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shoffman1 Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:21pm
I can't download/open steamsetup.exe
When I can finally get it to download it's asking me to choose a program to open it with. That doesn't sound right. I'm getting very frustrated. Their fast to take my money, but I can't find anyway to get help on this or cancel my order.
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HLCinSC Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:28pm 
So you are able to download steamsetup.exe but when you try to launch it it asks you what program to do so?
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shoffman1 Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:29pm 
BTW, I don't have any anti virus or malware running and I'm not behind a firewall. I've never had a problem downloading anything until today.
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shoffman1 Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:29pm 
Yes HLC
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HLCinSC Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:30pm 
have you tried going to wherever it is downloaded and running as administrator?
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shoffman1 Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:32pm 
I am the admin for my computer.
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HLCinSC Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:35pm 
Originally posted by shoffman1:
I am the admin for my computer.
Even if you are you do not automatically launch everything with admin privilidges by default unless you have specified it. Just try right clicking on the exe and select run as administrator.
Have you tried anything else to see if other exe files are affected?
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shoffman1 Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:38pm 
I just tried that and I don't have run as admin as an option.

I even tried these
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11841-run-administrator.html
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shoffman1 Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:38pm 
All other files I can run as admin
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shoffman1 Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:39pm 
Maybe it's not fully downloaded. Then the question is , why?
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Discussions_Acc Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:39pm 
Originally posted by shoffman1:
Their fast to take my money, but I can't find anyway to get help on this or cancel my order.
Yeah. Because it's their fault you messed up something on your PC...

You could try that for a start:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html
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shoffman1 Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:39pm 
It's actually saved as Steamsetup_exe
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HLCinSC Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:41pm 
can you redownload it under save as.. and make sure it is saved as steamsetup.exe
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shoffman1 Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:43pm 
I've tried saving as saved as, but let me try again.
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shoffman1 Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:45pm 
It's not asking me to change the name. I've also tried Steam's site and Download.com. Same result.
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HLCinSC Jun 10, 2014 @ 4:46pm 
Originally posted by shoffman1:
It's not asking me to change the name. I've also tried Steam's site and Download.com. Same result.
When you right click on the link and select save as it should allow you to rename it and select where you want it to be downloaded to.
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