Thank you very much for your time and effort, I really appreciate it.
Weird situation, last night for some reason Steam appears to be DL'ing the game again...the original install was on my C drive then I moved it to the E drive..and suddenly a download started...beats the sh*t out of me.
You mention that
"after I do the initial install (for you, you have to run the game once to get the Steam license updated)"
So should I be running the game before creating the zip file? Or am I better off creating the zip file BEFORE I run the game...figure if Steam creates a new copy on my C drive I should follow your steps to confirm its the right copy and work from there, after all it would be a clean copy.
I don't get the 10 bonus points....at least I don't think I do...not very tech savy so I don't know which utility you used...but once you tell me I'm betting I'll say 'ohhhhh thats what a utility is'