First time setup every time?

Each time I run the game, I'm told by steam that it needs to run first time setup, downloading and installing the Microsoft VC redistributable. I've verified the cache and game integrity... am I missing something?

 

I'm running Windows 8, so I'm not yet sure how to select 'run as administrator,' but I don't know if that could be causing the problem.

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I'd say that's a Steam issue, which means you probably want to talk to them, as Stardock has nothing at all to do with Steam.

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Windows 8.... hmmmm not really sure....

In win 7, you have to regedit to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Valve\Steam\Apps\228260 and change VCRedist to 1

See if you have a DWORD of VCRedist? Usually, we have to change that data value to 1. *BUT* I have no idea if this works in WIN 8, and I do NOT have VCRedist listed in my registry for this app.  I'm going to guesstimate that is has something to do with installing on 8 and it not cleaning up after itself. In which case just deleting the .vdf files out of the FE folder might be a wiser first step. Don't worry, you are not going to break the game, steam will fix it if you delete something you need.