Fix: Steam thinks its running in compatibility mode

[allama]

i tried everything, but none of it would work, when I tried to delete the registry key it said unable to delete all specified files

[allama]

and the easier way to do this is to right click the steam.exe and select PROPERTIES not compatibility, then there will be a compatibility tab, click apply these settings for all users, then uncheck the box, but thanks anyway

[abass]

Thank you sooo much, this site is so good that i decided to register! and I don't ever register to forums!

[Cryptoarbiter]

Thank you so mutch for the help, I thought i had to reboot my PC for a while before i saw this.

[BishopXer0]

Thank you for the fix it worked flawlessly, I will tell all my friends about this site!!! Cheers!!!

[gameowner5]

yeah can you explain it a little better (sorry really) but where am i suppose to hit start and run like start in general on the pc and if that where am i suppose to run and all. sorry but i kinda can't live without steam and i suck at complicated PC stuff

[ZeroHour]

yeah can you explain it a little better (sorry really) but where am i suppose to hit start and run like start in general on the pc and if that where am i suppose to run and all. sorry but i kinda can't live without steam and i suck at complicated PC stuff

 

With windows 7/vista just hit the start button/orb/start menu and type the word "run" in and hit enter.

Edited May 13, 2011 by ZeroHour

[loljose]

ok i did exactly what u typed to do but when i delete it i still cant open steam or portal 2 its like i never deleted it and it shows the message again please help

[Fringe]

Count me among those who say thank you! What kind of stupid design is this from microsoft - just forcing some crap on people without giving them a real chance to do anything about it. *grrrr*

 

But thanks

[DoctorDoomlittle]

Thanks for that

 

i think the problem started for me because i had to run a steam game as administrator but its good to know there is a easy fix for it

[Etcix]

Hey all,

Im having this compatibility problem too.

However! I can't find steam in my rededit >_<

Im running Win 7 Home Edition x64

 

I looked everywhere for either Valve or Steam but couldn't find it anywhere.

STILL steam says its running in compatibility mode...

 

Can anyone help me?

 

Cheers,

Iris

[Frothymouth]

I recently downloaded fabel 3 through steam and when i try to play it before it loads a message pops up that says improper shutdown detected then the game starts up gets all the way to the main menu then when i thry to play it it trys to load but as it loads the screen goes black and it goes back to windows. I have treid reinstaling several times (fabel and steam) i have gone through every steam troubleshoot list, downloaded every driver and update they told me. i have posted on the steam forums and lionhead forums and nobody has been able to help. i tried to change the compatibility setings by folowing this forum but it hasent changed any thing. I am not great with things of this nature so if you could help it would be very apriciated.

[AmazingAli2]

Hey,

So whenever I get to step 3 which is looking for an entry with a path to steam.exe I get stuck. Only 3 entries come up, 2 of which are for bit torrent and the other is default.. Not sure if I was in the right place looking or if I had to do something that I didn't do. Thanks.

[XxJooseyJayxX]

Yea... This is one of those questions that you would see 40 threads about, but nobody would have the answer. And here it was already solved. ^^ /registered

[dangfrick]

Thank you for taking the time to post this. I see it's from a while ago but it still works on Windows 7 32bit, just in case anyone was wondering.

[JDGold]

thank you so much for the fix!

[Djsedj]

Omg thank you so very much! I was about to go crazy D:

But then, BINGO !!

[Truncate]

Thanks a lot!! This solved my problem in just a few clicks!

[Halkatla]

Hey.. Just had to register and say THANKS!

My boyfriend just upgraded his pc with new stuff and windows 7, installed steam, been working fine untill closedown tonight and got the compability problem ofcourse he went mad when everything looked as it should...

And as usuall... I look to find a solution and I found it here! Worked great, as soon as it was done I could start steam with no issues. So thanks again! //Maria

[TheReapstar]

At the Layers File I dont see Steam.exe can sokmeone help?

[TheReapstar]

Anyone please helppppp reply pleaseee there is no steam.exe in my Layers filee! PLEASE HAALP

[noobguitar117]

Thank you so much for this thread it really helped me. I just started using steam today so i was really disapointed that it wasn't working. I'm also not the most educated when it comes to technology but this answer was really simple and i fixed my problem within minutes. I'll definately check back here with more of my questions

[Skyes]

Hi ZeroHour,

 

I created an account on here just to say a big THANK YOU for taking the effort to post that, I've been trying to figure out how to fix that issue since yesterday and even did a full reformat to try and get rid of it.

 

THANKS!

 

^ What he said.

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[Sirisma]

Anyone that did ZeroHour's fix that is still having problems must also delete the steam instance in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\AppCompatFlags\ Compatibility Assistant\Persisted This problem should only "Have" to be addressed if you hit cancel when Steam said it was running in compatibility mode, however I had to do both this and ZeroHour's fix. btw thanks for that.

[TVstatic]

I also registered to say thank you. The site also looks to be very informative, so I think I'll be sticking around. Thanks again!