Varzul.6897 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) This has happened to me twice already first I installed it on c main drive and was playing just fine and then turned off computer went to play and says GW2 exe can not be found, I reinstalled game that night put it on a different drive this time and played for a few hours turned off computer and started it up later that night to play again and boom gone everything no GW folder at all!! Try and reinstall the launcher this time and tells me I don’t have permission to download I don’t know the specific error atm but will update later... anyone know WTF Is going on ??? Super pissed after last night and now won’t even allow me to re download it. I have 2 step authorization on so not hacked..... and upon searching shows this is a known issue but no fix .... Edited June 3, 2021 by Varzul.6897 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Are you sure it's not installing to a .temp folder? If it does install to a .temp folder, just drag the GW2 folder to your desktop or /games folder, etc. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 It auto installs were the download file is just drag it were you want it before you start to install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varzul.6897 Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 It tells me install can not be completed please contact support when trying to just install the launcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 38 minutes ago, Varzul.6897 said: It tells me install can not be completed please contact support when trying to just install the launcher Did you right click and run as administrator option? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shieldbash.5304 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Are you installing this on a virtual machine? Or some kind of sandbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaeys.3102 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 (edited) Check your antivirus program's quarantine list. Avast just decided that GW2 was malware out of the blue last week for me and quarantined it. And, like you, it happened when I logged off for the night. When I first logged back on, it looked like it had been uninstalled. It was simple enough to fix (add GW2 to the exception list), but was annoying all the same. Edited June 4, 2021 by Blaeys.3102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varzul.6897 Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 It finally let me install it I moved the launcher to the drive I wanted it on and then installed it I have not had a chance to play but will try tonight and see what happens. Fingers crossed. I deleted any gw.dat and gw.temp extra that I saw and made sure that those files are in the gw2 folder on my e drive. Kinda dumb that you have to drag the installer to the drive you want it to install on even though you selected e drive but whatever hopefully this works. Thanks guys I’ll keep you posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 You have never been able to select what folder the gw2 installs to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varzul.6897 Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 It originally let me which is weird maybe that was part of the issue why it kept throwing that do not have privilege part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varzul.6897 Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 It’s back up and working. Guess the installer needed to be on a actual drive you were going to install it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Varzul.6897 said: It’s back up and working. Guess the installer needed to be on a actual drive you were going to install it to. Glad to hear you got it working happy gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 On 6/4/2021 at 4:28 PM, Blaeys.3102 said: Check your antivirus program's quarantine list. Avast just decided that GW2 was malware out of the blue last week for me and quarantined it. No such thing happened to me with Avast. You folks need to learn not install your games in the Programs or some Windows folder. Create a separate Games folder (preferably on a separate partition) and you will never run into problems like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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