Thief 2 won't install after formatting computer

caralampio on 6/8/2009 at 02:24

I had Thief 2 in my computer, worked justed fine, only problem was seeing the movies but that was fixed by running the Indeo codecs every time I would play.

I had to reformat my hard drive for causes unrelated to Thief. After doing so, when I try to install it just dumps me to desktop. I.e. I hit 'install' and the drive revs up for a couple of seconds, then the launcher disappears, and the drive goes silent.

Coincidentally another game has the exact same problem (Warlords Battlecry), I could install it before but now nothing happens when I hit install.

I have Win XP SP3. I already tried running the Indeo codecs, compatibility mode, and running d:\setup.exe -lgntforce with no luck.

bikerdude on 6/8/2009 at 09:52

are you logged in with an account that has admin permissions..?

caralampio on 6/8/2009 at 12:29

I'm the only user of the computer. Should I try logging in as admin? But I never had this problem before.

Edit: OK I found that I can't log in as administrator as it seems I am the one and only account on the computer.

Additional info, I tried to install the game on another computer and it was fine, so it isn't any corruption in the installation disk (I was even considering buying another one to try!)

I also tried waiting a lot as the FAQ suggests. I left it all night after hitting install but nothing.

Specs: Intel Pentium D CPU 2.8 Ghz (dual core), Win XP SP3, ATI X1650 card, 3 GB memory.

Please help, this must have happened to someone before. I can't conceive of life without Thief!

caralampio on 7/8/2009 at 00:37

OK I can't install Thief 1 either. I can, as expected, install thief 3 (small consolation). :(

ffox on 7/8/2009 at 06:14

Try copying the Thief folder complete from the machine where it's installed OK. (You may need to modify the config files.)

More info in (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1892177#post1892535) this thread.

caralampio on 9/8/2009 at 13:40

Quote Posted by Bikerdude

are you logged in with an account that has admin permissions..?

Yaaay! :cheeky: I could install Thief 1, 2, and even Warlords Battlecry after I logged in as administrator. However, the only way I could find in which I was given the choice to log in as admin was booting up in safe mode.

It is strange, because I have had the thief games in 4 or 5 computers including this one, and never had this problem. Maybe when I reinstalled windows something was misconfigured so that it doesn't consider me the administrator?

Bikerdude you hit the nail on the head but unfortunately you were not very explicit, I wasn't sure what you were talking about (for a while I even thought you were talking about the forum :confused:). Thanks anyway.

This troubleshooting item should be added to the list in the FAQ sticky.