[Far Cry 3] Error: Insufficient Access Privileges

[Haavard]

Hello last Friday I bought "Far Cry 3" through Steam.

I have been getting the error message:
"You do not have sufficient access privileges to run the game. Please contact your administrator."

Since then I have been trying to fix this issue several hours everyday, opened a support ticket with both Ubisoft and Steam. However no matter what I have done the error is still the same.

I have tried to:

• Run the game as "hidden administrator".
• Given ownership of "C:" to myself.
• Changed Steam.exe, farcry3.exe, farcry3_d3d11.exe, Uplay.exe and UbisoftGameLauncher.exe to "Run as administrator" for every user.
• I have given "Full Control" to "Everyone, SYSTEM, Users (MyComputerName\users) and Administrator (MyComputerName\Administrators)" in the Steam and Ubisoft folders.
• I let Steam, Uplay and Far Cry 3 through the HIPS function (eset nod32).
• I always have UAC turned off.
• I have tried to disable my anti virus.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

 

[AstaLaVista]

This is what I found on the UBI forums... something about TAGES, perhaps it can help you?

problem with Far cry on win 7 32 bit machine | Forums

 

[Haavard]

I could try, however looking at the date of the posts it seems they are speaking of Far Cry 2.
I will try it anyway, might help fix the issue for Far Cry 3 too.

Thanks

 

[Haavard]

Installed Tages drivers, still the same error.

 

[sygnus21]

Hello last Friday I bought "Far Cry 3" through Steam.

I have been getting the error message:
"You do not have sufficient access privileges to run the game. Please contact your administrator."

Since then I have been trying to fix this issue several hours everyday, opened a support ticket with both Ubisoft and Steam. However no matter what I have done the error is still the same.

I have tried to:

• Run the game as "hidden administrator".
• Given ownership of "C:" to myself.
• Changed Steam.exe, farcry3.exe, farcry3_d3d11.exe, Uplay.exe and UbisoftGameLauncher.exe to "Run as administrator" for every user.
• I have given "Full Control" to "Everyone, SYSTEM, Users (MyComputerName\users) and Administrator (MyComputerName\Administrators)" in the Steam and Ubisoft folders.
• I let Steam, Uplay and Far Cry 3 through the HIPS function (eset nod32).
• I always have UAC turned off.
• I have tried to disable my anti virus.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

- Do you have Steam running?
- Are you a system administrator?
- Do you have proper permissions? - See Steps 14, and 11 here as these may apply to your issue: http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/77293-tips-troubleshooting-game-issues.html

 

[smarteyeball]

- Are you a system administrator?

This particularly. Your account is not a standard account is it?


Ordinarily, you do not need to do ANY of the above you've mentioned. Occasionally, running steam as a admin to 'register' a game is required.

Have you at least tried re-installing steam? (Back up your Library First)


Do you have any other steam games with issues?

 

[sygnus21]

- Are you a system administrator?

This particularly. Your account is not a standard account is it?

Ordinarily, you do not need to do ANY of the above you've mentioned. Occasionally, running steam as a admin to 'register' a game is required.

Hello Patrick, how are you? Haven't heard from you in a while

Anyway you are right, and I agree. However, I've personally experience a "strange" issue when a game wouldn't run because of a "parental lock" issue. Huh? I'm the Admin, yet there it was... which is why I added the Parental Control link in step 14 of my guide

Here's the original issue which lead to the note - http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/159519-windows-parental-control-issue.html#post1368401

Do note however that I have my main steam directory on a different drive (games) so it may have been a permission issue between my games drive and my newly reformatted OS drive at the time.

Point is, it "could" happen. On the flip side if everything is on the OS drive, than yeah, you really shouldn't have permission issues unless you aren't the admin.

 

[Haavard]

I do not have any other users on my computer. The only time I had to select an account was when I had "hidden administrator" enabled. So I don't think this is the issue.

I have to run Fary Cry 3 through Steam so Uplay will be launched in Steam Mode for the game to show up in the Uplay launcher.

I have enabled full control for everyone in both the Steam folder and the Ubisoft folder.

Anything else?

 

[sygnus21]

I have to run Fary Cry 3 through Steam so Uplay will be launched in Steam Mode for the game to show up in the Uplay launcher.

OK, I'm a little confused as to whether you require Steam for the game or not? And what an how Uplay works in conjunction with Steam?

Basically is Far Cry 3 a steam based game, and if so, why do you need Uplay? This is new to me as I've never heard of Uplay. Perhaps someone who has the game can provide better answers to your issues.

Anyway I found this article about Far Cry 3 and Uplay: Far Cry 3 PC: Uplay causing server issues, Reddit offers solution | VG247

 

[Haavard]

Ubisoft came with a new launcher similar to steam, for ubisoft games. You have to launch the games through Uplay. However when you buy a game from Steam, Ubisoft requires you to start the game in Steam, which then loads Uplay.

If you try to run Uplay without going through Steam, the games bought on Steam won't show up in your game library.

Here is the part of the Uplay Launcher log that seems to be the issue:

2013-01-18 18:33:56 [ 4008] ERROR inject_impl_steam.cpp (186) start injector relied on 3rd party hook but apparently it was not active
2013-01-18 18:34:07 [ 1812] INFO GameKeeperImpl.cpp (236) Product id '101' all processes terminated

 

[Maguscreed]

I have FC3 and anno 2070, they both require that both steam and uplay be running to launch. I also for FC3 had to enter my game key one time into uplay.

 

[Haavard]

I have FC3 and anno 2070, they both require that both steam and uplay be running to launch. I also for FC3 had to enter my game key one time into uplay.

You did not encounter any issues running FC3?

 

[sygnus21]

Ubisoft came with a new launcher similar to steam, for ubisoft games. You have to launch the games through Uplay. However when you buy a game from Steam, Ubisoft requires you to start the game in Steam, which then loads Uplay.

If you try to run Uplay without going through Steam, the games bought on Steam won't show up in your game library.

Here is the part of the Uplay Launcher log that seems to be the issue:

2013-01-18 18:33:56 [ 4008] ERROR inject_impl_steam.cpp (186) start injector relied on 3rd party hook but apparently it was not active
2013-01-18 18:34:07 [ 1812] INFO GameKeeperImpl.cpp (236) Product id '101' all processes terminated

Yeah I'm at a loss here. You should check out the Ubisoft or steam forums for that error. You could also phone contact Ubisoft to see what they have to say. Make sure you give them the error code.

That said, is this a retail game, or otherwise?

I have FC3 and anno 2070, they both require that both steam and uplay be running to launch. I also for FC3 had to enter my game key one time into uplay.

You did not encounter any issues running FC3?

BTW, there's a thread here discussing Far Cry 3 - http://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/266881-far-cry-3-discussion-thread.html. I posted a help request there, which is probably why Maguscreed posted here.

 

[Maguscreed]

I have FC3 and anno 2070, they both require that both steam and uplay be running to launch. I also for FC3 had to enter my game key one time into uplay.

You did not encounter any issues running FC3?

Not a one, though I was actually expecting too after seeing so many people complain, I myself was spared any issues.

 

[Haavard]

Ubisoft came with a new launcher similar to steam, for ubisoft games. You have to launch the games through Uplay. However when you buy a game from Steam, Ubisoft requires you to start the game in Steam, which then loads Uplay.

If you try to run Uplay without going through Steam, the games bought on Steam won't show up in your game library.

Here is the part of the Uplay Launcher log that seems to be the issue:

2013-01-18 18:33:56 [ 4008] ERROR inject_impl_steam.cpp (186) start injector relied on 3rd party hook but apparently it was not active
2013-01-18 18:34:07 [ 1812] INFO GameKeeperImpl.cpp (236) Product id '101' all processes terminated

Yeah I'm at a loss here. You should check out the Ubisoft or steam forums for that error. You could also phone contact Ubisoft to see what they have to say. Make sure you give them the error code.

I've had a support ticket / question up with Ubisoft support since last Friday, still not found any solution.

 

[AstaLaVista]

Ubisoft came with a new launcher similar to steam, for ubisoft games. You have to launch the games through Uplay. However when you buy a game from Steam, Ubisoft requires you to start the game in Steam, which then loads Uplay.

If you try to run Uplay without going through Steam, the games bought on Steam won't show up in your game library.

Here is the part of the Uplay Launcher log that seems to be the issue:

2013-01-18 18:33:56 [ 4008] ERROR inject_impl_steam.cpp (186) start injector relied on 3rd party hook but apparently it was not active
2013-01-18 18:34:07 [ 1812] INFO GameKeeperImpl.cpp (236) Product id '101' all processes terminated

Yeah I'm at a loss here. You should check out the Ubisoft or steam forums for that error. You could also phone contact Ubisoft to see what they have to say. Make sure you give them the error code.

I've had a support ticket / question up with Ubisoft support since last Friday, still not found any solution.

Don't hold your breath, even if you get a response, they will probably tell you to test the game on another computer or even another OS, like we have spare computers running around the house . Zeros to the left have more value than Ubisoft Tech support.

Your best bet is to go to Ubi forum, register and make a post... I am sure than between them and here, you will soon find your answer. Just thank your lucky stars you didn't buy Ghost Recon Future Soldier from UBI as well

 

[Haavard]

Yeah I'm at a loss here. You should check out the Ubisoft or steam forums for that error. You could also phone contact Ubisoft to see what they have to say. Make sure you give them the error code.

I've had a support ticket / question up with Ubisoft support since last Friday, still not found any solution.

Don't hold your breath, even if you get a response, they will probably tell you to test the game on another computer or even another OS, like we have spare computers running around the house . Zeros to the left have more value than Ubisoft Tech support.

Your best bet is to go to Ubi forum, register and make a post... I am sure than between them and here, you will soon find your answer. Just thank your lucky stars you didn't buy Ghost Recon Future Soldier from UBI as well

http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.ph...Access-Privileges-to-Run-the-game-quot-Forums

Take a look, this is an old forum post about exactly the same issue as I got. No help from Ubisoft other than refering to the customer support.

 

[sygnus21]

As suggested earlier, have you looked to Steam?

Have you phoned Ubisoft? Ubisoft - International Support

I'm just putting out more options to help you get your issue fixed. As I tell my kids, the level of effort is determined by level of importance.

Sometime you have to look other places to find a solution.

 

[Haavard]

I have not phoned ubisoft yet, I might try that.

Yes I made a support ticket for both Ubisoft and Steam last Friday.
Only difference is that Steam never answered theirs.