AntaresCommander Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Well, well. I've officially become stuck between a rock, a hard place, the legendary Deathclaw, and both Legates. My launcher claims FalloutNV wants to make changes to my computer. If I click yes, the launcher... restarts. If I click no, I get the message which basically says that the installer could not be found and the game is not installed... I've done quite a bit of searching on this. I've re-installed, oh, four, five times. Checked the files to make sure there were no remnants. I've tried verifying the files, I've deleted and replaced the .ini, all that stuff. I'm afraid it just won't work. No mods right now. I have all DLC's. I've tried starting with and without them. I have logged more than 100 hours of playtime with New vegas, it used to run perfectly. I can't be the only one experiencing this, can I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonger Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 read the FAQ in the New Vegas Mod Talk forum then move your install of steam outside of the cursed Program Files directory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSledgeNY Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) Your problem is caused by a feature in Vista and Win7 called User Account Control or UAC for short. Applications installed in the "Program Files" folder will be protected by UAC and any changes made there will generate that warning message. Unfortunately, UAC can cause some pretty strange things to happen in some games, Fallout NV being one of them. You can solve this in one of two ways: 1. Re-install the game to a different location other than the default. For example, install it to C:\Games. OR 2. Disable UAC altogether. Be warned that this will make your system less secure BUT if you keep your anti-virus and anti-spyware up to date, you shouldn't be terribly at risk. In Win7, you disable UAC by going into Control Panel and clicking on "User Accounts". You'll see an option at the bottom of the list called "Change User Account Control settings". Choosing this option will open a window with a slider. Just move the slider down to "Never notify" and you'll never be bothered by those annoying warnings ever again. You need to have Admin rights to do this by the way. I hope this helps. Edited October 17, 2011 by SuperSledgeNY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonger Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 super snipor you could just move steam out of the accursed directory in just a few keystrokes as stated above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntaresCommander Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 I just don't get it. Maybe my copy is bugged beyond repair or something. I did both of those. Nothing changed. Just removed the message and skipped to resetting the launcher. I appreciate the help, but... maybe its just a client side problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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