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TRAVY SWOLE May 11, 2013 @ 4:53pm
I've installed MW2 from the Disc (several times... unistall reinstall) and I still can't play it!
Okay, I've purchased the game from Target last night. I got home, and began to install the game. I installed steam, and then installed the game (from the disc). Eventually it finished and the game was installed. Here's the problem.... when I click to play the game, it states MW2 isn't installed and it forces me to install it. MP has a play button, but it doesn't work. The SP only has the install button. I've installed the game. I've deleted the local files, exited steam and reinstalled the game. Same problem, once again. I did this all about four times. I also uninstalled and reinstalled steam several times. After everything, the game won't work. It forces me to download all 11.5GB of the game when I've already installed it... I even checked "Do NOT update this game automatically" and the game still won't work. I took the game back to Target, they wouldn't refund me so they gave me another copy. Now, if I'm stuck with this game which I a payed $20 of my hard earned money with... it damn well should work! What am I doing wrong?
Also, I don't really care about MP... I mainly want to play the SP portion of the game at the moment. Why in the world, does Steam force me to download the whole game all over again when I've already installed it? It's stupid. Infinity Ward really screwed players and buyers alike over when they chose to use Steam for MW2. They should have an option of whether to use Steam or not.
Last edited by TRAVY SWOLE; May 11, 2013 @ 5:03pm
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Laptop May 11, 2013 @ 5:07pm 
Reset your Steam files. Turn Steam off. Go to your Steam folder.

Delete everything aside from the Steam.exe and steamapps folder. Then run Steam again and see what it does. And MW2 runs fine on Steam.
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TRAVY SWOLE May 11, 2013 @ 5:33pm 
Hiya mate, thanks for the quick reply! I'm currently installing it again but once it's finished I will do as you said. I'll let you know if it works or not. Cheers mate!
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TRAVY SWOLE May 11, 2013 @ 6:02pm 
Okay, I've installed the game and did what you said to do... delete everything except for steam.exe and steamapps folder. Sadly, the problem is still present: I'm unable to play MW2... the SP won't start as instead of a Play button, there's only an Install button. The MP has a Play button but when clicked it says starting and then it fails and says Failed to start game with Shared Content. I reckon there's nothing else for me to do, I can't sit around and download an entire 11.5 of a game that I already have installed. Thanks for helping though, I appreciate it mate.
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Laptop May 12, 2013 @ 5:28am 
Add me if you still can't get it running.
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TRAVY SWOLE May 12, 2013 @ 9:16pm 
I've got it up and running actually, thanks again mate!
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Laptop May 12, 2013 @ 9:27pm 
Oh cool. How'd you do it?
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TRAVY SWOLE May 12, 2013 @ 9:33pm 
I found out it wasn't really downloading, it was simply checking the files. Thanks again mate, cheers! :3
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Laptop May 12, 2013 @ 9:49pm 
Alright then.
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LoL Jul 2, 2013 @ 11:44am 
And you downloaded the game from Steam? Or you found any solutions?
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Laptop Jul 2, 2013 @ 11:45am 
Originally posted by ChicagoBlackHawks:
And you downloaded the game from Steam? Or you found any solutions?
Dude this is from May...
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LoL Jul 2, 2013 @ 8:00pm 
Originally posted by Laptop65:
Originally posted by ChicagoBlackHawks:
And you downloaded the game from Steam? Or you found any solutions?
Dude this is from May...
I know but I have this problem now and nothing helps(
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Laptop Jul 3, 2013 @ 7:53am 
Originally posted by ChicagoBlackHawks:
I know but I have this problem now and nothing helps(
Just download it then.
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DopEater Feb 27, 2014 @ 2:13pm 
Same problem here,only problem is it is really downloading it xD
how long did you have to wait for that to happen,that file checking?
I know it passed a lot of time
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TRAVY SWOLE Feb 27, 2014 @ 2:53pm 
Originally posted by DopEater:
Same problem here,only problem is it is really downloading it xD
how long did you have to wait for that to happen,that file checking?
I know it passed a lot of time

Depends on your internet speed I reckon. At home, my internet is slow as haha. But at school it takes no time at all! :3
Cheers!
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