Steam: "Acess to path denied"

digitalx · May 9, 2020

I have bought BTB on Steam, loaded it up with Xpacks and ticked them for install one by one. Suddenly it crashed with this message:

09/05/2020 03:29:38
ERROR: frmMain() - Access to the path 'basic_city_xpack_v1_1346537954_2236.zip' is denied.

I have removed every Xpack, verified the files but this still pertains, what can I do?

I have just deleted all the files and folders in Steam/Common, reinstalled but it still persists.

Read Only access is unticked, so I am stumped.

Pastebin of the unhandled exception https://pastebin.com/6hXtLA5t

Kjell Nielsen · May 9, 2020

basic_city_xpack_v1_1346537954_2236

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digitalx · May 9, 2020

I'll try that thanks. Is there a limit of how many XPacks BTB can enable at once?

R Soul · May 10, 2020

I just loaded some objects from that into a test project and have had no errors.

Unless things have changed a lot for the Steam version, XPacks are still loaded from within BTB's installation folder. By default steam programs are in Program Files (x86)... which nowadays is heavily protected by Windows. That wasn't the case when BTB was first developed, so it may be that it's trying to access the file in a way that's no longer permitted.

Try moving your BTB folder:

Steam Support :: Moving a Steam Installation and Games

support.steampowered.com

(Only go to steps 4 or 5, then find your current BTB folder and make a backup, as this page is for moving everything, but it's best to only move things that aren't working properly).

Back in the library, right click on BTB and go to Properties > Local Files > Move Installation Folder. You should see the one you added.

An example:
I moved my rFactor2 installation a while ago. When I went to 'Add Library Folder...' I selected C:\games\

Then I moved rF2 (via the library... Move feature mentioned above) and selected c:\games\. Steam then created it in C:\Games\steamapps\common\rFactor 2, so you'll have a similar pattern to follow with BTB.

digitalx · May 10, 2020

Will try try that and edit.

Nope, still saying access denied, with the Unhandled Exception .NET Framework error. This is G:/Steamy/steamapps/common/Bobs etc

Tried in C:/Steam2/steamapps etc, no luck.

R Soul · May 10, 2020

I should point out that I've also seen these two settings in the program itself, which may be easier to change than moving the installation folder:

digitalx · May 10, 2020

I can't use the program because the unhandled exception blocks my access to interact with the program.

Image 5 pops up, then 6. That's as far as I get.

All installs so far are not under any Program Files/x86

Do I need to install a specific .NET Framework? Pretty sure I was up to date.

R Soul · May 10, 2020

The BTB website says it needs version 2.0, so you need to make sure you're out of date as well as up to date
(i.e. Windows allows multiple versions to be installed)

digitalx · May 10, 2020

Installed 2.0 it just said "is this installed correctly" and showing up in .NET folder in Windows.

Update: I have reinstalled Windows 10 from scratch, will edit this reply to tell you what happens.

Can someone remove my post below please.

EDIT: Reinstalling Windows 10 fixed it, now to see whether I can get any XPacks to play nice.