Help: problems installing steam (?)

**the Micronaut** · 12-02-09, 01:35 PM

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d.../ERROR-1-1.jpg

steam installs up to 27% and then this win32 error pops up saying it cant installins 'steam.exe' to file steam 2. So I made a folder called Steam 2 in that directory, and the error came out the same way, only not being able to copy 'steam.exe' to folder steam 3..

I'm suspecting it's an error somwhere in the installation process on steams side, but after 2 months out of game because of this im starting to get pissed off.
Yes, I've tried uninstalling, re-installing, re-downloading. I've tried searching out everything in my computer that has to do with steam or hl2 and found nothing... I've also tried googling this, got one report on it :

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genme...topic=50489344

which coincidently wasn't resolved either of course..

thing is i don't even remember how it started or when it did, i figured it would have worked out after a reboot :5

**Imisnew2** · 12-02-09, 03:15 PM

Try installing into a different directory.

**draco7891** · 12-02-09, 05:30 PM

1. Check your environment variables to see if the values for the temp directory have been modified.

Right-click My Computer, Properties, Advanced tab, Environment Variables... button.

Check to make sure the user and system values point to the right temp directory (C:\Windows\Temp, usually; user values may point elsewhere using the %USERPROFILE% variable, that's OK).

2. Search and destroy anything related to Steam on the hard drive again.

3. Search and destroy anything related to Steam in the registry.

Open a Run dialog and run "regedit.exe" (no quotes). Ctrl-F, search for "Steam", search in everything, do not match whole string. Step through to the next found result with F3. Make absolutely sure what you're deleting is actually related to Steam and not something else named closely, because deleting things in the registry is permanent (when absolutely in doubt, save a copy of the key first by right-clicking it in the tree view and hitting Export).

4. Run your AV/anti-spyware stuff. A lot of virii and spyware hide themselves in the temp directory, and your error indicates that the system either cannot find the temp directory or has lost access to it, which doesn't usually happen on its own.

Draco

**WileECyte** · 12-02-09, 05:40 PM

The other thing he can do is run the Disk Cleanup Utility that comes with Windows to remove all temp files.

You might try downloading a new copy of Steam as well. It's possible the copy you have is damaged in some way.