Nexus mod manager error unable to get write permissions for

I ran into this problem today, and I’ve come up with a few solutions. The root cause is that the default folder that Nexus Mod Manager wants to install into is not typically writable by normal users. They want you to install into a subfolder of C:, and if you don’t have administrator rights, chances are you can’t create the «Games» folder you need (C:Games).

You’ve got a few options:

Run the program as administrator. This way, it will have permissions to write to the root of C:, and then you can create the files/folders there. Just right click, and choose the «Run as Administrator» option.

Get write permission on C:Games. You can do this if you have administrator rights by:

1. Open your C: in Windows Explorer
2. If the «Games» folder does not exist, right click, choose «New Folder» and name it «Games»
3. Right click on the «Games» folder, and choose «Properties»
4. Click the «Security» tab
5. Click the «Edit» button
6. Click the «Add» button
7. Type your login name (if you log in as «bobsmith» then you’d type «bobsmith» here)
8. Click «Check Names» and if the name becomes underlined, you did it right! Click OK. If not, double check your login name from step 7.
9. On the bottom half of the «Permissions» dialog, click «Full Control» for the user you just added.
10. Click OK to dismiss this dialog, and then click OK on the properties dialog.

Now you can write to C:Games, which ought to make NMM happy.

Put your Nexus Mod Manager files somewhere else. If you install to some subdirectory of your home directory, you won’t have to worry about permissions and so forth. When the Mod Manager asks you where you want to save the mod files, pick someplace under C:Users(your user name) or C:Documents and Settings(your user name), depending on the version of Windows you’re using. You could potentially put this in your Documents folder, but I have «projects» folder I created in my home directory, which works well for me.

You do not want to set these directories to something under C:Program Files or in the Steam folder, etc. This is a Bad Idea.

If you’ve already selected the default mod directories, you won’t be asked if you want to change them when you get this error. If that’s the case, you can edit or delete the config file so that you can pick a new directory.

The config file for Nexus Mod Manager is stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%Black_Tree_Gaming — you can copy and paste this into the address bar of Windows Explorer to go there, or paste it into the «Run» or «Search» dialog on the Start menu. Alternatively, from your user’s home directory, look for «AppData» and then «Local» and then «Black_Tree_Gaming»

The name of the directories in this folder depend on your version of NMM, but the file you’re looking for is user.config. You can delete this file, but you’ll lose any other NMM settings (including the location of any games that were scanned previously). You can also edit it with a text editor.

Look for a block that looks like:

    <setting name="ModFolder" serializeAs="Xml">
        <value>
            <PerGameModeSettingsOfString>
                <item modeId="Skyrim">
                    <string>C:GamesNexus Mod ManagerSkyrimMods</string>
                </item>
            </PerGameModeSettingsOfString>
        </value>
    </setting>
    <setting name="InstallInfoFolder" serializeAs="Xml">
        <value>
            <PerGameModeSettingsOfString>
                <item modeId="Skyrim">
                    <string>C:GamesNexus Mod ManagerSkyrimInstall Info</string>
                </item>
            </PerGameModeSettingsOfString>
        </value>
    </setting>

The directories here are the ones you’d want to change to some folder you can write to.

Unable to get write permissions

#1

I’m trying to install NMM. The error message says «Unable to get write permissions for:

C:GamesNexus Mod ManagerFallout4Install Info»

and then says «The best thing to do in order to avoid other problems, and the generally recommended solution, is to move Nexus Mod Manager’s *Install Info* folder outside of the *Program Files* folder.

(for example *C:GamesModManagerInfoInstall Info*)

But unfortunately there is no *Install Info* folder, either inside the Nexus Mod Manager’s folder or outside it.

What do I do now?

#2

I had a title once, but I forgot what it was.

Write permission is a WINDOWS thing and not controlled by NMM

First, you must be an administrator of that account on your computer

Then you must go into the windows file structure, find that file and set the permissions to allow changes.

It also helps if you set NMM to run with administrator privileges — It seems that being the admin in Windows does not mean you get admin privileges for files.

#3

Apparently their are a LOT of people having trouble with windows then. Im having the same issue and looking at the other posts after serching for «unable to get write permissions for:» their is a fair number of them. Not to mention that the file they are looking for doesnt exist. For me its D:GamesNexus Mod MnagerSkyrimInstall info.

Edited by lsi5974, 30 October 2016 — 03:34 am.

#4

It’s either Windows UAC requiring you to run NMM as Administrator or your antivirus messing with it (in this case the only solution is to add NMM and its folder to the AV exclusion list, and no: disabling it is not safe and it doesn’t work).

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#1

I am unable to run the program because I get this error.

Unable to get write permissions for:
C:Program files (x86)The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim

I even have it set as administrator privileges.

#2

I am unable to run the program because I get this error.

Unable to get write permissions for:
C:Program files (x86)The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim

I even have it set as administrator privileges.

What is the full directory path that you have your game installed to?

#3

Isnt that the full path?

Here is the tracelog that I forgot to include.

Trace file has been created: TraceLog20120306092839.txt
Mod Manager Version: 0.15.13.0
OS version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
Installed .NET Versions:
CDF SP 0
v2.0.50727 SP 2
v3.0 SP 2
v3.5 SP 1
v4 SP 0
v4.0 SP 0
Tracing is forced: True

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Unable to get Write Permissions

#1

«Unable to get write permissions for: C:gamesfallout3installinfo

This happens when I try to open the mod manager. I believe I need to do something along the lines of moving the steam directory or something, but I’m not sure. If someone could tell me what I need to do and how to do it that would be great.

#2

#3

#4

Try running the mod manager as admin, I had the same problem, it fixed by doing this, hope I helped

#5

#6

I had a title once, but I forgot what it was.

First, to run a program as an admin, you MUST be a computer administrator . Or it will not allow you to do that. A user cannot make these changes.

Then, open your program listing — navigate to that program.(NOT the folder) RIGHT click on it. If it shows in the drop down list, ‘ Take Ownership‘ of the program. It will then close the drop down list. If it is not shown, go to the next step.

RIGHT click again. this time click on ‘ Run as Administrator’ It will close the list again.

Right click again, select ‘ Properties» at he bottom of the list. on the pop up that appears, click on the ‘ Security‘ tab.

Now find ‘Group or user names’ and click on ‘ Administrators‘ to highlight it
Look down to find ‘ Permissions for program name‘.
You will need a check mark in the ‘ allow’ column for all categories (click edit & make changes)

When you have them all checked, click on ‘ Apply‘ then on ‘ OK‘

Hope this works for you.

#7

check to see if the directory in question is somehow write-protected

#8

Try running the mod manager as admin, I had the same problem, it fixed by doing this, hope I helped

#9

Try running the mod manager as admin, I had the same problem, it fixed by doing this, hope I helped

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I have accidentally specified D:Nexus Mod Manager. folder as mods folder instead of D:Nexus Mod Managed. Now I’m getting this error because of a missing slash and I cannot change it as every time I run the program, I’m getting this error. How do I fix it without having to re-install it?

From the Start button use Start >> Run and type in:

Now you will see a folder called ‘Black_Tree_Gaming’, and inside that will be some more folders. The folder you are looking for is the version number of the NMM you are using, for instance ‘0.32.0.0’. In this folder you will see a ‘user.config’ file. Delete it and re-start NMM.

#12

I know this is a bump but for research and desperately confused people’s assistance, it seems that you are not allowed to have the mod folder as skyrim/Mods. This causes the read/write error despite every level of diligence regarding folder placement and administrator level. About half a year ago I had this setup and it was fine, so god knows what’s wrong with it now. Despite all this, having skyrim/NMods as the folder seems totally fine. I didn’t have any problems deleting the empty ‘Mods’ folder either.

Edit: About an hour later, and NMM is going nuts at me again for my choice of folder. Seems like the name of the folder wasn’t the issue, something upsets the program after close. So now I can’t add mods to skyrim, having got Sky UI working without a hitch in one NMM run.

For reference and assistance my Skyrim is installed to C:SteamsteamappscommonSkyrim and NMM to C:SteamsteamappscommonSkyrimNexusMM

Edited by measurements, 03 April 2013 — 10:27 pm.

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