Cannot Complete Install of OSCAR [solved, see post #3]

[wrlucas94]

I tried downloading and installing OSCAR 1.6 on a new Windows 11 computer.  I have been using OSCAR on my Windows 10 computer for almost 7 years. The installation went smoothly.  I chose the option to create a folder on my F drive.  That failed with the message "cannot create a folder on the F drive."  I have checked the permissions and they seem correct.  I tried running Oscar with Administrative permissions but that also failed with the same message.  

I have uninstalled the application and reinstalled it so I could try the default folder setting.  But Oscar now skips that step and tries to create the folder on the F-drive. An install, reboot, and reinstall of Oscar did not change anything. If there is a setting where I can change back to the default folder let me know. Can someone help with this problem?

William Lucas

[wrlucas94]

I have made some progress.  I removed the settings for OSCAR in the registry.  That allowed me to specify the folder on the F drive.  But since the folder is empty, Oscar responds with words to the effect:  This folder does not contain Sleepyhead or OSCAR data.  You cannot use F:/MyOSCAR.

[wrlucas94]

Eventually, I stumbled onto a solution. 

I manually copied my OSCAR data to the folder I wanted and created a profile in Oscar so it could display the data.  It is working now.