SimSig Loader Problem -SOLVED-

I have a problem with the new SimSig loader, which means I cannot select the folder I downloaded the new sims to (On another Hard Drive) to load the sims from the correct folder. When I goto 'select folder', I am only presented with the option to select a folder on my C drive, but the sims are on my G drive. Any ideas why this is and how to fix it?

thanks in advance

As discussed in the other thread, this is a known issue with the Loader on Windows 7. (Has anyone tried it on Vista or 8?) I believe, as Barry said, that it's being worked on and will hopefully be fixed soon. In the meantime, it's possible to add folders not on the C: drive to the loader's list by adding them directly in the Registry:

1. Start regedit (you'll need admin privileges)
2. Go to HKCU\Software\SimSig\Options\Folders
3. Add two new values to the key - one DWORD named "Folder#Enabled" and a String named "Folder#Name", where # is the next number in sequence from the existing entries. (in my case this was 4, so "Folder4Enabled" and "Folder4Name")
4. Set the data for Folder#Name to your SimSig path and Folder#Enabled to 1.

Once you've done this, the folder should appear on the loader's list, and the loader should find your sims.

Edited to add:

If you're not comfortable modifying your registry directly, I've attached a registry file which will do it for you:

1. Download and unpack the attached zip file
2. Right-click the .reg file and select "Edit", which will open the file in Notepad.
3. I've put a default location of "D:\\SimSig" - change this to where you installed your sims. NOTE that you need to use double backslashes when doing this (thus D:\\Somewhere\\SimSig rather than D:\Somewhere\Simsig).
4. Save the file and close it, then double-click it. You'll receive a UAC prompt if you have UAC turned on; you'll then be asked to confirm.

Note that this method will likely only work properly on a fresh install of the loader. If you've added or removed any folders from the list already, you may get unwanted behaviour.

Hope that helps people as a workaround until the dialog issue gets fixed.