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if "Antivirus may be scanning" in str(bottlenecks): recommendations.append("• Add OpenIV temp folder to antivirus exclusions") recommendations.append("• Temporarily disable real-time scanning during installation")

Real-time protection is great for security, but terrible for modding. You need to tell Windows to ignore OpenIV's activities. openiv package installer taking forever best

: Always choose the "mods" folder option within the installer rather than the game folder. This prevents the program from having to rewrite original game archives, which is significantly faster and safer. This prevents the program from having to rewrite

If the progress bar hasn't moved for more than 10 minutes, the installer has likely crashed silently. You may need to manually extract the .oiv file (using a tool like 7-Zip) and drag the files into the correct directories yourself. If you'd like to try a manual install, let me know: Which mod are you trying to install? Are you installing to the "mods" folder or the game folder ? If you'd like to try a manual install,