I am doing my first playthrough of the Witcher games in sequence, and I have been doing so recently on Windows 10. I had no issues making my way through Witcher 1 on Steam, but when I tried to launch Witcher 2 from Steam, it presented me with this error when trying to open the launcher.
"This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator."
This popped up right as it finished the first time set-up, and every subsequent time I have tried to open the game. I have tried opening and running Steam, the Witcher 2 Launcher, and the Witcher 2 Game EXEs all in Administrator mode, and this error pops up no matter what. I have made sure my drivers and OS are up to date, I have rebooted numerous times, and I have verified the game cache and reinstalled the game multiple times to no avail. I have searched a bit online and here on the forums and have not been able to find anybody with this specific issue, so I am at a loss for how to get it to run properly on Steam.
I would like to get it to run on Steam, just for the sake of convenience as well as just to keep everything on the platform since that's where I own the series. I found out about being able to use my CD Key on GOG, and I was able to download the game through GOG Galaxy get it to run through there. I don't know why the game plays fine on GOG, but not on Steam. I will continue to do my playthrough on GOG, and switch back to Steam for Witcher 3 if I end up finishing 2 before I fix this problem, but I would like to switch back for Witcher 2 if possible.
Does anybody here know of any possible solutions for this, or know of methods I could try to troubleshoot that I haven't already done? As a side question, if I am able to get it to work on Steam, will I able to use my save file from the GOG playthrough in the Steam version?
Thanks!
"This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator."
This popped up right as it finished the first time set-up, and every subsequent time I have tried to open the game. I have tried opening and running Steam, the Witcher 2 Launcher, and the Witcher 2 Game EXEs all in Administrator mode, and this error pops up no matter what. I have made sure my drivers and OS are up to date, I have rebooted numerous times, and I have verified the game cache and reinstalled the game multiple times to no avail. I have searched a bit online and here on the forums and have not been able to find anybody with this specific issue, so I am at a loss for how to get it to run properly on Steam.
I would like to get it to run on Steam, just for the sake of convenience as well as just to keep everything on the platform since that's where I own the series. I found out about being able to use my CD Key on GOG, and I was able to download the game through GOG Galaxy get it to run through there. I don't know why the game plays fine on GOG, but not on Steam. I will continue to do my playthrough on GOG, and switch back to Steam for Witcher 3 if I end up finishing 2 before I fix this problem, but I would like to switch back for Witcher 2 if possible.
Does anybody here know of any possible solutions for this, or know of methods I could try to troubleshoot that I haven't already done? As a side question, if I am able to get it to work on Steam, will I able to use my save file from the GOG playthrough in the Steam version?
Thanks!