Let's see if I can maybe shed a little light on the install instructions. First you have to locate your Everquest II installation directory. I bought Everquest II in the box and I use Windows XP so it installed to "C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II", but if you bought Everquest II from Steam it will have installed to "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\EverQuest II" Of course if you have Windows Vista or Windows 7 applications are no longer installed under "Program Files". So like I said the first thing you have to do is find where EverQuest II was installed.
Step two is to create a sub-folder to put the new interface pieces in. That sub-folder has to be under the "EverQuest II\UI" folder. There will already be a sub-folder called "Default". You can name this folder anything you want to, but to be safe stick with just letters. The suggestion is to name this folder after your self with the letters "UI" at the end. As an example my name is Rick so I named my custom user interface folder "RickUI".
Step three is to create a file called eq2.ini. So use your favorite text editor like "notepad" and add the two lines:
cl_ui_skinname bobsui
cl_ui_subdir UI/
Replacing the "bobsui" in the first line with what ever you decided to name your custom UI folder in step two. Then you save this text file into the EverQuest II folder with the file name "eq2.ini". One problem you might have is that by default Windows hides the file extension. To unhide the file extensions go to the Control Panel and open up the Folder Options. If you don't see a Folder Options icon you might have to switch to "Classic View". In the Folder Options window choose the View tab and then uncheck the "Hide extensions for known file types". And then, of course, click the "OK" button.
Another problem you might run into is if you use a word processor like Microsoft Word or Word Perfect or even Wordpad to create the eq2.ini file instead of Notepad. Word processors add formatting information to the files and that will make it unreadable by the game.
I hope this has helped. Good luck.
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