[MgA]ODEN wrote:I had that problem when I tried to install Quake on a 64bit OS. The only way I could get it to work right was to copy my Quake folder from my old OS and put it on my desktop of my new OS and run it from that folder.
Nice work ODEN. I just found this bit of info at this forum;
http://www.w7forums.com/am-trying-modif ... 11393.html
The part that explains the issue is quoted here;
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In news:,
Metspitzer wrote:
> Something in Win 7 is preventing Quake 3 to save the configuration
> file and it also won't let me do it manually.
> Any suggestions on how to fix?
>
> Thanks
I haven't ran Quake,
but if it is sitting in the Program Files folder,
then yes. As Windows 7 doesn't allow you or the programs to write in
some areas and that is one of them. The way around this problem (if that
is what it is) is to install the program in another folder (i.e. Games,
etc) which Windows 7 doesn't restrict excess to at least with
administrator privileges.
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I copied my Quake III Arena directory right to the C:\ drive and viola, it
works. I started my game and went into setup then clicked on the
defaults option and lo and behold my empty config file filled up with all
the settings. You'll still have to do any custom config work manually.
Problem solved
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