Extension issue - Please help

Technical Support & Bugs
1

I am adding an extension to CC:E and i get the following error message

“VASSAL was unable to write the file C:\ProgramFiles\VASSAL_Modules_Combat_Commander_ext”

using Java 7 update 60 - (build 1.7.0_60-b19)

java.io.IOException: Could not create C:\Program Files\VASSAL_Modules\Combat_Commander_Europe_ext
at VASSAL.build.module.ExtensionsManager.ensureExists(ExtensionsManager.java:112)
at VASSAL.build.module.ExtensionsManager.getExtensionsDirectory(ExtensionsManager.java:91)
at VASSAL.build.module.ExtensionsManager.setActive(ExtensionsManager.java:141)
at VASSAL.launch.ModuleManagerWindow$ModuleInfo$1.actionPerformed(ModuleManagerWindow.java:1187)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

My OS is windows 7 home edition

any help would be appreciated.

Jerry

2

sorry I am also using the latest VASSAL. 3.2,12

3

Thus spake lobo10s:

I am adding an extension to CC:E and i get the following error message

“VASSAL was unable to write the file
C:\ProgramFiles\VASSAL_Modules_Combat_Commander_ext”

using Java 7 update 60 - (build 1.7.0_60-b19)

java.io.IOException: Could not create C:\Program
Files\VASSAL_Modules\Combat_Commander_Europe_ext

Have you checked whether that directory exists? whether your user
account has permission to create it?

(My guess is that your user account does not have permission to create
that directory. It looks like you’re storing data in C:\Program Files.
Don’t do that. Store data in your user directory. That’s why your user
directory exists.)

–
J.