Leadwerks(2.28) Updater failing to download tools

[PapaGwan]

Hey all!

 

So, I just wiped my compy and reinstalled everything, but it seems the leadwerks updater for version 2.8 is doing something it was NOT doing before. It updates merilly until it hits the tools section, when it spits out these;

 

Downloading "Tools/oalinst.exe"...
Failed to save file "C:\Program Files\Leadwerks Engine SDK\Tools/GenMat.exe".
Downloading "Tools/obj2gmf.exe"...
Failed to save file "C:\Program Files\Leadwerks Engine SDK\Tools/phygen.exe".
Downloading "Tools/obj2phy.exe"...
Downloading "Tools/obj2phy.txt"...
Failed to save file "C:\Program Files\Leadwerks Engine SDK\Tools/oalinst.exe".
Downloading "Tools/newton.dll"...
Downloading "Tools/MakeDDS.exe"...
Failed to save file "C:\Program Files\Leadwerks Engine SDK\Tools/obj2phy.exe".

 

EDIT: I stopped it halfway through when if failed to update engine.dll, newton.dll, sandbox.exe, etc. Basically makes the package unusable =P

 

I don't see where to download just the tools in the dev section. I tried a multitude of options for installing as well as did several clean and force updates, to no avail. Any thoughts?

 

Thanks!

[Laurens]

If you are installing on Windows Vista/7 then you cannot save DLL's and EXE's (and possibly more formats) to the Program Files directory without running the Updater as Administrator. I would try saving them to C:\Development or whatever, just not in Program Files.

 

Cheers!

[PapaGwan]

You were correct! Thanks a bunch!

 

I'm confused, I tried once to save it to my documents(already had the problem with windows 7 privileges) but the same problem occurred...Saving to my C: drive worked fine though!

 

Thanks again!

[Josh]

Yep, that's the reason I switched the default install directory to "C:\Leadwerks Engine SDK".

 

The fix is simple, but it's easier if it just doesn't come up.