bioshock wont install! please help!

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#1 pentamaroonis
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i have had bioshock since it came out, when I tried to play it today, avg told me it contained a virus, i uninstalled the game,...now when i try to reinstall when the autopatch thing finishes it says its invalid and therefor does not install, I am extremely frustrated with this problem....all i want to do is play the game i paid $60 for

any help would be greatly appreciated!

thanks

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#2 thanatose
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Try this out and see if it will work for you.

First - Uninstall BioShock

Second - Go into your registry by typing regedit in your "Run" section of the start menu. To be on the safe side create a backup of your registry before you delete anything. Do a ctl+f or click on the "Edit" tab and choose "Find" to bring up the find option. In the find type in bioshock then hit the "FindNext"button. Clear out any entries you find in the registry including any folders you find there. You may also want to do a search for2KGames and clear out those entries as well. Make sure you only delet entries or folders that are related to BioShock.

Third - Turn off AVG in the AVG control panel (Don't forget to turn it back on once you are done).

Fourth - Reinstall BioShock, if you receive any errors just click ignore. Those errors should be fixed when the game auto patches.

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#3 Unstoppable_1
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I think it deleted your exe. Ignore it with AVG it don't have any virus. Uninstall and reinstall th egame. You only get 5 installations till they make the utility where you uninstall from one machine and are able to install it in another indefinately. Yes 2K games know they screwed up and this probably won't happen again with pc games :).
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#4 Loopy_me
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aahahaa! oh sorry that was mean

hope it gets workin for you tho

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#5 silversurfergold
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Happens to me too, I just turn off AVG when I play.
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#6 nrt25
Member since 2005 • 670 Posts
I had the same problem trying to reinstall the game after AVG deleted bioshock.exe To get Bioshock to reinstall I had to uninstall AVG first...