Execopt Problem : III

» Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:45 pm

Encountered an issue, got error message "access to the path 'fpu.exe' is denied".

Contents of log.txt:

0001EA52:0041FA52
[esp+0x0070]=([esp+0x0040]-[esp+0x0050])
[esp+0x0074]=([esp+0x0044]-[esp+0x0054])
[esp+0x0078]=([esp+0x0048]-[esp+0x0058])

Patched:
fld dword [esp+0x40]
lea ecx,[esp+0x68]
fsub dword [esp+0x50]
push ecx
fld dword [esp+0x40]
lea edx,[esp+0xa4]
fsub dword [esp+0x50]
push edx
fld dword [esp+0x40]
lea ecx,[esp+0xd8]
fsub dword [esp+0x50]
fstp dword [esp+0x70]
fstp dword [esp+0x74]
fstp dword [esp+0x78]

with:
lea ecx,[esp+0x68]
push ecx
lea edx,[esp+0xa4]
push edx
lea ecx,[esp+0xd8]
movss xmm0,[esp+0x40]
movhps xmm0,[esp+0x44]
movss xmm1,[esp+0x50]
movhps xmm1,[esp+0x54]
subps xmm0,xmm1
movhps [esp+0x74],xmm0
movss [esp+0x70],xmm0

Benchmark:
FPU: 00:00:00.0312002
SSE: 00:00:00.0312002
Ratio: 1
------------------------------------------------

Not sure how to interpret.

» Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:30 pm

I'm not a Windows user, but whenever I see "access to the path ... is denied" kind of messages, the first thing that comes to mind is that you have a problem related to UAC (if you are running Vista or later). If you are running the program under "Program Files" maybe you could try putting it somewhere else, or run it with admin privileges?

» Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:39 am

I'm not a Windows user, but whenever I see "access to the path ... is denied" kind of messages, the first thing that comes to mind is that you have a problem related to UAC (if you are running Vista or later). If you are running the program under "Program Files" maybe you could try putting it somewhere else, or run it with admin privileges?

No. It's not UAC. The reason is Windows 7.

I tried it with the RC back then and I got the same error. UAC was disabled.

» Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:33 am

But even with UAC disabled, there are most likely still permissions in place over the Program Files folder (and a few others), unless they were manually cleared. Better to install Morrowind to your own directory somewhere and avoid the potential problem, I'd say.

» Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:30 pm

From the log, exeopt has obviously created and run a copy of fpu.exe successfully, so the error must come from trying to delete it again after running. That means that the problem is more likely to be something holding a file lock open even after exeopt has closed it, such as poorly written antivirus software.

» Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:47 pm

Even with UAC disabled there can be issues with the permissions set on files in Windows 7 and Vista so those need to be changed. Follow the instructions at the below link on your Morrowind directory. (same instructions work for Windows 7 and Vista)

http://www.blogsdna.com/2159/how-to-take-ownership-grant-permissions-to-access-files-folder-in-windows-7.htm

» Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:05 am

No. It's not UAC. The reason is Windows 7.

I tried it with the RC back then and I got the same error. UAC was disabled.

UAC behavior changed between releases and RC. Even after release there were some updates.

But nothing can escape from "run as administrator-install somewhere else than program files" combo.

» Thu Dec 17, 2009 7:02 pm

Actually if you change the security permissions on the files to give users full permissions you can have it wherever you want and don't have to run as administrator. The only problem is that you have to do that for everything so it is better to make sure your files are not in Program Files so that you only need to change permissions on things that still have problems.

» Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:14 pm

From the log, exeopt has obviously created and run a copy of fpu.exe successfully, so the error must come from trying to delete it again after running. That means that the problem is more likely to be something holding a file lock open even after exeopt has closed it, such as poorly written antivirus software.

Stupid McAfee! At least it was free................

Thanks, TS. So, it did work. Cool.

» Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:04 pm

Even with UAC disabled there can be issues with the permissions set on files in Windows 7 and Vista so those need to be changed. Follow the instructions at the below link on your Morrowind directory. (same instructions work for Windows 7 and Vista)

http://www.blogsdna.com/2159/how-to-take-ownership-grant-permissions-to-access-files-folder-in-windows-7.htm

Thanks, I thought I had given everything admin rights. I'll check out the link.