Windows Compatibility

[Starjack]

I had to reinstall Steam and now when I try to run it comes up with "running steam in windows compatability mode is not recommended". So I make sure windows compaitibility is turned off in propoerties. No change.

Any suggestions?

[Starjack]

This is the message and where the compatibility option is.

[Jigoku]

Try this:
Fix: Steam thinks its running in compatibility mode


I have an entry under HKCU with a data value of "ELEVATECREATEPROCESS" and it works fine.

[Starjack]

Ty Jigoku!

This did help... eventually.

I deleted in regedit, error continued. Went back to edugeek which said keep trying. So I tried again and Steam started but crashed. Started again and I have left Steam running untouched. Seems ok so far but alittle slow maybe....

So I'll leave it going and see what happens.

I'm not sure what this means,

I have an entry under HKCU with a data value of "ELEVATECREATEPROCESS" and it works fine.

[Starjack]

Ok, there is also a suggestion to do this:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software
You should now see a folder named "Valve". Delete it, the hole folder (left click folder "Valve" right click and delete, confirm deletion)

Do you think this is recomended?

[Jigoku]

I just mentioned it as even though it is recommending you delete the key, I do indeed have an entry there. It is possible it will be recreated when you restart Steam. The entry I have is:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers\G:\Steam\s team.exe with string value ELEVATECREATEPROCESS


As to deleting the Valve keys, if you are going to start doing that, reinstall Steam; just do it properly

Cleanly reinstalling Steam - Valve Developer Community