Team Fortress 2 Steam: engine error: no permissions to run tf

Apr202008 12:16AM — John —

So you just bought Team Fortress 2 through Steam and you’re ready to go, but wait! When you try to launch the game you get the following error: Engine Error: No permissions to run tf. After some googling you’d think it was something to do with your Vista/XP permissions, but no! You’re already running as admin. The solution? Restart the Steam Client. Simple as that.

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18 Comments

HAHAH THANKS SO MUCH :D:D

OMG LOL
Apr262008

yo man thanks LOL i got so scared

pNeu
Apr272008

THANKS! Easy and super sweet and correct information. The kind everyone needs.

Mirrikat45
May032008

This is exactly the problem my Friend had, Restarting the Client solved it. Thanks

Next time someone has a problem with their computer, I will just say “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” =P

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrOmTrXmi-I]

Nathan
May162008

This isn’t a fix. Restarting Steam shows the same error.

Tim
Jun292008

SO RESTART STEAM AND THAT’S IT???HELP ME

steam (need help) tragicallynull.com/2008/04/20/team-fortress-2-steam-engine-error-no-permissions-to-run-tf/
Jul242008

worked for me thanks lol, nice n easy

coolyo
Aug092008

worked for me! rgreat JOB !!

pig_dancer
Aug252008

awesome! can’t believe it’s that simple and i didn’t think of it!! thanks loads :D

Zoe
Aug252008

Thanks so much :D was freaking out :D

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Sep012008

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James
Sep192008

thanks.

e
Oct032008

It works for some people but not on others. This error is different on different operating systems. Restarting only works for XP and for vista you open the program as an administrator by right clicking and run as administrator. Dedicated server is where all my problems are coming from.

Jas
Jan032009

didn’t work for me

asd
Jan252009

DUDE I LOVE YOU ! (not in the gay way ))
i got this error with left 4 dead and it worked as well ))))thnx )

Geoge
Jan252009

It didn’t work for me = /

Desperate
Feb092009

This works for Windows 7 as well

implicate
Feb142009

ty
still trying to figure out how cut / uncut validation is working…

benny
Feb172009

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