Requesting help with SH3 Installation Problems

Hi PapaSmurf, I must have McAfee configured wrong, because it automatically quarantined the file before I could do anything about it. I completely uninstalled SH3, so I'll give your suggestion a shot and see what happens when I re-install SH3.

[PapaSmurf]

Yeah BWS, reinstall the game and turn McAfee off and play the game for a few days. Then turn McAfee back on and see what happens. It worked for me. I don't know if McAfee "learned" that the file was safe or what but like I said earlier, it never quarantined the file or gave me any alert after I did that. I have been playing the game for a couple months now since that happened. Good luck.

[CTU_Clay]

Originally Posted by Battle Wagon Sailor

Hi PapaSmurf, I must have McAfee configured wrong, because it automatically quarantined the file before I could do anything about it. I completely uninstalled SH3, so I'll give your suggestion a shot and see what happens when I re-install SH3.

To cleanly uninstall sh3 you must rid your system of all traces of the sh3 folder/files etc., which includes the files in the "Documents" area. Then it is a must you clean up the registry. I use an older version of ccleaner to clean my mistakes.

BTW: I seen nothing in the thread previous posts as to what operating system you are using in your computer.

Best wishes,
-clay

Originally Posted by PapaSmurf

Yeah BWS, reinstall the game and turn McAfee off and play the game for a few days. Then turn McAfee back on and see what happens. It worked for me. I don't know if McAfee "learned" that the file was safe or what but like I said earlier, it never quarantined the file or gave me any alert after I did that. I have been playing the game for a couple months now since that happened. Good luck.

Hi PapaSmurf,

Thank you for the tips! I'll give this a try and see if it solves the problem.

Originally Posted by CTU_Clay

To cleanly uninstall sh3 you must rid your system of all traces of the sh3 folder/files etc., which includes the files in the "Documents" area. Then it is a must you clean up the registry. I use an older version of ccleaner to clean my mistakes.

BTW: I seen nothing in the thread previous posts as to what operating system you are using in your computer.

Best wishes,
-clay

Hi Clay,

Thank you for the advice!

I deleted the SH3 folder in My Documents after I uninstalled SH3 via Control Panel. I also had to manually delete the main SH3 folder since there were remnants still left in the folder from the 1.4b patch that Control Panel didn't remove.

I'm running WIN 7 Pro 32 Bit. I have SH4 and SH5 installed on the same machine, so I installed SH3 to the default C:\Ubisoft folder. I made sure not to install to the x86 Program Files folder. I also used CCleaner to clean the registry after everything had been uninstalled or manually deleted. (Learned about CCleaner here on Subsim )

Hi Folks,

I just wanted to give a quick status update and bring this thread to closure.

I searched for another version of the archive and found a link to another version in a thread here on Subsim. When I compared the files in this new archive with the files that I previously found, I discovered that the files were exactly the same as those I downloaded previously from another source.

I uninstalled SH3, manually removed any remnants and cleaned the registry with CCleaner. I then reinstalled SH3, patched to 1.4b and replaced SH3.exe and the four .dll files with the replacement files from the archive. The first two times that I started SH3, the game launched without problem. On the third restart, as before, Windows generated an error message and McAfee detected a virus and quarantined the Utils.dll file.

Based on advice from CTU-Clay, I purchased a digital download version of SH3 that is patched to 1.4b from Amazon for $ 9.99. I went through the whole uninstall, manual deletion of remnants and cleaning the registry with CCleaner process again. The game installed without problem and reliably starts and plays every time without any issues.

I would like to thank everyone for their advice and insight. I can finally play SH3 again without the Starforce headaches.

Best Regards,

Mike

[CTU_Clay]

Glad to see everything worked out okay for you MIke.

Happy Hunting!

-clay

Originally Posted by CTU_Clay

Glad to see everything worked out okay for you MIke.

Happy Hunting!

-clay

Thanks Clay! On now to getting some mods installed and working.

Best Regards,

Mike