I'm glad it worked out. I run a couple of older games and what I think
is happening is that the game is trying to write to its own installation
folder (under the Program Files folder) and UAC doesn't allow that
normally. Of course I love how you can be an admin without being the
admin....LOL.
On 5/14/2011 4:51 PM, Joe User wrote:
Hello Steve,
Sweet, that did it. There was no run as admin option with the steam
supplied short cuts. It's a weird url looking link I have never seen
before. So, I dug into the steam directory on the drive and located
the portal2.exe and then I had the run as admin option. I have to
start Steam first otherwise it crashes the game exactly like it did
before but once I get Steam up and running I can run as admin the
portal2.exe and play. Not exactly how it should be but I now have UAC
back on and am now able to play Portal 2. Thanks for the help.
Saturday, May 14, 2011, 9:26:15 AM, you wrote:
Did you try 'Run as Administrator'? Even if you are in the admin group,
you still have limits on what you can do outside of administrator.
