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BeamNG Drive Error Update Error, Update FATAL ERROR (Update.exe writing error)

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting: Bugs, Questions and Support' started by Partello09, Feb 22, 2014.

  1. Partello09

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    Just bought BeamNG.Drive super excited and when I install I get a awesome surprise! Update.exe has a writing error! meaning it wont actually update the game! Woo Hoo!!! :( I've spent 5 hours looking it up and other people have the same problem, but none of them have answers. Maybe you could shine some light for me. Any help is very much appreciated and have a awesome day.:mad::(:mad::(:( (Not a PC problem so don't ask for the specs) lol
     
  2. SixSixSevenSeven

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    Actually every single one of them has answers...


    Ensure you have full driver updates on your system (doesnt help for the updater so much but will for game itself).
    Turn off antivirus, don't just disable it, physically shut down the program.
    Turn off any firewalls.
    Run the updater as administrator (right click, its an option on there)
     
  3. daniel_j

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    We went through it all in IRC, nothing is working :|
     
  4. SixSixSevenSeven

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    Is a proxy or VPN in use?
     
  5. Lokio27

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    Go to the folder in which all your beamng files are stored, then rightclick on the beamng.drive folder then click properties. Click Security then Edit. Go through all the user fields and check full control on all of them (or some of them, depends on what you want), then the write failure should go away,
     
    #5 Lokio27, Feb 22, 2014
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  6. daniel_j

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    I have an idea that is inspired from a fix badSol came up with:
    Goto your BeamNG directory;
    press shift + right click and select 'open command windows here';
    enter the following into the black box that appears;
    update.exe && ren update.exe updateold.exe
    This will start the updater, then instantly rename it, this may trick the updater into re downloading the updater completely.
     
  7. scuttlemonkey

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    I had this problem just now, when installing got an error saying couldn't write update.exe so just clicked ignore. The install continued then at the end it magically redownloaded update.exe and updated itself. Make sure you disable any AV such as avast as I kept getting prompted whether I wanted to download .exes and this had an impact on the updater.
     
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