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Posted September 13, 2008
Hey folks, I've bought Fallout 1 and 2 and tried to download both on internet explorer and firefox 3 to no avail. When I try in firefox I get back an error message (after about 100-200 mb's) that says it "could not be saved because the source file could not be read." The IE error message is even more nonsensical to me. Getting a little frustrated as I bought these games to actually play them and not just see the pretty pictures on the website. Thanks in advance for any help!
p.s. I'm using Vista HP 32bit
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Posted September 14, 2009
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That sucks bro, I may have found a solution as I had a similar problem but not with GoG though.

Make sure that your not running any extensions for downloading content (i.e. your not using the default download manager.) You can disable these extensions and check the by clicking Tools-> Add-ons -> Extensions.

Before you try any of the below, simply open up your addons/plugins/extension manager windows and close them. Sometimes just doing this has been known to solve the problem. Hopefully something below will work if that didn't. If nothing else you have a good place to start :D

1. Close FireFox completely (start task manager and make sure that all FF processes are closed/stopped. Then delete the file named "compreg.dat" from your profile directory. This should be something like the following for XP
C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile folder>

2. I know this sounds kind of silly but make sure that if you are using something below FF3 (such as FF2) that your "history.dat" file isn't set to read only.

3. Once again make sure you have FF closed completely as outlined above, open your profile directory (as outlined above) and try deleting the "downloads.rdf" (this file is called "downloads.sqlite" in FF3 or later, however if you have both of these files delete them both.) As a note, you may have to set 'show hidden files and folders' on your explorer settings for your profile folder in Windows. This can be solved in the future by selecting "Tools -> Options " and unchecking "Remember what I've downloaded" Or alternatively you could go under "Privacy / Private Data" and select "Clear my private data when I close FireFox" then click the "Settings..." button and select "Download History" in the "Clear Private Data" window.

4. Choose a different download folder by typing in "about:config" in the address bar of FF find the option labeled "browser.download.lastDir", right-click on this, and select "Reset."
To choose a different folder go to "Tools -> Options" in the menu, under "Main / Downloads" select the "Save files to" option and click "Browse".

-- Total fail people.
LOL totally thought this was from this year.
Post edited May 27, 2011 by jurijchrul
Posted September 14, 2009
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GordanShumway: <snip>

I know you mean well, but that post is really old. :)
I'm sure muttmallard managed to download his games by now.
Post edited September 14, 2009 by Namur
Posted February 08, 2010
Got it guys, thanks a lot!
Posted March 02, 2010
he deserves some rep though :D
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Posted March 14, 2014
Hi everyone. I downloaded Fallout to my MacBook Pro which has Mavericks, and when I try to access the game after downloading it, I get this error message that says, "ERROR! Cannot write to Info.plist, there are permission problems, or you are on a read-only volume. This cannot run from within a read-only dmg file."
What did I do wrong? Is there any way to fix this?
Posted March 14, 2014
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Spike360: Hi everyone. I downloaded Fallout to my MacBook Pro which has Mavericks, and when I try to access the game after downloading it, I get this error message that says, "ERROR! Cannot write to Info.plist, there are permission problems, or you are on a read-only volume. This cannot run from within a read-only dmg file."
What did I do wrong? Is there any way to fix this?
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/68646/how-do-i-unlock-a-plist-file-so-that-i-can-change-it I don't know why its not working but according to this article you can change the permissions for the plist file to fix the issue. A word of caution, I do not use nor do I know anything Mac related.
Posted March 15, 2014
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Spike360: "ERROR! Cannot write to Info.plist, there are permission problems, or you are on a read-only volume. This cannot run from within a read-only dmg file."
Did you copy the game to the Applications folder? Also, go through the OS X articles under support.
Post edited March 15, 2014 by Gydion
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