[Scharnhorst1943]

Well let's start by getting rid of one of your theories I,m running Mat Manager 2.36 on a modded install so it can't be that.I'm also running XP so,there goes the other theory.All my folders even the one's I create are read only the only changes that a guy can make to them is to hide or archive them.What properties are you trying to change them to?

I have XP professional, and I had it working before the crash, but that was the old installers. I had a hard time finding a download for Mat Manager, and there was a post from Ace that said to download a particular one. I made sure to download that particular one because his post said the other one was invalid or would not work correctly.

I downloaded the correct one, according to the MM author. I ran the installer and told it where to unzip all the mats, (My IL2 folder). It takes FOREVER unzipping the mats, then installs mat manager. I make all the changes I want in mat manager and nothing. I made sure to rename il2fb to il2 and it still does not work. I have tried installing this thing like 10 times and noda.

The only thing I can think of is that I am installing both my IL2 game and Mat Manager on a seperate Drive. I have a 160 GB plug in drive that I am using. the path I am installing to is this:

Game H:\Games\Ubisoft\IL-2 1946
Mat Manager H:\Games\Ubisoft\Mat Manager

But the funny thing is, it should not make a difference where or on what drive.

All I know is that I am doing EVERYTHING correct in readme and help forums (I have done research before comming here) and it WILL NOT WORK.

What else is there to do?

Point initial install (Mats) to unload in game folder, copy and rename il2fb to il2.exe, install mat manager. I have clearchache=0 in my config.ini also.
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@ Kopfdorfer,

Thank you for your help, but do you have any other tips or suggestions? Did you have a hard time getting it to run correctly? If all else I will try your install tip, but when I had it working previously I had it installed in the same way .........

I guess you would not be willing to email me your Mat installer? Maybe the installer I downloaded is corrupted. The only thing is it is the only one available and I have downloaded several times to check this. Same problem.