Locked WTT/WTR files

Found a workaround - copy the files to desktop (just in case), delete files to Recycle Bin, restore files and amazingly they're back where they should be without the 'locked' symbol. Weird or what :silly:

...And there's why.....

Windows Vista and Windows 7 have more security on Program Files folders as a measure to help prevent malicious applications affecting your PC. What they did was design it such that folders and files within Program Files are supposed to be read-only application files and all other data and user files should be placed in a common area. This basically means that any files or folders under the Program Files folder now need admin rights to change (which your normal SimSig application won't have when running normally).

This initially showed itself with regards to SimSig when people installed the sims, and couldn't, like you found, edit the TT's! As a result of this, Geoff made some changes to SimSig to work with these new restrictions. I believe this included changing the installer to place TT files into a common area rather than Program Files which is designed for storing user data that can be modified without requiring Administrator rights, and in addition, adding an option under F3 to allow you to alter where the application looks for said TT files.

As you are using Windows 7, I'd recommend making use of this and not putting your TT's under the Programs Files folder. I forget what the option is called but I am sure someone else will chime in and say so (can you tell how much time I now spend playing sims????)

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...And there's why.....

The option is "use public documents folder."

I'm still using XP which doesn't have the same restrictions, but I have everything SimSig installed into a SimSig folder in My Documents rather than under Program Files with separate folders for each sim. The TT files are then in relevant sub-folders. Would that work in Vista and W7 if you don't want to use the "Use Public Folders" route?