Windows Vista and Modding

I've recently installed R:TW Gold Edition on my laptop which runs Windows Vista. I've played the original game as well as several mods, including EB and Chivalry. Up until just a couple of days ago, I always thought modding was something beyond me, but after looking at a couple of the tutorials provided here, I decided to do something on my own. I downloaded the all factions mod for v 1.5, and found out that Spain doesn't have an archer (or at least, I'm pretty sure it doesn't) so, I followed the guide to adding a unit in the Scriptorium.

Anyway, what happens is that I make the changes to a file and then attempt to save. Vista tells me "Can not create the C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\...." It also tells me to make sure the directory / files exist. So, I checked, and sure enough, read only was enabled. I disabled this feature, and attempted it again. Same problem occurred a second time. I am the administrator on my machine, so I don't know why it refuses to allow me to edit these files.

Any ideas, or is this yet another reason why I should hate Vista?

Thanks for your time,
-Comrade Zachariah

hi

i also run on window vista
same thing happen here

i try to think another idea

what i do is

let say u want to edit desc unit

copy one of it called desc unit ( the second one) paste it some where else
then u edit what u want it to be

after that copy this file that u edited paste it back inside the RTW directories

though its abit tedious , this one way to do it

This happens because you cannot edit files within Vista that are in program files this stops hackers and virus' thats why my mods are on my Desktop.

Alright, I'll do it that way. Thanks for the help guys, this new OS is driving me crazy...

It does to start with but once you know what your doing its ok.

You can stop this by disabling User Account Control (although this will also remove the UAC's positive security effects)