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[Bruceee]

Hello!

 

Pardon me if this breaks protocol as this is my first time posting. I've recently reinstalled VPX on my machine since upgrading to Windows 11. I went to load and play "Hot Shot 1.4.vpx, it loaded in and I received a Permission denied error in VPX v10.6.  Thie below line is the error.

Set ScoreFile=FileObj.CreateTextFile(UserDirectory & HighScoreFilename,True)

If I run as admin I can play the game, but if I get a high score, it craps out on the above line.  How do I either REM out all the offending high score-related code, or correct this line, or properly give write rights to the script?  I used the install scripts from this website.

[wiesshund]

Hello!

 

Pardon me if this breaks protocol as this is my first time posting. I've recently reinstalled VPX on my machine since upgrading to Windows 11. I went to load and play "Hot Shot 1.4.vpx, it loaded in and I received a Permission denied error in VPX v10.6.  Thie below line is the error.

Set ScoreFile=FileObj.CreateTextFile(UserDirectory & HighScoreFilename,True)

If I run as admin I can play the game, but if I get a high score, it craps out on the above line.  How do I either REM out all the offending high score-related code, or correct this line, or properly give write rights to the script?  I used the install scripts from this website.

 

Did you install to a protected folder?
I would sugest a user owned folder like c:\visual pinball or c:\vpx

 

You are getting a permission denied to create/modify a file, which means you dont own the folder vpx is in

c:\program files is a no go

 

Dont dont have to reinstall

just cut vpx from the non you owned folder it is in, the entire vpx folder

paste it into c:\ so it should wind up being c:\visual pinball

 

once it has moved, go into the folder, go into the vpinmame folder

run setup.exe, and puch the install button, to update pinmame's path, and then you should be good

[Bruceee]

 

Hello!

 

Pardon me if this breaks protocol as this is my first time posting. I've recently reinstalled VPX on my machine since upgrading to Windows 11. I went to load and play "Hot Shot 1.4.vpx, it loaded in and I received a Permission denied error in VPX v10.6.  Thie below line is the error.

Set ScoreFile=FileObj.CreateTextFile(UserDirectory & HighScoreFilename,True)

If I run as admin I can play the game, but if I get a high score, it craps out on the above line.  How do I either REM out all the offending high score-related code, or correct this line, or properly give write rights to the script?  I used the install scripts from this website.

 

Did you install to a protected folder?
I would sugest a user owned folder like c:\visual pinball or c:\vpx

 

You are getting a permission denied to create/modify a file, which means you dont own the folder vpx is in

c:\program files is a no go

 

Dont dont have to reinstall

just cut vpx from the non you owned folder it is in, the entire vpx folder

paste it into c:\ so it should wind up being c:\visual pinball

 

once it has moved, go into the folder, go into the vpinmame folder

run setup.exe, and puch the install button, to update pinmame's path, and then you should be good

 

The folder is and has been located at C:\Visual Pinball.  I've also run Pinmame setup, prior to this error. So maybe it's Windows 11. That's really the only variable that has changed. Also, this only affects games that have post-it note type style high scores. 
 

[gtxjoe]

Check to make sure there is a Visual Pinball/User folder

[Bruceee]

Check to make sure there is a Visual Pinball/User folder

There is some serious weirdness going on, on my computer. Yes, there is a User folder.  I open properties and it's set to read-only.  I've unchecked the attribute and hit apply, close properties, open the properties and read-only is again checked. I go up to the VIsual pinball folder, and it's set to read-only. I've unchecked the attribute and hit apply, confirm apply to folder contents, close properties, open the properties, and read-only is again checked.

[Bruceee]

Mark as resolved. I uninstalled the and reinstalled on a different hard drive.

[wiesshund]

Mark as resolved. I uninstalled the and reinstalled on a different hard drive.

Something must have happened to the permissions flags on the folder

 

You probably could have created a folder names whatever

deleted the users folder, renamed whatever to users and also solved it, maybe