Can't open FAF - "Errors occured" window shows that log file

[hiena]

When I want to start FAF, I got an error window with a text that the logfile C:\......\ FAForever.exe.log file could not be opened, and permisson denied for this file.
I tried to uninstall and reinstall FAF but it doesn't help. Could anyone help me fixing this issue?

Thanks in advance,

Hiena

[ColonelSheppard]

logs ?

[Ze_PilOt]

That's a really bad advice.

[meangreen65]

I'm having the same problems...?

[Ze_PilOt]

You should post the content of that .log file.

[meangreen65]

Hi, here is the exact error message I'm getting.

The log file 'C:\...\FAForever.exe.log' could not be opened:
[Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\...\\FAForever.exe.log'

I don't know what any of that means. And yes... errno is how it appears on my screen. not error. ??

Here is the log list from FAForever.exe:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 38, in <module>
File "util\__init__.pyc", line 141, in <module>
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 1511, in basicConfig
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 893, in __init__
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 912, in _open
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\ProgramData\\FAForever\\logs\\forever.log'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 38, in <module>
File "util\__init__.pyc", line 141, in <module>
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 1511, in basicConfig
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 893, in __init__
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 912, in _open
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\ProgramData\\FAForever\\logs\\forever.log'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 38, in <module>
File "util\__init__.pyc", line 141, in <module>
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 1511, in basicConfig
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 893, in __init__
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 912, in _open
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\ProgramData\\FAForever\\logs\\forever.log'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 38, in <module>
File "util\__init__.pyc", line 141, in <module>
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 1511, in basicConfig
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 893, in __init__
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 912, in _open
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\ProgramData\\FAForever\\logs\\forever.log'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 38, in <module>
File "util\__init__.pyc", line 141, in <module>
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 1511, in basicConfig
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 893, in __init__
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 912, in _open
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\ProgramData\\FAForever\\logs\\forever.log'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 38, in <module>
File "util\__init__.pyc", line 141, in <module>
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 1511, in basicConfig
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 893, in __init__
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 912, in _open
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\ProgramData\\FAForever\\logs\\forever.log'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 38, in <module>
File "util\__init__.pyc", line 141, in <module>
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 1511, in basicConfig
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 893, in __init__
File "logging\__init__.pyc", line 912, in _open
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\ProgramData\\FAForever\\logs\\forever.log'

[Ze_PilOt]

Erase all you can find in "C:\ProgramData\FAForever\", and never run the lobby as admin (again).

If you did not run as admin, it's a bigger problem, related to windows user management, but we will see if it happens again.

[meangreen65]

ok... none of that worked, but I tried running it as admin... and it started right up no problems? Any explanation on that? Thanks for your help so far

[Ze_PilOt]

Yes, you have locked some files by running it as admin, or some files are locked where they shouldn't when you are not as admin.

As a general rule, if you have to run something as admin and it's not an installation, something is wrong.