Company of Heroes: Eastern Front

Eastern Front Mod (Read-Only) => Bugs & Tech Support => Topic started by: bangalor44 on February 05, 2011, 06:38:49 AM

Title: Launcher problem
Post by: bangalor44 on February 05, 2011, 06:38:49 AM: ive had EF installed for Quite a while works fine im current with the latest patch.today i started the launcher.it said EF not installed,but i can still run the game fine. dont know why.normally it says im am up to date.Anyone know what this is?
Title: Re: Launcher problem
Post by: Blackbishop on February 05, 2011, 06:51:03 AM: http://easternfront.org/forums/index.php?topic=1677.0 (http://easternfront.org/forums/index.php?topic=1677.0)
Title: Re: Launcher problem
Post by: bangalor44 on February 05, 2011, 08:36:56 AM: no i checked the forum faq thing.im using xp never had a prob.i can still play just fine nothing crashes.just when launcher auto checks for updates.it says appearanlly ef is not installed.so im stumped.
Title: Re: Launcher problem
Post by: Blackbishop on February 05, 2011, 04:33:39 PM: Check if you run it with admin rights.
Title: Re: Launcher problem
Post by: bangalor44 on February 05, 2011, 05:03:51 PM: it says currant user account ive never changed anything like i say its run perfect i even downloaded the last patch 1.30 with the launcher worked perfect should i uninstall and reinstall EF?thanks for your help im not to good with inner workings of a computer.Will take any suggestions.
Title: Re: Launcher problem
Post by: Blackbishop on February 05, 2011, 05:34:21 PM: Try running EF like this:

How to Run a Program as an Administrator in Windows 7 (http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11841-run-administrator.html)

or you have another OS?

EDIT:
Sorry, looks like you have XP xD..
Run as Admin in XP (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/windows_security_runas.mspx?mfr=true)
Title: Re: Launcher problem
Post by: bangalor44 on February 05, 2011, 05:40:35 PM: ok i checked ef launcher log it said unable to find ef regitry entries.im running xp 32 bit.
Title: Re: Launcher problem
Post by: Blackbishop on February 05, 2011, 05:50:18 PM: are you sure you checked the registries described on the List of Issues & Fixes?
Title: Re: Launcher problem
Post by: bangalor44 on February 05, 2011, 08:54:17 PM: ok black bishop i just reinstalled EF back to normal file must have got corrupted.thanks for all your help.