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I've finally gotten CiviCRM installed (after several days of fighting with it) but now I can't actually do anything with CiviCRM.
When I select any of the menu options under Components, I get the following:

Warning: Smarty error: problem creating directory 'C:/Inetpub/vhosts/nyco.ca' in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\nyco.ca\subdomains\contacts\httpdocs\administrator\components\com_civicrm\civicrm\packages\Smarty\Smarty.class.php on line 1092

Warning: Smarty::include(C:\Inetpub\vhosts\nyco.ca\subdomains\contacts\httpdocs\media\civicrm\templates_c\en_US\en_US\\%%EA\EAA\EAA96A89%%joomla.tpl.php) [smarty.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\nyco.ca\subdomains\contacts\httpdocs\administrator\components\com_civicrm\civicrm\packages\Smarty\Smarty.class.php on line 1262

Warning: Smarty::include(C:\Inetpub\vhosts\nyco.ca\subdomains\contacts\httpdocs\media\civicrm\templates_c\en_US\en_US\\%%EA\EAA\EAA96A89%%joomla.tpl.php) [smarty.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\nyco.ca\subdomains\contacts\httpdocs\administrator\components\com_civicrm\civicrm\packages\Smarty\Smarty.class.php on line 1262

Warning: Smarty::include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'C:\Inetpub\vhosts\nyco.ca\subdomains\contacts\httpdocs\media\civicrm\templates_c\en_US\en_US\\%%EA\EAA\EAA96A89%%joomla.tpl.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\Inetpub\vhosts\nyco.ca\subdomains\contacts\httpdocs\administrator\components\com_civicrm\civicrm;C:\Inetpub\vhosts\nyco.ca\subdomains\contacts\httpdocs\administrator\components\com_civicrm\civicrm\packages;.;./includes;./pear') in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\nyco.ca\subdomains\contacts\httpdocs\administrator\components\com_civicrm\civicrm\packages\Smarty\Smarty.class.php on line 1262

I've looked through all of the forums and posts and tried all of the various "solutions" (checked for missing files, changed directory/file permissions) but nothing seems to do it.
Any suggestions?