Please Help---NMSSaveEditor Issue

[WhirleyBirdy]

Hello All, I feel very sheepish having to ask for help on what shouldnt be an issue but here I am.....

I have recently upgraded computers (Aroura R13) and I use to have this working fine on my previous PC(Aurora R7) but now I cannot for the life of me even get the NMSSaveEditor.jar file to open. I downloaded all the necessary files and installed Java through the link in description but when I doubleclick the .jar nothing happens and Iam at a loss of where to go from here.

Thanks in advance for your time!

[Devilin-Pixy]

Make sure you have the 64-bit version installed. Then check to see if it recognises java to be run (.jar) in the command window. If not, Java is likely not installed correctly.

If the above works fine, make sure to check your antivirus and windows security settings, to ensure it is actually allowed to run and not being blocked.

[WhirleyBirdy]

now that you mention it does more seem to be behaving like might be blocked. I def have correct version and .jars are set to Java so I will try the antivirus/security route. Thank you for the advice!

[WhirleyBirdy]

Make sure you have the 64-bit version installed. Then check to see if it recognises java to be run (.jar) in the command window. If not, Java is likely not installed correctly.

If the above works fine, make sure to check your antivirus and windows security settings, to ensure it is actually allowed to run and not being blocked.

So only the "Java Update Checker" is appearing in "firewall>internet connections for programs" list after trying to instally the 64-bit several times and saying completed. Theres nothing Java related in the "firewall>ports and system services" list and Im kinda out of my deapth trying to add Java to these... When I try to open "java.exe" it looks like a window tries to open real fast but then instantly closed. But when I try to open the NMSSaveEditor using "Java TM Platform SE Binary" it does nothing.

Im running same Win 11 and McAfee Security Center (free with Shaw IP) that I ran on my previous computer with no issues using the Save Editor before so not sure what Im doing wrong?

[goatfungus]

Try opening a console window (command prompt or powershell):

cd c:\the_directory_where_you_have_the_NMSSAVEEditor.jar_file javaw -jar NMSSAVEEditor.jar

[goatfungus]

The only other think i can think of is that you have downloaded the ZIP file, and are opening it with windows folders. This will not work as you have to extract it first.

[WhirleyBirdy]

Try opening a console window (command prompt or powershell):

cd c:\the_directory_where_you_have_the_NMSSAVEEditor.jar_file javaw -jar NMSSAVEEditor.jar

I’ve got it extracted and the lil Java symbol is beside the .jar file so it’s trying to open correctly but thanks for the suggestions both of you, I’m still stuck but will keep looking for things to try and sort this out.

[MGJerry]

I just update to Win 11 a few months back, and yeah, McAfee has been way too sensitive at times. So if you can't run the editor after everything you've tried, you can choose the nuclear option. And by that I mean just go into "Security > Virus and Threats Protection > Manage settings > Add or remove exclusion" and add the editor to that (the whole folder if you want). Note that I'm only suggesting you do this because the editor is "safe"

[WhirleyBirdy]

I just update to Win 11 a few months back, and yeah, McAfee has been way too sensitive at times. So if you can't run the editor after everything you've tried, you can choose the nuclear option. And by that I mean just go into "Security > Virus and Threats Protection > Manage settings > Add or remove exclusion" and add the editor to that (the whole folder if you want). Note that I'm only suggesting you do this because the editor is "safe"

Ya that’s the one thing I haven’t done is spent the time adding every file. I do trust it from past experience so no worries there. I just gotta double check it didn’t remove/quarantine any files on me.

Thanks for the Tips!

[MGJerry]

Ya that’s the one thing I haven’t done is spent the time adding every file. I do trust it from past experience so no worries there. I just gotta double check it didn’t remove/quarantine any files on me.

Thanks for the Tips!

Here's an extra tip if you need to do exclusion in the future. You don't need to manually exclude individual files, just add the whole folder (like this):

This is quite convenient, especially for something like this editor which updates quite frequently, or pirated software like adobe creative cloud because I refuse to pay for something that I bought lifetime licenses a decade ago and they changed the model

[WhirleyBirdy]

Ya that’s the one thing I haven’t done is spent the time adding every file. I do trust it from past experience so no worries there. I just gotta double check it didn’t remove/quarantine any files on me. Thanks for the Tips!

Here's an extra tip if you need to do exclusion in the future. You don't need to manually exclude individual files, just add the whole folder (like this):

This is quite convenient, especially for something like this editor which updates quite frequently, or ~pirated software like adobe creative cloud because I refuse to pay for something that I bought lifetime licenses a decade ago and they changed the model~

Thank you! That will save me huge 🙂