Krayzie Posted November 15, 2011 Posted November 15, 2011 Hope I'm posting this in the right spot :\ I tried to reinstall Steam since I just got my new hard drive. It gets to the update screen the stops and says "Steam.exe (main exception) ERROR: delete of steam.exe failed. WIN32 Error 5 "Access is Denied"" What is up with my Steam. Had it installed on this computer before with no issues. Windows 7 64bit Home Premium service pack 1 3GB Ram 500 GB HDD 16MB cache @ 7200 RPMS Intel Pentium CPU p6100 @ 2.00GHZ dual core Any help is appreciated, would like to get back to my CoD4 and TF2... Quote
Jefke Posted November 15, 2011 Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) just random shot: try running as administrator ^^ GOOGLE BOT EDIT : https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5322-QYZB-5344 Edited November 15, 2011 by DrJoske Quote
Krayzie Posted November 15, 2011 Author Posted November 15, 2011 just random shot: try running as administrator ^^ GOOGLE BOT EDIT : https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5322-QYZB-5344 I have tried doing right click -> run as but it doesn't give me the option to run as in the install. Quote
Jefke Posted November 15, 2011 Posted November 15, 2011 Are you an administrator on the pc you are using (= is the user account you are using administrator)? Quote
Krayzie Posted November 16, 2011 Author Posted November 16, 2011 Yes I am the admin. Only account on my laptop. Quote
Dddrgn Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 Hm... new hard drive, so there can't be any files from steam left over to make it glitch out like this. I'm not quite sure what to do, maybe there is an answer for you in the FAQ on steam's website. Quote
Jefke Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 Important: Some users have reported that restarting your computer in Safe Mode allows Steam to update successfully. try that XD Quote
karmablack Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5322-QYZB-5344 Quote
Jefke Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 https://support.stea...=5322-QYZB-5344 please, don't revive old threads... This one is from november 2011 Quote
ajnl Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Ok, so just to get this straight. Did your old hard drive break and so you had to put in a new one? Or did you add a new one? Quote
Moron4 Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Ok, so just to get this straight. Did your old hard drive break and so you had to put in a new one? Or did you add a new one? don't you think this is quite useless now? Quote
ajnl Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 don't you think this is quite useless now? Of course it is useful. I wondering if the old one broke and he re-installed everything. or he put in a new hard drive, uninstalled steam from old hard drive, and is installing it again on the new one. old files from the old hard drive may be the issue. If the old one broke, then we're back at square one. Hope I'm posting this in the right spot :\ I tried to reinstall Steam since I just got my new hard drive. It gets to the update screen the stops and says "Steam.exe (main exception) ERROR: delete of steam.exe failed. WIN32 Error 5 "Access is Denied"" What is up with my Steam. Had it installed on this computer before with no issues. Windows 7 64bit Home Premium service pack 1 3GB Ram 500 GB HDD 16MB cache @ 7200 RPMS Intel Pentium CPU p6100 @ 2.00GHZ dual core Any help is appreciated, would like to get back to my CoD4 and TF2... did you already try uninstalling and re-installing then updating? Quote
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