Shredderella.6324 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Hello,So I got a new computer and am trying to download GW2, which I own, onto it. I go to my profile and go to game content, and click the 64 bit client download. It starts up, brings the downloading screen up, then suddenly gives me an error saying I'm not running it as an admin. I'm the only user on this computer, and am the admin, and have never had this issue before with anything else. What am I doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 GW2 often does not like being placed in 'Program Files'. Try moving the installation folder to your desktop, or any place else.And/or change GW2install/startup/setup-64.exe to GW2-64.exe.Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shredderella.6324 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 @Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:GW2 often does not like being placed in 'Program Files'. Try moving the installation folder to your desktop, or any place else.And/or change GW2install/startup/setup-64.exe to GW2-64.exe.Good luck.That worked! Thank you very much. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 No problem. Glad it worked out for you. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Healix.5819 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Your account may be an admin, but actual administrative privileges need to be authorized. To run a program as the administrator, you need to right click it and specifically choose to run it as an admin. Program Files is a protected directory, which is why GW2 needed admin access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shredderella.6324 Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 @Healix.5819 said:Your account may be an admin, but actual administrative privileges need to be authorized. To run a program as the administrator, you need to right click it and specifically choose to run it as an admin. Program Files is a protected directory, which is why GW2 needed admin access.Thank you! I appreciate the help. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabrielDarkheart.8762 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 ty had the same issue did exactly as ordered and it worked its weird why they don't fix this sorta problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 how is anet going to access your computer and change your program files admin rights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraJoey.6802 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Same problem, but I don't clearly understand. . .I installed in in google chrome, moved the installer to my desktop, renamed it to "GW2-64.exe" and tried opening it as administrator and by the normal way. I'm starting to think that my new laptop just doesn't want to download it period and am losing hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraJoey.6802 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 @"TerraJoey.6802" said:Same problem, but I don't clearly understand. . .I installed in in google chrome, moved the installer to my desktop, renamed it to "GW2-64.exe" and tried opening it as administrator and by the normal way. I'm starting to think that my new laptop just doesn't want to download it period and am losing hope.News Flash: All I had to do was restart the computer and relaunch the installer! Done deal, all is well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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