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If you have an option to use another browser, that should help. Until we can figure out an upgrade path for the current WYSIWYG editor, getting rid of those errors for IE8 will be tough.

Good call, I'll add that check in.

I checked the code and it is attempting to find supported games via the registry, but it is checking only in the installation section where there should be an entry. If there is no entry in that location, it won't find the installation path that way. Looking through that function, they also use two other methods for determining the current game and getting the installation path from it. As a test, I removed my Bethesda Softworks key and ran WB in debug mode, and it did not find Skyrim in the registry, and instead got it based on it's current directory with a check to see what game is along side it. If you look in HKLM\Software, do you see other application installation information? It doesn't make sense why that key doesn't exist on your system. Every game I have installed via Steam has an entry in the right place. In fact, running Skyrim after having deleted the key, it gets recreated. Completely bizarre.

I got the PM. That is the uninstall information. Do you not have a key under HKLM\\Software\\Bethesda Softworks\\Skyrim? If your registry has the uninstall info, it has to have the install info somewhere. May be a Win8 thing where it stores software installation information in a different location. At this moment it does not remember settings. I will have to work on that for the next release. I Need to learn how to manage config files.

I just posted version 1.2 on the Nexus. If you could launch it, I'm curious to hear if it gets the installation path correctly.

I've been casually browsing through certain sections of them all, and in terms of presentation, I have to say he's done a very good job. Will be going through them more focused soon.

Anyone running a 32-bit version of Windows that would be willing to help me do testing? Currently having issues with differences between 32 and 64 bit OS'es that I'm trying to work out when reading the registry for the Skyrim path.

I haven't played in weeks. Going to have to get some Skryim time in soon.

Just uploaded the new version to the Nexus. Earlier this week, the original version had over 200 unique downloads. Yesterday, it was over 400. When I just looked, it had jumped to over 900. Amazing what a patch cycle can do. :) And thanks to everyone that has spread the word at the Nexus.

That is a shame indeed. I always preferred the roads and grass in SRO. Now the roads look closer to vanilla.

Mods that use SD will have ".asi" files in one of three locations: "Skyrim\", "Skyrim\asi", or "Skyrim\Data\asi". Usually you can tell what mod they belong to by the name.

I've tried to set permissions on files in Program Files and nothing happens, which I expect. What I didn't expect is that no exception is thrown. But, one thing that I see, is that Steam seems to have added Full Control for the User group on the base Steam directory. This would allow users to update games without needing privileges, which means the program should also be able to set permissions without elevation. EDIT: I just don't know if the same is true on a Steam install in "Program Files".

I'm done updating Skyrim Unplugged. On top of locking down Automatic Updates, the following files ACL's are modified to prevent delete access for the current user: If the list of files doesn't look complete, let me know. The program will get the Skyrim installation path from the registry, then verify that all of the above files exist before allowing you to toggle Automatic Updates. When you click Enable, you can go into your Skyrim\ folder and right click on any of the above files. You should see a shield icon next to the Delete option. You will still be able to delete the files in Explorer, but programs will not be able to. The updated version is available here. Making it available for any brave souls that would not mind trying it out. Will likely update on Nexus later today/tonight unless a problem surfaces. EDIT: In particular, I'm interested in anyone who has Skyrim installed under C:\Program Files to know if there are problems with setting file permissions.

Did some testing, and thankfully I won't have to set permissions on the directories themselves. You can still delete a file with Deny for Delete through Explorer, but programs you run can not. Should have a test version available later today.

Trying to get the target of a Junction point or symbolic link is a PITA!

To avoid Skyrim Launcher from resetting information in your ini files, set them to Read Only (and ALWAYS make backups :P ). As for the update...hmmm. Aside from when either Steam or Skyrim Launcher decided to delete files that were supposed to be updated, I'm still sitting safely at 1.4.27. Can you check something for me? (this assumes you have not clicked 'Enable' since the update). Run regedit and navigate to HKCU\Software\Valve\Steam\Apps\72850. Double check the value of "EnableCacheLoading" and let me know what it's set to. It should be 0 for Automatic Updates to be turned off. Regardless of what that setting is, right click on the 72850 key and select Permissions. Click on 'Advanced' and check to see if there is a 'Deny' entry for your username as a 'Special' permission.

That happens to me in Firefox as well. I don't think it's hooking the preview page correctly, or at all, but will take a look.

Didn't even realize it, but turns out IE9 allows you to choose the browser mode in the debugger. So I'm seeing the errors that you are getting now, and it appears to be tied to the WYSIWYG editor. When I test without that installed, I don't get any errors. It could take a long time to get that sorted and prevent the errors in the first place, but I have been able to use the editor still in IE8 mode. If you have the option to check a checkbox titled "Do not show this message again", go ahead and check that and you should be ok. I also received the error irregardless of forum theme.

Good catch. If you are unpacking the Mopy directory from the root of the archive, that should indeed be extracted into the Skryim\ root folder.

I know there is at least one person out there that has used the Steam Linker program, or whatever it was called, that allows you to move Steam games to another location. Could someone confirm if it creates a Junction or a symbolic link? I'm updating Skyim Unplugged to lock down Skyrim files so that they can't be deleted, but it also requires setting a permission on the Skyrim\ folder itself. If it's a symbolic link, I'll have to see about determining that and following to the new location. Will likely also call upon some brave souls to test the update if you have the game installed under C:\Program Files to make sure the permissions get set correctly.

From what I can tell, IE8 is throwing a fit due to some cookie code that was added using jQuery, which conflicts with the prototype library (though it's loaded after and takes precedence). I've added a noConflict statement which should make this work in IE8. One thing you can check to see if this is directly the case, is go to a post and click on the "MULTI" button. It should change color to indicate that you have selected it. If it doesn't, it is the cookie code that it is having a problem with. If it does hilight, then go to the bottom and look at the Quick Reply box. It should have a red footer with a messaging stating that you have multiple quotes available, or you can deselect them. If all of the above work, you can safely ignore the error messages that popup. When you get the error message, there should be a checkbox to allow you to ignore the message from now on, unless your work place disables it. Ignoring the message if the above are true should cause no loss in functionality, but just get rid of an annoying message. If that isn't an option, I'm going to have to find some way of being able to run IE8 to more effectively come up with a workaround/fix, as at this point it is a case of IE8 throwing unwarranted tantrums. If the the multi-quoting doesn't work and you are still getting the messages, I'm going to have to see about somehow getting a working IE8 that I can use in a VM or otherwise so I can better debug this.

Other managers? Blasphemy! Separating them out does afford you the opportunity to see everything available at a quick glance. I just hate having multiple archives sitting around in the list that aren't getting installed. The list is long enough of as it is. I may look at overwrites in a different way, but what are you gaining from simple vs complex packages? I'm still able to view conflicts.

I've seen folks complaining about lack of AA even for nVidia cards. I haven't been able to test anything myself though.

Awesome, just what I wanted to hear. :)

One reason to go through the extra steps in packaging to a complex archive is to provide an easy means of switching between textures and/or features when mods provide multiple resolutions or optionals. For example, you may install all of STEP using the higher res textures, but decide that you want to improve performance. Having the multiple textures in the archive allows you to very quickly switch to the lower res textures on select mods to tweak the install.