[FIX]Mabinogi path of installation is invalid/Installer skips to Launcher

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jimbob wrote on 2014-02-26 20:30
Hello all,

Decided to make a guide on a seemingly "rare" Mabinogi error. For anyone who has had this problem and searched google under "Mabinogi path of installation is invalid" you will find a majority of the posts are from 2009-2012.

The only two recent ones I found were :
[Mabi] Mabinogi Setup Running As Patcher 10 posts 29 Jan 2014
[Mabi] Installation path invalid? 6 posts 27 Jan 2014
From mabination^
So instead of trying 500 different methods like I have, here you go:

Essentially any installation method will lead to:
Symptoms/Problems
1. No actual files installed/extracted to your set destination
2. Installer skips right past everything to the Launch Screen
3. Previous versions of the installer persistently did the respective things above
4. Mabinogi path of installation is invalid

A Simple Solution
An easy way to fix this is to utilize a program called 7-ZIP (Don't think WINRAR works)
http://www.7-zip.org/

Make sure you have the chunky 3.5+gb setup file downloaded of the latest(or fairly recent) version of Mabinogi
Install 7-ZIP if you haven't already and use it to "open" the Mabinogi installation files
You should see all the contents the installer SHOULD have installed into your directory, but failed to do
Simply select all and drag and drop the files into the desired directory
Now at near 100% completion the window may appear to be frozen. FALSE there is a bug where 7-ZIP freezes and the mouse is inactive. Simply use your arrow keys to move
Now try opening Mabinogi from the directory with Administrative Options
The files should be recognized and any updates required will be installed from the launcher.
Enjoy your travels in Erinn c:

:skip:

This may also be an easier way of just re-installing Mabinogi rather than going through the whole process of downloading all the files

This has been used to correct other errors such as people being unable to get the installer to work overall- I take no credit for methodologies of using 7-ZIP with Mabinogi

Visual Guide on how it works for those who are confused: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9sOzEUGttI

EDIT: Was this the correct place to post something like this?
EDIT 2: Please leave any comments or corrections if you see any errors (This is my first guide)

Baeseulki wrote on 2014-03-28 15:08

is there another way besides using 7-zip ?

Yoorah wrote on 2014-03-28 15:33

Quote from Baeseulki;1210722:
is there another way besides using 7-zip ?

IIRC, sometimes trying to install Mabi to a different folder would work.