UAC is turned off, has been since I installed Win7. Did as you suggested and did a fresh install of FF7, ran CCbefore to get rid of extra problems put in the patch, and the opengl driver. BFE has pathing correct. Now I'm in a Catch-22 situation. On a fresh install with no previous BFE at all (and running it with administrator privileges), it tells me that Access is Denied on the folder and tells me about said privileges that are already there. Then it goes on to say that there was a problem in installation and game files may be damaged, I need to do a full install on a non-system folder (it's on a whole other physical hd than windows) and that all mods are in th same folder as bootleg (they are). Close all FF7 files and folders before starting it, I did.
Now if I go back to my already modded install that has some bootleg files in it, bootleg.exe will run, but it will find any and all excuses to hang. I sat there for half an hour waiting for it to get past any number of times and it just sits there. I can't seem to get anything working. Also not working with the install image feature, left that blank. In fact, there are four files it specifically needs for it to work at all at start: bootleg.log/bootleg_mods.htm/bootleg_readme.txt/Bootloader.exe. If even one of them is missing, I get the above error about access is denied, etc.
Also, frustratingly, I tried .39 despite really wanting to use .40 and it will get all the way to preparing char.lgp and hang there to. On a fresh install. I don't understand what I'm doing wrong.