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installing on windows 10
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misanthropope:
i see from another topic that SA runs on windows 10, but i can't get through installation.
approximately every single thing i try, i run into "access denied" type problems. the only account on this machine is the administrator account, making the problem particularly exasperating. internet searches reveal a consensus "get an OS that doesn't suck" but tha's a bigger step than i want to take right at the moment :)
the exact moment i run into trouble is when i try to extract the files from the downloaded, zipped 7.0 patch. the 6.whatever installed fine, i have a populated folder named "Starfire Assistant" in the default location. now what? thanks!
Hawkeye:
Where exactly is that folder?
I have SA installed on a Win 10 system, but it's on D:/Starfire Assistant.
I never install anything on C:/ if I can help it, since this is the drive dedicated solely for the OS and never, never, EVER in C:/Program Files/ or C:/Program Files (x86)
Ri0Rdian:
I bet most people here are running W10 so that is unlikely to be the problem.
My Aurora install is in C:/Games/Aurora (where I put some stuff that has no better place) and no problems encountered.
misanthropope:
thanks! the installer did indeed default to program files (x86) and picking a different venue cured that problem
im still in some kind of trouble, though. i have i believe followed the installation instructions for SA6 and the two patches (with one ambiguity, details to follow). when i try to launch SA, there is no game, when i hit the "New" button i am running into (apparent) trouble. it will let me modify the checkboxes on the right, but i can't edit any of the text fields (like game name).
the one obvious place i might have screwed something up is, when installing SA6, a couple times i was given messages like "you have a newer version of this file already on your computer, we recommend you keep yours". the only one i really noted was a .dll file. i kept my existing files in such cases. was that a wrong decision, do you suppose?
Hawkeye:
It's a long time since I installed SA, but I believe I had the same messages pop up and did the same thing you did (keep the newer files) but don't have those problems, so I would guess it isn't that.
You could try deleting the entire folder (and the one in program files (x86) and do a new install (assuming you haven't tried that already).
Other than that, I have no idea, sorry.
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