Fonger Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I think both of you missed my original question, which was I was hoping to install steam games in a higher directory path like "c:\games\game-name". But this is not possible.you do this by installing steam in c:/games all steam games will ALWAYS be under steam but you are correct you CANNOT install steam games somewhere other than under steam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thalan1a Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 I know that all files need to be downloaded into the steam folder and so on and so on. What I needed to know was is there something different about installing with windows7 64bit versus the windows7 32bit. Since upgrading to 64bit from the 32bit I can not get a single mod to work properly with installing them like I normally did with 32bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quetzlsacatanango Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 There is no difference, but if you disabled UAC along time ago in your 32bit OS and now are on 64bit and haven't done so, that would explain the discrepancy (assuming you are installed under \Program Files (x86)\). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luthienanarion Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 The only difference between 32 and 64 is that Steam will be installed in the "Program Files (x86)" directory since the "Program Files" folder is reserved for 64-bit programs. A very common misconception is that UAC disallows you to make changes to these folders. The security permissions for these folders are set to read-only for normal users and administrators when Windows is installed. All you have to do is change the permissions and/or ownership of the Steam folder (and subfolders) to allow file writes from your user account. UAC is a security measure designed to keep programs from making changes to the file system and registry without the user's knowledge, and I simply can't condone disabling it when it is not the cause of the issue you are experiencing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonger Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 UAC is a security measure designed to keep programs from making changes to the file system and registry without the user's knowledge, and I simply can't condone disabling it when it is not the cause of the issue you are experiencing.and the whole problem can be bypassed rather simply by installing steam (or any other program) "someplace else" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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