trying to run FNIS but getting this error

[agentzany123]

"ERROR(5): Access to the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\tools\GenerateFNIS_for_Users\temporary_logs\defaultfemale.xml' is denied."

how do i fix this??

[DPMR]

It is telling you that Windows is protecting an secure folder from an exe file trying to access.

How to fix, move the game folder out to the drives root folder.

[Havok]

Originally posted by DPMR:

It is telling you that Windows is protecting an secure folder from an exe file trying to access.

How to fix, move the game folder out to the drives root folder.

yup.

Your error is this: Access to the path
'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\tools\GenerateFNIS_for_Users\temporary_logs\defaultfemale.xml'

Meaning you have SSE installed in x86.

Uninstall and change your steam game library to be outside of program files or move out of Program Files x86.

You can read more about it here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/489830/discussions/0/2828702373000172633/

But Short Answer is this:
The reason it is recommended that Steam be moved out of it's default installation, C:/Program Files (86) is that Windows UAC will often block you from making changes to program files and you will then have to run the program as an administrator. Windows can get very leery of you making changes to program files.

So you can either setup your Mod Organizer to run as Admin, and SSE to run as admin, or move it out. Your call

[Vlad 254]

you have the answer from the above posts OP
here's Steam's method
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129

[-CASTRADOMIS-]

FNIS is outdated and losing support. Use Nemesis instead. It does what FNIS does and more (and yes mods made for FNIS will work with Nemesis) https://github.com/ShikyoKira/Project-New-Reign---Nemesis-Main/releases

[smr1957]

Originally posted by -CASTRADOMIS-:

FNIS is outdated and losing support. Use Nemesis instead. It does what FNIS does and more (and yes mods made for FNIS will work with Nemesis) https://github.com/ShikyoKira/Project-New-Reign---Nemesis-Main/releases

I would most definitely NOT go that far. FNIS is not outdated, and a tremendous variety of mods still require it and it works fine. As to Nemesis, in time it may be the go to mod, but it certainly is not yet, and relatively few mods actually require it at this point.

Also, if you are having issues in FNIS, you will still have the same issues in Nemesis - installing Nemesis, for example, is not going to fix the above problem, nor will it fix not having the proper pathing, nor having incompatible animations. The only reason so far to use Nemesis is if you have one of the few mods that actually have it listed as a requirement (and so far, there are relatively few).

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by -CASTRADOMIS-:

FNIS is outdated and losing support. Use Nemesis instead. It does what FNIS does and more (and yes mods made for FNIS will work with Nemesis) https://github.com/ShikyoKira/Project-New-Reign---Nemesis-Main/releases

FNIS is not outdated, unsupported maybe but not outdated.
Nemesis may be great, but a blanket statement of all FNIS mods will work with it is obviously flawed, and I have seen threads were a mod will not work with FNIS but not Nemesis (the only solution was to remove Nemesis and put FNIS back in)..... so not entirely true.

[Vlad 254]

I've been tracking the progress on Nemesis, nice mod but I'm not ready to make a load order with it yet as it still is not compatible with several of my mods that depend on FNIS and I like those mods too much to switch to Nemesis just to get say for example Combat Overhaul.

In the mean time FNIS is fine and just because Fore retired does not mean there is not support. Fore left the following message on the FNIS Nexus page:
All my mods, and in particular FNIS, FNIS SE, and FNIS Sources, are passed over to "The Care Taker", and are fully owned now by "Nexus Mods".

Furthermore as has been the case for some time now on the FNIS site (just like many other mods) the community does a great job answering questions, that has not stopped.

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by agentzany123:

"ERROR(5): Access to the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim Special Edition\Data\tools\GenerateFNIS_for_Users\temporary_logs\defaultfemale.xml' is denied."

how do i fix this??

You fix it Like this
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7418-YUBN-8129


That same info is Linked in my SSE Help Guide
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2266129651