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Oblivion Mod:PCS Library/Cannot find new plugin after saving in TESCS

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ProblemEdit

TESCS does not successfully create a new plugin when saving a new plugin.

Cause - UAC ProtectionEdit

Windows 7 and Windows Vista users have User Account Control (UAC) on by default, which prevents applications without administrator privileges from installing and modifying files.

Solution: This issue affects many utilities for Oblivion, so the cleanest, safest method to avoid this and further related issues is to uninstall Oblivion and reinstall Oblivion to a folder outside of UAC protection (i.e., C:\Games). The same applies to Steam, if Oblivion is installed through it.

Solution: You can try to give TESCS the necessary rights by right-clicking on the launcher in the Oblivion folder and using the Run as administrator option.

Solution: It is possible to only disabled UAC protection on the folder in which Oblivion is installed. Since Oblivion and other mods modify Documents/My Games, you may wish to disable protection on that folder as well.

Selectively Disable UAC ...

Solution: Another clean method (albeit a bit less safe) is to turn off User Account Control all together.