First let me say, i have been doing tech support on the windows and other operating systems for 18 years. I know how to find hidden files and i know how to manipulate them in dos. I know how UAC works and If an application has the ability to read and write it has the ability to damage a filesystem. File corruption in windows doesnt happen within the boundries of UAC permissions. If the only method to recover from an issue is by using chkdsk to repair it, it isnt as simple as a process locking a file or a hidden file. It could be the first signs of a failing drive but i have had no other issues with the drive so far.
Several folks in my guild have experienced issues with Minion corrupting files during install and update as well. All have solved the issues by removing the app and manually extracting the addons. I look forward to this app becoming more stable as i am generally lazy about mods but for now i will observe.
Originally Posted by Dolby
Hi Burtelby,
Thank you for your concern.
Some authors accidentally include .git or other .dot folders that may be hidden on some operating systems due to file viewing options. I'm guessing one of the addon folders had a hidden file? There is no way to damage a file system by simply unzipping/unraring a file which is what Minion does. It uses the permissions its given by windows, windows UAC prevents it from doing anything other than that. There is nothing in Minion that changes permissions, its simply not that advanced.
You will want to go into your file options and have your os display hidden files and see if you find anything.
Another possible cause is that Minion was running and still had a process that was touching that folder however your rebooting would have cleared that up. So I don't think thats it.
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