Running steam in windows compatibility mode is not recommended error

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Latest Threads. Last Jump to page: Results 1 to 15 of Fix: Steam thinks its running in compatibility mode. Hi Just thought I would post a solution to a problem I had with Steam on Windows 7 RC x64 but I believe it can happen in vista as well Everything was working in steam for weeks until I went to close it down last night, when I exited steam windows poped up with a message stating it was going to apply compatility settings to steam as it detected a problem no cancel or way to stop it doing this When I relaunched steam it poped up with a message telling me: Running Steam in Windows compatibility mode is not recommended.

Please remove any Windows compatibility settings for all users under file properties for Steam. Press 'Cancel' to premanently ignore this warning and continue. Reinstalling steam made no difference as well as trying to set compatibility settings under the shortcut. I eventually had a go of the application compatibility tool microsoft gives out to see that the settings saved on the machines local database and that triggering when I ran steam.

I had a hunt through the registry and found the area where the keys are kept and deleted the key and my problems were gone. Please feel free to register and say hello here and if you have any other problems in general please try a new post, you never know.

Also I now have a Flattr account:. Last edited 18th August at AM. This guide will show you how to fix this issue and let you hopefully play with no other issues.

This item has been added to your Favorites. Created by. Yawnstar Offline. Category: Modding or Configuration , Walkthroughs. Languages: English. Guide Index. Checking steam. Registry Keys. In that case the only way to stop the game or steam running in compatibility mode is to delete the corresponding registry entries. Windows will sometimes automatically set a program to run in compatibility mode if the program crashes, or iffor whatever unspecified reason windows decides that a program is using too much resources or taking too much time to respond.

MatroVska 19 Sep, pm. Thank you a lot. I've been having trouble for some time now with this problem and the steam suport site that you are directed to doesn't tell you about the other files that needs to be checked. Really helped me. Tezza sucks at spy 19 Dec, am.