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HELP! I am trying to download this and I am having an issue. I click download, choose the Sony/EverquestII folder and it saves, but then I can't access the folder. I am getting an error message that Windows can't open the folder because access is denied. I am running Vista. The user I am logged in as has full acces to the Sony folders. What am I doing wrong???

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Originally Posted by Elfrodite (Post 86807)

Your account has admin access, but by default applications are not given admin access in Vista. When you are trying to extract to your folder EverQuest II folder (which I'd bet is in Program Files), your unzip program is running without admin access and thus cannot access there.

Create a temporary folder on your desktop and extract everything there. Then move everything inside that temporary folder (there should be 4 files and a folder) to your EQ2 folder -- if it asks if it's ok to merge or overwrite anything, say yes.

In the future and for those reading, I suggest installing EQ2 somewhere other than program files (the next time you have to install it). That prevents 99.99% of all 'access denied' issues in Vista.

Thanks. That is pretty much what I ended up doing once I realized that no change to security settings was having an impact on it. I hate Vista!!!

Thanks for the response!!

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Originally Posted by lordebon (Post 86810)

Windows 7 home premium

Howdy,

Is there any change to the install instructions with Window 7 Home Premium (64 bit)?

Is there anything that I need to do differently?

I have two program files folders:

Program Files
Program Files (x86)

I'm not a techy so I don't know what the difference is

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Originally Posted by mallyce (Post 88205)

Use whatever place EQ2 is installed. For the old style patcher, that would probably be Program Files (x86), since EQ2 is not a 64-bit application.

For the new patchers you'll need to find where EQ2 is actually installed. You can do this by right clicking and selecting properties on your EQ2 shortcut. The path where it says "Start In" or "Target" will be the folder you need to head to.

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Originally Posted by lordebon (Post 88206)

For the record, my 64-bit Win7 Professional installed to a location outside of Program Files.

Code:

"C:\ProgramData\Sony Online Entertainment\Installed Games\EverQuest II\Launcher.exe"

I re-installed from the Digital Download, not from my original DVD. EQ2 runs fine without admin rights, but the EQ2Map updater will not update unless I run it with admin rights.

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Originally Posted by Sorvani (Post 88237)

For the record, my 64-bit Win7 Professional installed to a location outside of Program Files.

Code:

"C:\ProgramData\Sony Online Entertainment\Installed Games\EverQuest II\Launcher.exe"

I re-installed from the Digital Download, not from my original DVD. EQ2 runs fine without admin rights, but the EQ2Map updater will not update unless I run it with admin rights.

If you installed from the digital download, it's one of the 'new patchers' I'm talking about. Not sure why EQ2MAP would still need admin permissions, unless windows 7 also locks down the programdata directory as well.