Guru
Posted 29 January 2016 - 10:52 AM
I'm guessing everyone else already knows this
I have just signed up to Star Citizen and was trying to edit one of the "program files" to get the thing downloading properly.
WAIT?
I don't have permission to edit within the "program files" folder?
No matter, I uninstalled the little launcher/patcher app and reinstalled it somewhere else.
Bingo! I can now do whatever the hell I want to my "program files" ... crysis averted :)
Edited by RenascentMisanthropy, 29 January 2016 - 10:55 AM.
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Guru
Posted 29 January 2016 - 12:38 PM
Forget the "run as Administrator" hey?
Cortana at your service
Titan
Posted 29 January 2016 - 02:56 PM
Take Ownership (Windows 10 version)
Seriously, man - never get locked out of your own files again.
"Reality does not care what you think." - Dr Richard Feynman
"Ideas do not deserve respect.- people do." - Peter Boghossian (paraphrase)
Guru
Posted 29 January 2016 - 05:04 PM
Right click > C drive > Take Ownership.
Very cool!
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Goddess
Posted 30 January 2016 - 08:46 AM
oh, cool!
Thanks for putting this up. It's gonna be handy for those of us who hadn't seen it before. :)
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Take the boat, promise me
Never to tell
The secrets you know,
Of the Angel in Hell.
Titan
Posted 30 January 2016 - 09:33 AM
Very cool!
oh, cool!
Thanks for putting this up. It's gonna be handy for those of us who hadn't seen it before. :)
Yer welcome! :) It's been useful for me all of twice - but completely indispensable at those times.
"Reality does not care what you think." - Dr Richard Feynman
"Ideas do not deserve respect.- people do." - Peter Boghossian (paraphrase)
Guru
Posted 30 January 2016 - 09:52 AM
Cortana at your service
Guru
Posted 31 January 2016 - 08:29 AM
Right click > C drive > Take Ownership.
Actually, don't do this. I just buggered my OS, haha.. live and learn (or just live)
In future I will limit myself to just the files in question :)
Edited by RenascentMisanthropy, 31 January 2016 - 08:30 AM.
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Titan
Posted 31 January 2016 - 01:38 PM
Actually, don't do this. I just buggered my OS, haha.. live and learn (or just live)
In future I will limit myself to just the files in question :)
"Reality does not care what you think." - Dr Richard Feynman
"Ideas do not deserve respect.- people do." - Peter Boghossian (paraphrase)
Titan
Posted 31 January 2016 - 07:28 PM
Right click > C drive > Take Ownership.
Actually, don't do this. I just buggered my OS, haha.. live and learn (or just live)
In future I will limit myself to just the files in question :)
How?
Wherever you go in life, watch out for Scythe, the tackling IT support guy.
"I don't care what race you are, not one f*cking bit, if you want to be seen as a good people, you go in there and you f*ck up the people who (unofficially) represent you in a negative light!"
Guru
Posted 01 February 2016 - 09:13 AM
How?
As Above
PC will only boot to black screen with mouse cursor in the middle.
All good, was the spare PC so now I will pillage it's SSD :)
Edited by RenascentMisanthropy, 01 February 2016 - 09:25 AM.
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Titan
Posted 01 February 2016 - 11:21 AM
All good, was the spare PC so now I will pillage it's SSD :)
"Reality does not care what you think." - Dr Richard Feynman
"Ideas do not deserve respect.- people do." - Peter Boghossian (paraphrase)
Titan
Posted 02 February 2016 - 07:36 AM
Right click > C drive > Take Ownership.
Actually, don't do this. I just buggered my OS, haha.. live and learn (or just live)
In future I will limit myself to just the files in question :)
How?
Because taking ownership of everything on the OS drives buggers the system file and folder permissions.
Of course you are my bright little star,
I've miles and miles of files pretty files of your forefather's fruit,
and now to suit our great computer. You're magnetic ink.
Guru
Posted 02 February 2016 - 08:45 AM
Cortana at your service
Titan
Posted 02 February 2016 - 03:45 PM
I have used it on a live install - though on specific files each time, not so pervasive as root.
Really, though, you have to wonder "What's to break?" I mean, unless you delete/overwrite something, or block system read/write privs where it needs them, there's no reason it shouldn't be able to cope. Just adding user/admin shouldn't send it a blue funk.
"Reality does not care what you think." - Dr Richard Feynman
"Ideas do not deserve respect.- people do." - Peter Boghossian (paraphrase)
Titan
Posted 02 February 2016 - 07:11 PM
Just adding user/admin shouldn't send it a blue funk.
What can I say? It's Windows so expect the unexpected.
:P
Of course you are my bright little star,
I've miles and miles of files pretty files of your forefather's fruit,
and now to suit our great computer. You're magnetic ink.
Guru
Posted 02 February 2016 - 09:42 PM
Cortana at your service
Guru
Posted 03 February 2016 - 08:39 AM
All good, was the spare PC so now I will pillage it's SSD :)
Seems a bit drastic for just a busted OS. I'd rather have the spare machine - which means I'd probably format it and plop Mint or something on it. But you aren't me, obviously, so whatever floats your boat. :)
What is Mint? Is that a linux distro? Got plenty of spare mechanical hdds for little jobs, not worth selling them on ebay these days
Also the other spare PC is still a goer :)
All this and I still haven't gotten Star Citizen working. The 27.8GB download stops with "999KB remaining" ... unbelievable, heh
Edited by RenascentMisanthropy, 03 February 2016 - 08:43 AM.
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Titan
Posted 03 February 2016 - 01:52 PM
What is Mint? Is that a linux distro?
Yep.
Basically a Desktop distro.
http://www.linuxmint.com/about.php
and comes in several "editions"
http://www.linuxmint...screenshots.php
Of course you are my bright little star,
I've miles and miles of files pretty files of your forefather's fruit,
and now to suit our great computer. You're magnetic ink.
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