Thursday, December 1, 2011

Skyrim launcher keeps prompting for elevation, but never launches

Question

Trying to play Skyrim on Windows 7, i double-click the icon:

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Briefly the Steam launcher appears:

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before the Skyrim laucher appears:

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Clicking Play, i get a UAC elevation prompt:

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at which point the Skyrim launcher reappears:

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If i click Play, the Skyrim launcher briefly disappears before showing the Skyrim launcher:

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If i click Play, the Skyrim launcher briefly disappears before showing the Skyrim launcher:

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If i click Play, the Skyrim launcher briefly disappears before showing the Skyrim launcher:

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If i click Play, the Skyrim launcher briefly disappears before showing the Skyrim launcher:

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If i click Play, the Skyrim launcher briefly disappears before showing the Skyrim launcher:

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Skyrim, why you no launch?

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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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Works!

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Posted by LeiJi at 7:27 AM
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