An error occured while updating xxx (content file locked)

[Azkath]

Hello. I need help with updating Chivarly Medieval Warfare. Whenever I click to update this error occurs after a few seconds :
"An error occured while updating Chivarly: Medieval Warfare (content file locked) \steamapps\common\chivarlymedievalwarfare\Development\Src\AOC\classes/AOCGameSettings.uc" . I tried reinstalling the game, checking integrity of game cache, restarting steam, other threads about disk write errors but never found this one. I had a similiar problem before, with disk write errors, but I fixed those by locating the corrupt file, and setting rights to it. But now, all the files inside
"classes" appear, then disappear and the error pops up.

[The Giving One]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Azkath:

Sorry, it is 3:25 AM here, I am probably gonna get some sleep because I am too t ired to think properly, the motherboard is ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8B75-M LX (LGA1155)

That is perfectly fine and understandable. I will look at what you have sent to me and update the thread with anything relevant and helpful. Reply when you are rested, and we will continue if needed and you wish.

Sorry if anything I said seemed rude at all. I apologize if that was the case.

EDIT..

So please make sure I have the correct board here...

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8B75M_LX/HelpDesk_Download/

If so, you need to be absoluely sure you have all device drivers fully up to date from that ASUS site only, and not by using Windows update to do it, please.

Download them and manually install them, if needed. Please expand each and every listing for a device driver and be sure it is your exact device by comparing the manufacturer in device manager from Windows.

[Hawner Rashnek]

For those of you still strugling with this error, I've followed a suggestion on another thread and it worked, at least for me. Go to the Common folder where your steam games are installed and delete the "corrupt" game's folder. I don't understand the logic behind this, but it worked in my case.

[Azkath]

Oprindeligt skrevet af The Giving One:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Azkath:

Sorry, it is 3:25 AM here, I am probably gonna get some sleep because I am too t ired to think properly, the motherboard is ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8B75-M LX (LGA1155)

That is perfectly fine and understandable. I will look at what you have sent to me and update the thread with anything relevant and helpful. Reply when you are rested, and we will continue if needed and you wish.

Sorry if anything I said seemed rude at all. I apologize if that was the case.

EDIT..

So please make sure I have the correct board here...

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8B75M_LX/HelpDesk_Download/

If so, you need to be absoluely sure you have all device drivers fully up to date from that ASUS site only, and not by using Windows update to do it, please.

Download them and manually install them, if needed. Please expand each and every listing for a device driver and be sure it is your exact device by comparing the manufacturer in device manager from Windows.

Hello, I am here and updated all my drivers, we can continue, I am currently in safe mode with networking

[The Giving One]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Azkath:

Hello, I am here and updated all my drivers, we can continue, I am currently in safe mode with networking

I am very sorry, but I could not post until recently here today. I see you probably were waiting for help and I wish we could have been more available for you.

Can you check your steamapps/downloading folder to see if there are Garry's Mod files in there ?

Also, see if your steamapps/common/Garry's Mod game folder has any files, if there is a folder by that name there now, of course.

I will try to come up with more suggestions or ideas before you reply again next time, and we can try to keep working on this. Thanks.

[Azkath]

Oprindeligt skrevet af The Giving One:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Azkath:

Hello, I am here and updated all my drivers, we can continue, I am currently in safe mode with networking

I am very sorry, but I could not post until recently here today. I see you probably were waiting for help and I wish we could have been more available for you.

Can you check your steamapps/downloading folder to see if there are Garry's Mod files in there ?

Also, see if your steamapps/common/Garry's Mod game folder has any files, if there is a folder by that name there now, of course.

I will try to come up with more suggestions or ideas before you reply again next time, and we can try to keep working on this. Thanks.

Yes there are files in both downloading and common folder.

[The Giving One]

Try this..

Fully exit Steam.

Go to that downloading folder and open it. Grab all the files from it and drop them in a safe place on your desktop for now. Just make a dummy folder and drop them in there, temporarily, moving them out of the downloading folder.

Then, go to Garry's Mod in your Steam library after launching Steam again, and see if you can verify the game files that you said are in the game folder for it. If you could post the size of that Garry's Mod game folder inside the common folder, that would help to get an idea of what may be going on.

You originally said you had this problem with multiple games. Try this if that fails, being sure Steam is fully closed, please, when you do.

For Windows Vista and 7:
1) Go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2) Right-click on Command Prompt and click Run as administrator.
3) Type "netsh winsock reset" (without the quotes).
4) Press Enter, close out of the command prompt and restart your computer.

[Azkath]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Azkath:

Oprindeligt skrevet af The Giving One:

I am very sorry, but I could not post until recently here today. I see you probably were waiting for help and I wish we could have been more available for you.

Can you check your steamapps/downloading folder to see if there are Garry's Mod files in there ?

Also, see if your steamapps/common/Garry's Mod game folder has any files, if there is a folder by that name there now, of course.

I will try to come up with more suggestions or ideas before you reply again next time, and we can try to keep working on this. Thanks.

Yes there are files in both downloading and common folder.

Oprindeligt skrevet af The Giving One:

Try this..

Fully exit Steam.

Go to that downloading folder and open it. Grab all the files from it and drop them in a safe place on your desktop for now. Just make a dummy folder and drop them in there, temporarily, moving them out of the downloading folder.

Then, go to Garry's Mod in your Steam library after launching Steam again, and see if you can verify the game files that you said are in the game folder for it. If you could post the size of that Garry's Mod game folder inside the common folder, that would help to get an idea of what may be going on.

You originally said you had this problem with multiple games. Try this if that fails, being sure Steam is fully closed, please, when you do.

For Windows Vista and 7:
1) Go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2) Right-click on Command Prompt and click Run as administrator.
3) Type "netsh winsock reset" (without the quotes).
4) Press Enter, close out of the command prompt and restart your computer.

GarrysMod folder in steamapps common is 323MB big, I validated the files, all files validated. You're saying I should do netsh winsock reset if what fails? Should I resume the download?

[The Giving One]

You said before that you validated the files and they validated but you still get the error message (content file locked) when you try to launch it from your Steam library. Can you try to launch it again now to see what happens if you have not recently ?

You also said before that this was with just about any Steam game you try to download and install, and you were only using Garry's Mod here to troubleshoot it with because it is a small game.

So it maybe would be helpful to know if ALL Steam games still give that error or ONLY Garry's Mod does now. I suggest you try with a different game now, please, also.

The netsh winsock reset was in addition to what I asked about you verifying the game files. Do that also, please. Do this...exactly as outlined here. It must be in these exact, specific steps and method.

For Windows Vista and 7:
1) Go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2) Right-click on Command Prompt and click Run as administrator.
3) Type "netsh winsock reset" (without the quotes).
4) Press Enter, close out of the command prompt and restart your computer.

[Azkath]

Oprindeligt skrevet af The Giving One:

You said before that you validated the files and they validated but you still get the error message (content file locked) when you try to launch it from your Steam library. Can you try to launch it again now to see what happens if you have not recently ?

You also said before that this was with just about any Steam game you try to download and install, and you were only using Garry's Mod here to troubleshoot it with because it is a small game.

So it maybe would be helpful to know if ALL Steam games still give that error or ONLY Garry's Mod does now. I suggest you try with a different game now, please, also.

The netsh winsock reset was in addition to what I asked about you verifying the game files. Do that also, please. Do this...exactly as outlined here. It must be in these exact, specific steps and method.

For Windows Vista and 7:
1) Go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2) Right-click on Command Prompt and click Run as administrator.
3) Type "netsh winsock reset" (without the quotes).
4) Press Enter, close out of the command prompt and restart your computer.

I still get the content file locked error with all games, when I tried to move files from "downloading" somewhere else, it started downloading again and creating the corrupt files again.

[The Giving One]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Azkath:

I still get the content file locked error with all games, when I tried to move files from "downloading" somewhere else, it started downloading again and creating the corrupt files again.

I cannot tell if you reset the netsh winsock from this reply. Please, describe exactly what you do when you reply if you will. It would really help with communication. Thanks.

For Windows Vista and 7:
1) Go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2) Right-click on Command Prompt and click Run as administrator.
3) Type "netsh winsock reset" (without the quotes).
4) Press Enter, close out of the command prompt and restart your computer.

[Azkath]

Oprindeligt skrevet af The Giving One:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Azkath:

I still get the content file locked error with all games, when I tried to move files from "downloading" somewhere else, it started downloading again and creating the corrupt files again.

I cannot tell if you reset the netsh winsock from this reply. Please, describe exactly what you do when you reply if you will. It would really help with communication. Thanks.

For Windows Vista and 7:
1) Go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
2) Right-click on Command Prompt and click Run as administrator.
3) Type "netsh winsock reset" (without the quotes).
4) Press Enter, close out of the command prompt and restart your computer.

Yes I did the netsh winsock reset and then tried validating files aswell and restarting my computer

[The Giving One]

I will request that you take new screenshots of all of your installed programs again, and post those links here since you uninstalled some things previously. And one of the ones that was in a language I cannot read was a Google Update Service, from what I remember.

That one can also be a problem, possibly. Take that into account. It still really seems as if something is blocking the moving of the files from the downloading folder to the game folder.

Try this next after the screenshots, please, and I will do further research here meanwhile...

Fully exit the Steam client and shut it down totally, all the way. Launcher also, please. Fully closed down.

Go to the Steam folder. Find the Steam.exe application. Right click it and run it directly from that .exe as an administrator.

Try to download again. Excuse me if this was already done, but please try it again now if you will.

[Azkath]

Oprindeligt skrevet af The Giving One:

I will request that you take new screenshots of all of your installed programs again, and post those links here since you uninstalled some things previously. And one of the ones that was in a language I cannot read was a Google Update Service, from what I remember.

That one can also be a problem, possibly. Take that into account. It still really seems as if something is blocking the moving of the files from the downloading folder to the game folder.

Try this next after the screenshots, please, and I will do further research here meanwhile...

Fully exit the Steam client and shut it down totally, all the way. Launcher also, please. Fully closed down.

Go to the Steam folder. Find the Steam.exe application. Right click it and run it directly from that .exe as an administrator.

Try to download again. Excuse me if this was already done, but please try it again now if you will.

https://gyazo.com/c69a93607dfb66c1306836d5eac4b5f4
https://gyazo.com/80d917d346476eaf70742d4217b9b6a8
https://gyazo.com/959ff8eabcbef683f16f526ac31f2adb

I completely shut down Steam, double checked, then I went to my steam folder and runned Steam.exe as administrator, started the download and nothing changed, it still brings up the error.

[The Giving One]

READ THIS FIRST, please....

THERE is a BIG problem...ManyDownloader. (covered also again later in this post)

That is apparently a Torrent program. Torrent clients are a problem, and covered in the list you have been provided previously.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289

BitTorrent/uTorrent (all clients)

Uninstall THAT one for sure, then restart your computer. Then test this again before addressing the rest of this post below, please.



What is that applicationupdater program for ?

You don't really need that ASUS Product Registration Program running. Make sure it does not run when your computer boots up. It probably does.

What is that HiPatch program for ?

I still see CCleaner there. You need to be sure monitoring mode is disabled for that for sure.

Why are you using that Free Driver Scout program ? Don't use software to search for and update device drivers, unless it is official software from the manufacture of the hardware (motherboard).

Untrusted sources for drivers should never be used, as you may get a bad driver or worse. I suggest you uninstall that.

Gamer's First LIVE ? What is that about ? Does it also run when your computer boots up ?

Not liking seeing Cheat Engine there either. Surely you don't need that, at least for now.

That Microsoft SkyDrive program looks very suspicious, and apparently is outdated, unless I am mistaken.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17787/skydrive-to-onedrive

That could have something to do with the files being prevented from moving from the downloading folder to the game folder, possibly.

Nexon Launcher. Never heard of it. Does it run when your computer boots up ?

There is that other program in the language I cannot read. You clarified it back somewhere in the thread, but I have not looked back yet to see what that is in fact.

Here is an issue almost surely.....ManyDownloader.

That is apparently a Torrent program. Torrent clients are a problem, and covered in the list you have been provided previously.

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9828-SFLZ-9289

BitTorrent/uTorrent (all clients)

Uninstall THAT one for sure, then restart your computer.

[The Giving One]

EDIT..I am not so sure I like the sound of this one either....

http://www.neediremoveit.com/Pamela-RME-2.0.html

What is Pamela RME 2.0?

Pamela RME 2.0 is a program developed by Scendix Software GmbH. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. The main program executable is MoodEdotir.exe. The software installer includes 8 files and is usually about 3.26 MB (3,416,863 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 8. While about 48% of users of Pamela RME come from the United States, it is also popular in DZ and Saudi Arabia.