Ubercat Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I DL'd and installed two different versions of the beta demo on my quad core, Vista 64 system and neither would run. They installed properly, and put a shortcut on the desktop. I'd double click it and nothing would happen. No game or even an error message. I think I also tried running the executable directly and that did nothing, either. I didn't seek tech support at the time because BF's tech support looks a little convoluted and who would want to take the time for a free demo anyway? Now that the game is out, maybe I can get some assistance. Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Yes. It's your Vista security stuff. As with all our games, you need to run them for the first time with full admin rights. This includes "Run as administrator" from the Properties menu. Or you can switch off User Access Control (UAC) entirely, too. Personally I find it doesn't do anything other than annoy me from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ubercat Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 So to test it out I could re DL the demo, install it, and then R/C the shortcut to change the properties so that I'm running as admin? I'll try that. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Yes, basically that's right. Don't change just the shortcut but the actual executable file that is inside the installed game folder. Check the Windows manual/help file for details about UAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich12545 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I'll be getting win7 soon and from what I've read the best thing to do is disable UAC (whatever that is). I have xp now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ubercat Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 Problem was solved by changing properties of the shortcut. I played the tutorial a while before seeing the reply to change the exe as well. Maybe I don't have to? Anyway, it's working now and I'll probably be getting the game soon. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brit Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Problem was solved by changing properties of the shortcut. I played the tutorial a while before seeing the reply to change the exe as well. Maybe I don't have to? Anyway, it's working now and I'll probably be getting the game soon. Thanks again! Great. Glad it's working properly now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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