7 Days to Die Access Denied. Can't Start the Game. (Fixed)

The Issue

If you are familiar with this error message, here are some ideas that may help you.

- Try launching the game as an Admin. Also, if the Steam asks you to grant an app admin access, it is most likely some crucial installer or the anti-cheat engine that needs those privileges to work properly. If you deny (in my case) it once, it will not ask you again, making the issue even more difficult. I think this pop up only appears once, after you installed the game and never again once you grant or deny the permission so re-installing the game and granting the permission then, may fix the issue.

- Go to : Library > 7 Days to Die > Right click > Properties > Installed Files > Verify Integrity of game files.

- Check if your Antivirus is blocking the game itself or the EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat), if so add it to the "exceptions".

- Open game directory (Library > Right click 7 Days to Die > Manage > Browse Local Files.

Run "7DaysToDie" app. If that didn't work, run "7DaysToDie_EAC". If either of those worked, this is your new way to launch the game.

- Go to the Search Bar > Type "services" > Run it as an admin > Left click on any other service and press "e" > keep pressing the button til you get to "Easy Anti-Cheat". You want it to be enabled in order to play games that require it to run. The first time you install it, it enables itself so you don't have to do it manually, but if for some reason you had it "disabled", you want to enable it.

- Last but not least, if none of that worked, you should re-install the game, even if you had previously verified the game files successfully and see if that fixes the problem.

If you have any other ideas or workarounds that fixed the issue for you, feel free to share them in the comments.

Source: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3368211386

Access Denied. Can't Start the Game. (Fixed)

The Issue

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