Permissions issue when installing/uninstalling mods

[fungiamongi]

Hi!


long story short, recently downloaded a few mods and successfully installed them.

after playing around with them for awhile, i wanted to curate my mods, add a few more, remove some others, and so on.

Went to the gamedata directory and attempted to uninstall some files and got an "access denied error"

problem -> only one account on computer, and its admin.

Can't access/remove/move files in the Kerbal Space Program file, says I don't have permission (which is new, as I've modded the game before)

Tried giving myself permission via properties/security blah blah blah, nevermind that it shouldn't have changed

Doesn't work.

Specific error message when attempting to alter permissions to files within KSP directory -> "failed to enumerate objects" ????  once it hits the "squad" folder.

Help!

I just want to uninstall all my mods, or failing that, successfully uninstall/delete/re-install the whole game.




Update -> Tried going in manually and editing the security settings for all folders individually to include all possible users, nothing changed, still throws access denied any time i attempt to delete anything within the gamedata folder, the folder itself, or the KSP folder it resides in.   However, I could (and did) delete everything else within the folder, as at this point, I'm just trying to delete and uninstall/reinstall a clean copy of the game.


Anyone have any experience with this problem?

 

 

                              

Permissions were not changed on anything within the steam directory except all the files in gamedata,
And I can change anything BUT whats in gamedata.

Seriously, whats wrong?

                      

(Forum Mods are wonderful people)

Edited January 26, 2017 by fungiamongi
removed double-post

[goldenpsp]

Details?  like what is your current path to KSP?  There have been issues with people running the game under C:\program files... under windows.  Generally the best bet in this case is copy your KSP game somewhere else.  Honestly i do that anyhow so my steam version is always a clean copy for upgrades.

 

[Benoit Hage]

There is no danger at all to wipe out (shift + delete) your entire game folder, or the content of gamedata, squad folder apart. Don't mind those windows messages.

However, if you are the administrator of your system, you should not see those messages.

What is your OS? What security program do you use  (AV, spam remover etc...) What is the destination path of your game folder? When  was the last time everything was in order and what did you change since then?

 

[Tho'koris]

I have the same issue. I looked up all the ways to seize control of the folder to no avail. I can not delete the old KSP folder at all. I just want to reinstall KSP fresh and add mods but I can't with the old folder in the way.

Edit: Run msconfig and start in Safe Mode and delete the folder. I just did and it worked.

Edited January 31, 2017 by Tho'koris
Found a solution.