(First off, I wanted to try and make a post in the official Wrye Bash thread, but its now locked.)

Hello, so I've been thinking of using Wrye Bash so that two mods that I wish to use will work together, however I've come across an issue.

When I tried to install Wrye Bash, it said that the installation won't continue because of where I have installed Skyrim, which in this case is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common. I've made a backup of all my mods, and I use Nexus mod manager, so this saves me quite a lot of time of re-installing all of my mod files...

I've tried looking around for answers, but so far I haven't been able to find anything that answers my question. I also have no external drives... I wish to keep all of the files on my PC.

Do I need to uninstall Skyrim and re-install it somewhere else? If so, where would be a good place to install it so that Wrye bash can properly function? \Documents\my games?

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1485637-relz-wrye-bash-thread-35/

It is?

The current topic is not locked http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1485637-relz-wrye-bash-thread-35/


Its been a problem with all TES games ( and I should imagine any others with any modding tools that need to manipulate files in a protected folder )

The best way is to install Steam ( and the games ) outside of Program files

Because Program files is protected by windows UAC

Some people choose to switch off UAC - But you are just lowering your layered defences against malware if you take that approach.


Others will give programs elevated access rights to manipulate files in a protected folder, can be quite complicated

Best way ( even though initially it seems to be a PITA ) is to do as advised by Wrye Bash description.


C:\Games\Steam\ is often used if you have only one internal hard drive ( with only one partition )
or just C:\Steam\

See the steam article on moving location https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7710-TDLC-0426

The Nexus Mod manager page for Wrye Bash links to thread 33.

...Huh. Didn't see thread 35 until you pointed it out...

Forgot to mention also the online docs

Linked in the first post of the Wrye Bash topic General / Advanced / Technical / Version history - General topic

Click on installation

Then click on File permissions .. http://oblivionworks.sourceforge.net/readme/Wrye%20Bash%20General%20Readme.html#trouble-permissions