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Icewind Dale seriesCannot write to IWD 1 ini file(4 posts)(4 posts)
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Posted December 15, 2011
Just installed the game and came to alter my options using the config file. However, every time I alter something and try and save it comes up with a message box saying it's unable to write to icewind.ini file. Has anyone else come across this problem? Do I have to manually alter the .ini file itself?
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Posted December 15, 2011
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Nikata: Just installed the game and came to alter my options using the config file. However, every time I alter something and try and save it comes up with a message box saying it's unable to write to icewind.ini file. Has anyone else come across this problem? Do I have to manually alter the .ini file itself?
Are you using Win 7 & did you install in the default C:\Program Files (#86) ...?
Posted December 17, 2011
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Nikata: Just installed the game and came to alter my options using the config file. However, every time I alter something and try and save it comes up with a message box saying it's unable to write to icewind.ini file. Has anyone else come across this problem? Do I have to manually alter the .ini file itself?
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olnorton: Are you using Win 7 & did you install in the default C:\Program Files (#86) ...?
I have 7 yes but didn't install to the default directory, is that where I should have installed it then??
Posted May 26, 2023
I've experienced same problem and was able to resolve it.
I also saw "No posts in this topic were marked as the solution yet. If you can help, add your reply", so I decided to add my solution in order to help others, if someone still experience this trying to run original, non EE version, despite this topic being 12 years old.

I have a different language in my Windows, so I chose closest translation.

I right-clicked icewind.ini, chose Properties, then Security tab, then click on Change/Edit. Then clicked on every user/group in the list and set Allow/Granted at Full Access. In other words I allowed each user/group to change, record this file. After that Config said that it can't write keymap.ini. I did the same thing with this file too - allowed every group/user to change, record this file. After that all changes in Config were saved/applied nicely without any problems.
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