Posted January 24, 20187 yr Trying to install Forge 1.8.9, except every time I get an error. "There was a problem writing the launcher version data, is it write protected?" Already tried universal installer and rebooting. (On Win 10) Here's the log Considering library net.minecraftforge:forge:1.8.9-11.15.1.1722: Not Downloading Considering library io.netty:netty-all:4.0.23.Final: Not Downloading Considering library net.minecraft:launchwrapper:1.12: Not Downloading Considering library org.ow2.asm:asm-all:5.0.3: Not Downloading Considering library jline:jline:2.13: Not Downloading Considering library com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor_2.11:2.3.3 Checking "C:\Users\ariew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\typesafe\akka\akka-actor_2.11\2.3.3\akka-actor_2.11-2.3.3.jar" internal checksums checksums.sha1 validated successfully Jar contents validated successfully Considering library com.typesafe:config:1.2.1 Checking "C:\Users\ariew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\com\typesafe\config\1.2.1\config-1.2.1.jar" internal checksums checksums.sha1 validated successfully Jar contents validated successfully Considering library org.scala-lang:scala-actors-migration_2.11:1.1.0 Checking "C:\Users\ariew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\scala-actors-migration_2.11\1.1.0\scala-actors-migration_2.11-1.1.0.jar" internal checksums checksums.sha1 validated successfully Jar contents validated successfully Considering library org.scala-lang:scala-compiler:2.11.1 Checking "C:\Users\ariew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\scala-compiler\2.11.1\scala-compiler-2.11.1.jar" internal checksums checksums.sha1 validated successfully Jar contents validated successfully Considering library org.scala-lang.plugins:scala-continuations-library_2.11:1.0.2 Checking "C:\Users\ariew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\plugins\scala-continuations-library_2.11\1.0.2\scala-continuations-library_2.11-1.0.2.jar" internal checksums checksums.sha1 validated successfully Jar contents validated successfully Considering library org.scala-lang.plugins:scala-continuations-plugin_2.11.1:1.0.2 Checking "C:\Users\ariew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\plugins\scala-continuations-plugin_2.11.1\1.0.2\scala-continuations-plugin_2.11.1-1.0.2.jar" internal checksums checksums.sha1 validated successfully Jar contents validated successfully Considering library org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.11.1 Checking "C:\Users\ariew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\scala-library\2.11.1\scala-library-2.11.1.jar" internal checksums checksums.sha1 validated successfully Jar contents validated successfully Considering library org.scala-lang:scala-parser-combinators_2.11:1.0.1 Checking "C:\Users\ariew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\scala-parser-combinators_2.11\1.0.1\scala-parser-combinators_2.11-1.0.1.jar" internal checksums checksums.sha1 validated successfully Jar contents validated successfully Considering library org.scala-lang:scala-reflect:2.11.1 Checking "C:\Users\ariew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\scala-reflect\2.11.1\scala-reflect-2.11.1.jar" internal checksums checksums.sha1 validated successfully Jar contents validated successfully Considering library org.scala-lang:scala-swing_2.11:1.0.1 Checking "C:\Users\ariew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\scala-swing_2.11\1.0.1\scala-swing_2.11-1.0.1.jar" internal checksums checksums.sha1 validated successfully Jar contents validated successfully Considering library org.scala-lang:scala-xml_2.11:1.0.2 Checking "C:\Users\ariew\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\libraries\org\scala-lang\scala-xml_2.11\1.0.2\scala-xml_2.11-1.0.2.jar" internal checksums checksums.sha1 validated successfully Jar contents validated successfully Considering library lzma:lzma:0.0.1: Not Downloading Considering library net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:4.6: Not Downloading Considering library java3d:vecmath:1.5.2 Considering library net.sf.trove4j:trove4j:3.0.3
January 30, 20187 yr Stop using 1.8.9 and use 1.11+ instead. and looks like you have a system permission problem. Grant the program "admin permission" before running.
January 30, 20187 yr Author 7 minutes ago, LeoCTH said: Stop using 1.8.9 and use 1.11+ instead. and looks like you have a system permission problem. Grant the program "admin permission" before running. Admin perms were the first thing I tried. Figured it out anyway. Bought this PC off Craigslist, so maybe the guy tweaked perms. Cleared all partitions and full reset, works fine.
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