I'd like to suggest that the patcher be updated to detect permissions mode (ie: are you running it as an administrator?). About twice a year, I have to completely reinstall UO because a patch goes through without me being in administrator mode, and for whatever reason, once in awhile, I can't just re-run the patch in admin mode. Instead, it just won't patch, period, no matter what I do. So I uninstall, reinstall, and everything's fine.
If the patcher simply said, "Hey, you need to be in admin mode," and canceled itself, this would be a non-issue. The patcher would only operate in admin mode, and you wouldn't be able to mess up your files simply by patching in the wrong mode.
Like I say, it isn't an all-the-time occurrence, but even twice a year is more than anyone should have to reinstall. And while I know some might suggest always running in admin mode, that's really neither an option nor should it be a necessity.
Please, please, please make it detect permissions.
If the patcher simply said, "Hey, you need to be in admin mode," and canceled itself, this would be a non-issue. The patcher would only operate in admin mode, and you wouldn't be able to mess up your files simply by patching in the wrong mode.
Like I say, it isn't an all-the-time occurrence, but even twice a year is more than anyone should have to reinstall. And while I know some might suggest always running in admin mode, that's really neither an option nor should it be a necessity.
Please, please, please make it detect permissions.