Skyrim launcher brings up UAC dialog and never launches

Question

When trying to play Skyrim on Windows 7, I double-click the icon, and the Steam launcher briefly appears

before the Skyrim laucher appears.

Clicking "PLAY", I get a UAC elevation prompt:

at which point the Skyrim launcher reappears.

Then, if I click "PLAY", the Skyrim launcher disappears and shortly thereafter shows me the Skyrim launcher.

Then, if I click "PLAY", the Skyrim launcher disappears and shortly thereafter shows me the Skyrim launcher.

^{Then, if I click "PLAY", the Skyrim launcher disappears and shortly thereafter shows me the Skyrim launcher.}

...ad infinitum.

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If I disable UAC, then i get the same steps as above, except no UAC elevation prompt appears.

Answer

I've seen this same error yesterday. Run Steam (not sure if Administrator privilege is needed), right-click on the game name and go to Properties, then Local Files. There, click on Verify Integrity of Game Cache.

I did that yesterday on a friend's, and Skyrim launched without problems after that.

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OP Edit: Results

Works!

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