What is win64-shipping.exe?

[Ribalder]

after the steam update today when I clicked to play Outlaws, windows security alert came up with Allow access thru windows defender firewall for:
"outlaws -win64-shipping.exe"
publisher is 'unknown' and path goes thru steam library outlaws binary win64 to shipping.exe.
what is that? do I allow it access thru my firewall for my private network?

[Jamie - Virtual Basement]

try verifying your game files just to be on the safe side, but win64-shipping.exe should be part of the game launcher. It should be named Outlaws-Win64-Shipping.exe though. My guess is the verify files will fix that up.

[Ribalder]

this is crazy, I allowed access but looks like this is installed in scum folder in another
steam apps/common/outlaws folder. doh, I been hacked wtf

[TAZjr]

Originally posted by Ribalder:

this is crazy, I allowed access but looks like this is installed in scum folder in another
steam apps/common/outlaws folder. doh, I been hacked wtf

Scum Folder? Explain.

[Ribalder]

path to game is on an ssd with a letter then .. steamlibrary/steamapps/common/SCUM/steamapps/common/Outlaws of the Old West.

inside scum folder holy ____ wtf is goin on here??

[TAZjr]

Originally posted by Ribalder:

path to game is on an ssd with a letter then .. steamlibrary/steamapps/common/SCUM/steamapps/common/Outlaws of the Old West.

inside scum folder holy ____ wtf is goin on here??

Do you own the game SCUM? If so seems something from windows or one of the 2 games didnt install correctly last time. IMO, what ever happened right before you got the windows security alert is most likely the problem, like your drive needs a defrag to get all files in their proper place and verify files on both games. Good Luck

[Ribalder]

yes. lol. i own scum, i thought that was implied.
didnt install correctly?. yes, I'd say so.

sometimes after a steam update or a patch my outlaws game will say install instead of play. scum does this too. and I have to re-install game/s. theyre both on the same ssd.
and u get that what drive selection screen which is the same drive its on, but u have to do it, re-install or it wont play, and thats the drive I want it on, and click it, but somehow along the way I wasnt reading the whole path, just making sure it was on that same drive I want, the ssd, it installed one inside the other.
game runs from there fine, but its in that path above. inside scum folder, another steamapps/common/outlaws.
super-weird.

I'm pretty sure I got the firewall warning of the original topic here because I had windows updates, and did a restart.
but that brought up this installed inside scum folder issue.
as far as the firewall warning the original topic 'what is shipping.exe' is closed I think.
as far as the install folder topic, that continues. theorize a solution to that one and I'll thank you. verify files never did anything, and Ive re-installed both multiple times, and I cant choose or make folder to force steam to make/allow a path for outlaws into its own folder. the only choice it gives is other drives and that ssd drive - but thru SCUM!.

[Jamie - Virtual Basement]

wow that is really weird. I'd guess either something is going wrong with your SSD or there's something up with Steam itself. If reinstalling both of them didn't work, I would suggest posting this question to Steam Support

[Ribalder]

steam support? steam?..u mean the worlds leading anime kiddie-porn brokers?
actually I did. some time ago. No answer.

[Smoke_CZ]

For example, I downloaded the game and it gives me the same error, but I found out that Shipping.exe is not in my files.

[jonesguest1]

Lets get back on the original question
What is win64-shipping.exe? and why do most AV programs flag it as a Virus? If it was legit you would think they would have an exception by now.

A few games with it
Talos Principle - Talos1-win64-Shipping.exe
Ready or not - D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Ready Or Not\ReadyOrNot\Binaries\Win64\ReadyOrNot-Win64-Shipping.exe

Talos does not need it to run but it will stall the installation of the game with a write error.

Is this a true false positive or maybe its somekind of malware?

No one seems to know what it really does yet they trust it.

[stargit]

Originally posted by Jamie - Virtual Basement:

try verifying your game files just to be on the safe side, but win64-shipping.exe should be part of the game launcher. It should be named Outlaws-Win64-Shipping.exe though. My guess is the verify files will fix that up.

5 YEARS of no answer to us.....