Oblivion Launcher could not find game executable

Post » Sat Aug 16, 2014 7:50 am

I'm sick and tired of uninstalling and reinstalling the game without anything working. This only started yesterday, and it's making me angry that I can't fix this. I click on the play button for the launcher, but the UAC comes up and asks me if I want to allow the program to make changes to the computer, so I click yes, but it takes me to the launcher again and again and again. Clicking "No" 3 times in succession will make it say it couldn't find the game executable. I can't play the game now for some reason. Can someone, anyone please help me and give me a detailed walkthrough of what to do? All the supposed "Fixes" have been to just uninstall and reinstall the game, and I've deleted everything having to do with the game 3 times in a row and I get the same error. Someone please help me.

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Jessica White
 
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Post » Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:25 am

If running the steam version it is best to move the game to a new folder. You have an option within Steam to move the game to a new location.

Second you should have set the game to run with Admin rights.

It is not a good idea for a lot of game to be installed in the programs folders since windows like to be over protective of that folder. A lot of games need to access certain files or even make changes to some and windows likes to block that.

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Dean Brown
 
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Post » Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:47 am

But where do I move the game to? By that, I mean where on my computer to for the new folder.

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Jessica Thomson
 
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Post » Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:22 pm

I install all my games to C:\Games

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Elea Rossi
 
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Post » Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:26 am

It says "This drive already has a steam library", so I can't install it there...

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clelia vega
 
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Post » Sat Aug 16, 2014 4:13 pm

You cannot have two steam libraries on the same logical drive (ie. C:\). If you don't have an additional hard drive (or logical drive), you can try removing Steam itself and reinstalling it outside of Program Files, then the default library would more compatible.

Also, does your user account (on Windows) have Admin privileges.

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