Next, when prompted by the UAC (User Account Control) prompt, click Yes to grant admin access. If this scenario is applicable, go-ahead and right-click on the main executable of Steam and click on Run as Administrator from the context menu that just appeared. This is only reported to occur with users that are launching the game via Steam. Now that you know every potential culprit, here’s a list of methods that other affected users have successfully used to fix this problem and play the game without it crashing at every attempted startup.: Method 1: Running vampire.exe with Admin AccessĪccording to some affected users that were also encountering this issue, you can also expect to see this error in a situation where the game doesn’t have the necessary permissions in order to access every required dependency. In this case, you can get the issue fixed by starting the SafeDisc service from an elevated command prompt. SafeDisc service is Disabled – It’s also possible to encounter this issue in instances where the service is disabled by default, even though the security update is not installed.Since this is a requirement for the legacy version of the game to run, you can fix the issue by uninstalling the update and hiding it in order to prevent it from getting installed again. Safedisc is disabled by Windows Update KB3086255 – Keep in mind that Microsoft has effectively disabled the main SafeDisc service via the security update KB3086255 in order to patch a security vulnerability.If you don’t want to install these files via the unofficial fan-made patch, you can copy them manually from an archive. Missing DLL files – In order to get the game to work, you need to ensure that the dlls subfolder contains 2 custom made Dynamic Library files that help the game run on Windows 10.The best course of action is to install the unofficial patch from the official channels. The game is not patched for Windows 10 – Keep in mind that if the game is not patched with the files from the modding community, you have little chance of getting it to work on a Windows 10 installation.In this case, you can fix the issue by forcing the game to run in compatibility mode with Windows 10. Incompatibility with Windows 10 – If you’re seeing this error on Windows 10 and you haven’t installed the unofficial patch from the modding community, the game won’t start because it was not designed to run on this newer infrastructure.In this case, you can fix the issuer by forcing the main executable (vampire.exe) to run with admin access. Missing admin access – According to a lot of affected users, this problem can very well occur in situations where the game doesn’t have the necessary permissions to access a couple of required dependencies.
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