Mod Installation Problem

[deborarobed]

Hi guys! I'm back on here after a long break away from Freelancer. Saw the Genesis mod was available so downloaded it. Eventually had to download several times because of the following problem. When loading into FLMM 1.3 I get the following messages when the file is almost loaded:
Access to C:\Program Files (x86)\Freelancer Mod Manager\mods\Genesis 1.1 OSP\DLLS\BIN\Content.dll has been denied.
I press 'OK' then another message: Error: unable to extract a file from mod archive 'Genesis 1'. File possibly corrupt.
I activate the mod in FLMM no problem and start the game. I get to the opening screen and it crashes to desktop. Each attempt is with a new download of the mod in a fresh install of Freelancer. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. The vanilla game runs perfectly. Can anyone help me before I crack completely?

[Gibbon]

Did you install any of the programs, Freelancer, FLMM with administrator privileges? If not then please do so. Also make sure both programs run with XP service pack 3 compatibility set to on:)

[deborarobed]

Gibbon, thanx for that. I hadn't run the progs with XP compatibility. Works a treat.

[Gibbon]

After recently joining the ranks of W7 64 bit users, i found out the hard way as well, glad it's all working

[andyc]

Im running win7 64 and have never had to use compatibility mode, only had to tick "run as admin"

[sev98]

me too, also i have message video card not recognised but it makes no difference. this video card didnt exist when freelancer was released.

[Jerico]

Just re-installed on Win8.1 (64bit). Only have to run FL as admin and everything works a treat. On the first run, I was asked about "Direct Play is Missing - Install it" (or something along those lines). I said yes and it worked straight away. When installing FLMM mods, running as admin is the only way the installs will succeed completely - without it they seem to be working and then fail a bit later with a file corrupt message.

[Gibbon]

Thanks for the heads up on Win 8 as i have no experience with it.