Cant initialize plugins directory windows 10

Most probably a permission problem, go to the AppFolder (you'll have to change the folder options to be able to see hidden folders) and search for anything related to steam, and verifiy in the properties of the folder, security tab, that permission are ok.

Your own account and SYSTEM account should both have Full Control privileges

If you use the portable (zip-file) version, it doesn’t register itself with Windows, so Windows doesn’t automatically list it for choosing with “Open With…” or similar. However, under most versions of Windows, you can select “browse” in the “Open With” dialog, and go find notepad++.exe yourself.

Or, if you are an advanced user, you can edit your association(s) in your registry. (For example, in mine, HKCR\.txt\ uses the (Default) string value with data txtfile, and HKCR\txtfile\Shell\open\command\ uses the (Default) string value of my full path for notepad++.exe. If you don’t understand any of those terms in these parentheses, you probably should be wary of editing your registry yourself.)

19th June 2019, 07:10

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Can't initialize plugins directory windows 10/1903

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After updating my system to Windows 10 1903 I got this message on installers created with NISIS:

Can't initialize plugins directory.Please try again later

also could be a problem generated by Avast antivirus
thanks

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What is the exact message? Press Ctrl+C in the dialog...

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19th June 2019, 14:55

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Hi,exact message:

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Install NET SFE
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Error! Can't initialize plug-ins directory. Please try again later.
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OK
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seems to me the Avast is the problem,disabling it seems to work

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This happens if CreateDirectory fails for "%Temp%\nsXYZ.tmp" which very much sounds like a security tool that is trying too hard.

You can work around it with something like this

PHP Code:

!include LogicLib.nsh Function .onInit CreateDirectory "$Temp\3b448375-b854-42b2-a42e-b4c74cac54b8" ${IfNot} ${Errors} RMDir "$Temp\3b448375-b854-42b2-a42e-b4c74cac54b8" ${Else} ${ForEach} $0 0 9999 + 1 ClearErrors CreateDirectory "$LocalAppData\ns$0.tmp" ${IfNotThen} ${Errors} ${|} ${Break} ${|} ${Next} UnsafeStrCpy $PluginsDir "$LocalAppData\ns$0.tmp" ${EndIf} InitPluginsDir FunctionEnd

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Hi
tested your code but the same message/error
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And if you change $LocalAppData to $Desktop? Is the AV blocking all folders?

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same problem with $Desktop
yes that seems to do

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Hi
found the problem:disabling Avast Cybercapture option fix the problem,seems that it opens the installer twice:first,for one second in a 'sandbox'...