APPDATA%

it will show you where it is

copy where it is (should say something like C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming

paste that into the installer but add \Modrinth at the end

so it should be C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Modrinth

[real sorrel]

should i just type installer in my widows search bar or is installer used aa a term?

sorry

[vale fjord]

you can open the installer from your downloads folder

if you go to C:\Users in file explorer, do you see your account folder? What is it called?

[vale fjord]

click the empty space in the top bar

and paste this

C:\Users

then show me a screenshot of what that has

or if you recognize your account name

tell me what that is

i can then construct the path for you

[real sorrel]

i should paste it here?

[vale fjord]

no

open the modrinth installer

at Downloads

[real sorrel]

this one?

[vale fjord]

yeah

and then replace C:\Program Files\Modrinth App with C:\Users\Zuhay\AppData\Roaming\Modrinth

when you're asked for a location

[real sorrel]

ohh

ok

it says this

[vale fjord]

uninstall before installing probably

if that doesn't work then try again and use Do not uninstall

[real sorrel]

ill start from the beginning and delete evrthing named modrinth

then ill download it again

[vale fjord]

okay

delete the C:\Program Files\Modrinth App folder

then delete the C:\Users\Zuhay\AppData\Roaming\ModrinthApp folder

that should delete everything

[real sorrel]

YESS IT WORKED

TYSM

TY

[vale fjord]

awesome