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Title: steam to run a pc game...help
Post by: cam2502 on 26 October 2011, 17:30:25

bought football manager 2012 today, you have to install it through steam and having tried that it says steam is installed, but then i still cant get any further because it says error 5 access denied. has anyone got this game and had similar problems, or know how to fix this so i can install the game?

Title: Re: steam to run a pc game...help
Post by: tunnie on 26 October 2011, 17:32:03

where are you installing it?

That error is usually due to lack of permissions allowing you to run steam itself....

Title: Re: steam to run a pc game...help
Post by: tunnie on 26 October 2011, 17:33:06

also make sure steam.exe is not set to read only...

Title: Re: steam to run a pc game...help
Post by: cam2502 on 26 October 2011, 17:45:30

installing onto a windows 7 pc so have the correct requirements to run the game, but i cant even get to the game because of this steam problem >:(
where would i see the read only thingy you mention?

Title: Re: steam to run a pc game...help
Post by: tunnie on 26 October 2011, 17:57:30

right click on exe shortcut > properties

on compatibility tab, tick box run as administrator 

Title: Re: steam to run a pc game...help
Post by: cam2502 on 26 October 2011, 18:08:50

ok, have done just that, no change. excactly same message appears. what happened to the good old days of bunging the game in and....wayhey...it plays!!! >:( >:(

Title: Re: steam to run a pc game...help
Post by: tunnie on 26 October 2011, 18:16:28

xbox  ;)

Always used to be a big PC gamer, but got hacked off with introduction of steam to play games, constant fiddling with settings. You pop a game in, it works, waiting for Battlefield 3  :D

Its still sounds like a permissions issue:

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5322-QYZB-5344 (https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5322-QYZB-5344)

Title: Re: steam to run a pc game...help
Post by: cam2502 on 27 October 2011, 12:01:30

sorted now tunnie, thanks for your help :y :y :y :y

Title: Re: steam to run a pc game...help
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 27 October 2011, 16:42:48

Ok, what's steam?  :-[

Title: Re: steam to run a pc game...help
Post by: aaronjb on 27 October 2011, 17:01:28

http://store.steampowered.com/

Title: Re: steam to run a pc game...help
Post by: Gaffers on 27 October 2011, 18:48:16

I personally would love to put an RPG right up the bum of Steam, it's a ridiculous system, poorly designed and implemented even worse.  I steer clear of it if I can.