Other things to check, especially if UAC is blocking things - check that you have admin rights in your profile. There have been instances where Win10 updates take away admin rights - and if you only have the one account, you'll have to boot into safe mode, go into the recovery environment, enable the built in admin account, and then give your own account privileges again.
Two things all users starting of with Win10 should do is establish a local account with admin privileges (or better, install using only a local account to begin with) and then install software that prevents windows from automatically updating itself. |
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EDIT EDIT: I figured out I am the administrator and for some reason i had to left click on the .exe before i right clicked on it, then I got the proper tab! Man I hate 10. Now to try this all out. EDIT again, no joy for me. Of course i have it installed in the default folder, guess I'll try uninstalling and putting it in another folder as always suggested. |
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after re-installing in a non-default folder, change the SH4.exe property to not-read-only (uncheck the read-only box). then, run LAA and enable SH4 under LAA. |
Thanks KaleunMarco I will give it a shot. Just before I pull out a M590A1 and take a shot at the win10 machine......
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Weird. Defender protested redbannery against launching the game, but applying LAA seems to worked it out.
Oh Microsoft.... |
Having just treated myself to a new PC (see below), I downloaded and attempted to install the SH 4 1.4 patch: blowed if I didn't encounter that same confounded "Administrator Blocked" nonsense. (Typical Windows, making life harder for ordinary users by adding extra garbage)
I went through the steps outlined on this page : using the "Run the app/file via Hidden Administrator Account", I was able to install the file and, having installed SH 4 from the disc, right now there are no problems starting/running the game through the shortcut on my desktop. Still, to make doubly sure that Microsoft don't screw up the game in future, I'm going to uninstall and reinstall SH 4 & patch 1.4 into a discrete folder on a different partition. |
Which version of Silent Hunter 4 are you starting with? If you have the most common older disk version, that would v1.3, the 'original' was like v1.0.1 or similar, while the 'modern' version is of course, v1.5 - do not attempt to apply the SH4 1.4 patch on top of v1.5, of course. The others, it's fine. Just checking though... :salute:
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This about sums it up. https://imgur.com/5WEqYoLhttps://imgur.com/5WEqYoLhttps://i.imgur.com/5WEqYoL.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/5WEqYoL.jpg
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:up: Oh my... you left two here - I think I'll copy one of those for my wall hanging here... lol - That is exactly what happens when you have a Win10 machine that is not "qualified" for Windows 11, but tries to "update" to it anyway... not once, but three times now... at least it now shows in red text on the Update page "This computer does NOT qualify for Windows 11 at this time." :yeah:
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same issue, I reinstalled windows. then steam allowed the DL to go through without errors. now I can play again.
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I was having the administrator issue ran the "large program aware" program again and it went away.
Also the permissions in propertys I dissabled the inheritance. |
SH4 won't start after Win10 update
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Down Periscope --- :Kaleun_Salute: |
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I'm so sorry! i apologise profusely. I'm totally blind since birth and have surgically implanted digital retinashttps://image.shutterstock.com/image...2129011556.jpg that react better to green than the slightly grayish white lettering against a :subsim: 'smartdark' background as opposed to 'white-white' which I prefer but, unfortunately, it gives me migraines...the same as those Goddamn blue headlights at night that ended my 17 year patrol career!! https://abc3340.com/resources/media/...?1558195131947:Kaleun_Salute: https://www.gaddisherd.com/blog/2021...are-dangerous/
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re: SH4 won't start after recent Win10 update
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1st, you are not the only one having this problem! There are at least 2 of us and likely more. I am getting the old Red Box that says, "User Acct Control This App has been blocked for your protection by another Administrator. Check with yiour Administrator." It then lists the location of my game files which is in C:\WOTP. I'm still looking for a fix - when I search for this error I get pages and pages of links which I am still going through. Good luck with your issue! It's guaranteed someone on this list will share the answer - don't give up! :subsim: |
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