Coming back to IL-2

[AndyJWest]

Welcome back.

I'd recommend you take a look at Beacat's Nugget's Guide, on the Ubisoft forum: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...3/m/3181081438

As far as installing IL-2 under Win 7, the consensus seems to be that you shouldn't install it in the 'Program files' folder - create one for it instead, e.g. C:/Games/ or something similar. If you've already installed it in the default location, you can copy across to a new one without difficulty.

If you have 64 bit Win 7, this may be relevant too: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...5/m/2861000908

[itgl72]

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

As far as installing IL-2 under Win 7, the consensus seems to be that you shouldn't install it in the 'Program files' folder

I'm curious as to why that may be? What are the repercussions of installing it in the program files?

[AndyJWest]

Win 7 (or Vista) treats anything in 'Program files' as read-only by default, which can lead to problems.

[philip.ed]

Yes, you can't edit the conf.ini etc. Generally it's a hassle and you will always find some-sort of problem

[lbuchele]

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

Win 7 (or Vista) treats anything in 'Program files' as read-only by default, which can lead to problems.

I´m running Il2 in Win 7 flawless, but I remember somebody here posted a trick to do the instalation in a proper way (running "a" like administrator, I don´t remember exactly)

[itgl72]

Interesting, it seems the conf.ini file is allowing me to edit it though. I mean, I've saved the file with my changes, and when I go back the file is there, and it is saved. What could I be missing?

[KG26_Alpha]

With UAC off its ok

[itgl72]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

With UAC off its ok

Well, there you go. I had it off.