On wad downloading - "Failed to open file x for write"

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On wad downloading - "Failed to open file x for write"

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Post by lg_ft » Tue May 19, 2015 6:35 pm

Whenever I try joining any server in Doomseeker and it starts downloading the necessary wads, I get some variation of this error before it finishes:
http://puu.sh/hTeKY/f67ca659f8.png

No idea what the problem could be. Anyone know?
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RE: On wad downloading - "Failed to open file x for write"

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Post by Sean » Tue May 19, 2015 6:41 pm

My guess is that you don't have permission to write to Program Files.

Can you try setting a different path to download WADs to?
Options > Configure > File Paths > Choose a path.
Then, Options > Configure > WadSeeker > General > Directory where Wadseeker will put WADs into > put the same path there.
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RE: On wad downloading - "Failed to open file x for write"

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Post by lg_ft » Tue May 19, 2015 6:51 pm

CoffeeScripter wrote: My guess is that you don't have permission to write to Program Files.

Can you try setting a different path to download WADs to?
Options > Configure > File Paths > Choose a path.
Then, Options > Configure > WadSeeker > General > Directory where Wadseeker will put WADs into > put the same path there.
Made a directory outside of program files, it's working now, thanks :smile:

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