Hello,
I’m unable to install Cheat Engine. The Setup just doesn’t launch. I tried disabling all antivirus settings and realtime protections and etc, but nothing works! Can someone please help!
Tried both the normal and lite version?
If neither works, then you may have an anti cheat installed on your system, or something else that doesn’t want cheat engine to run.
do a driverquery /verbose and check for anti cheat drivers
I tried both the normal and lite version. I had League Of Legends installed and I uninstalled it. Still doesn’t work. Nothing came up with the driverquery, couldn’t see any anti cheat drivers.. I also did add exclusions to windows the /temp folder and the folder that the installer is in. Still nothing.
When I try to install Cheat Engine I had to select the file for exclusion, and the destination folder. After I do that I had no problems with install it. Might try disabling Windows Defender, then install Cheat Engine. Exclude the folder, and re-enable Windows Defender.
I did disable and excluded it, but still nothing… still gives me an error
So, when you double click the Cheat Engine icon to launch it nothing is happening? Do you have a virtual machine like VirtualBox?
Could try installing cheat engine on a virtual machine so you can get a look at all the files. See if everything is there on your PC. If everything is there then something is messing with the execution, or the installation.
I know this is a bit complicated by when you install programs there is stuff put in several different places. Like %USERPROFILE%AppData, %PROGRAMDATA%, and the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareCheat Engine. Could try checking all of those places and doing a complete wipe of Cheat Engine, and reinstall it.
There is nothing about cheat engine in those places. When I run it, it shows the load bar, then after like 5-10 mins it loads up the installer and when I click next it loads up some stuff and ends up at this
Sounds like you are disconnecting from the internet before running the installer.
How so? My internet is stable
Okay, try creating the folder for Cheat Engine first and exclude it from Windows Defender, and the installation file. Then try installing it.
This will take time but if you have a key to windows you can try installing it on virtual machine.
I’m not able to reach the point in which I select a place to install it at.. might try the virtual one in ab 10 mins and Ill u[date
It sounds like something in the background is intercepting and blocking the installation.
Are you using a VPN — you may have to disable it to complete installation.
Installing CE is a multistep process.
- Download the installer from the CE website.
- Run the installer.
- The installer connects to a second web address (cloudfront.net) to download more files, after which the installation process continues.
Situations that might cause the problem you are experiencing.
- You have disconnected from the internet before step 2.
- You are using a VPN, proxy or a PiHole.
- Your ISP is blocking your connection to the second web address.
See #1954 and #2099. If you suspect your ISP, and your PC has wi-fi, try using a mobile hotspot to download and install.
None of these happen. Before I re-installed my PC I had Cheat Engine and it was working without any issues.
I’m unable to use Virtual Boxes apparently. So that won’t do
I’m unable to use Virtual Boxes apparently.
Why?
So, you are not using a VPN, a proxy or a PiHole on your clean Windows install, and as you have had CE installed on the previous setup, it seems unlikely that that your ISP is blocking the connection to complete installation (but the only way to prove that is try connecting to a mobile hotspot if your PC has Wi-Fi and have a phone with a data connection, and try installing using that).
Other than that, do you happen to be using a 3rd part antivirus like McAfee? Also, you could try disabling your firewall to make sure there’s no outbound rule blocking the connection.
Nope no 3rd parties. I tried disabling it, that didn’t work. I made an online windows servers, installed it and transferred the installation folder and now it works. But BRUH, why doesn’t it just install normally….
It really does sound like your ISP is the problem.
But how did it work like 10 days ago and now it doesn’t? Really doesn’t make sense. Also our ISPs here do not block anything LOL
Not even torrent downloading xD
can you post your driverlist here ? Perhaps you have overlooked one anti cheat driver with a non-normal name
(driverquery /verbose > filename) and post the filename here
can you post your driverlist here ? Perhaps you have overlooked one anti cheat driver with a non-normal name
(
driverquery /verbose > filename) and post the filename here
Anything out of the pastebin I sent?
nothing i can see. But it’s possible it hides itself from querying in the driverlist
Did you restart your computer after disabling your AV ? (not shut down and back on, else the av would still be blocking)
the copied files from the online windows server do work when executing?
Yep, I did all that. Not shutdown, but actual restart. Nothing happens. I don’t have an AntiVirus. All I got is windows defender. Which was fully disabled + firewall shutdown. When I installed on a Virtual Windows I copied the folder and it is now working fine. But installing it, doesn’t.
Before I re-installed my PC I had Cheat Engine and it was working without any issues.
When you re-installed Windows, was it a clean install or was it a repair install? If it was a repair install, I wonder if there are any old CE temporary installation files left in your temp directory — C:Users<username>AppDataLocalTemp — that could be interfering.
They will all start with is- and will look something like this…
If you find any, delete them all and try again.
Hello,
I’m unable to install Cheat Engine. The Setup just doesn’t launch. I tried disabling all antivirus settings and realtime protections and etc, but nothing works! Can someone please help!
Tried both the normal and lite version?
If neither works, then you may have an anti cheat installed on your system, or something else that doesn’t want cheat engine to run.
do a driverquery /verbose and check for anti cheat drivers
I tried both the normal and lite version. I had League Of Legends installed and I uninstalled it. Still doesn’t work. Nothing came up with the driverquery, couldn’t see any anti cheat drivers.. I also did add exclusions to windows the /temp folder and the folder that the installer is in. Still nothing.
When I try to install Cheat Engine I had to select the file for exclusion, and the destination folder. After I do that I had no problems with install it. Might try disabling Windows Defender, then install Cheat Engine. Exclude the folder, and re-enable Windows Defender.
I did disable and excluded it, but still nothing… still gives me an error
So, when you double click the Cheat Engine icon to launch it nothing is happening? Do you have a virtual machine like VirtualBox?
Could try installing cheat engine on a virtual machine so you can get a look at all the files. See if everything is there on your PC. If everything is there then something is messing with the execution, or the installation.
I know this is a bit complicated by when you install programs there is stuff put in several different places. Like %USERPROFILE%AppData, %PROGRAMDATA%, and the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareCheat Engine. Could try checking all of those places and doing a complete wipe of Cheat Engine, and reinstall it.
There is nothing about cheat engine in those places. When I run it, it shows the load bar, then after like 5-10 mins it loads up the installer and when I click next it loads up some stuff and ends up at this
Sounds like you are disconnecting from the internet before running the installer.
How so? My internet is stable
Okay, try creating the folder for Cheat Engine first and exclude it from Windows Defender, and the installation file. Then try installing it.
This will take time but if you have a key to windows you can try installing it on virtual machine.
I’m not able to reach the point in which I select a place to install it at.. might try the virtual one in ab 10 mins and Ill u[date
It sounds like something in the background is intercepting and blocking the installation.
Are you using a VPN — you may have to disable it to complete installation.
Installing CE is a multistep process.
- Download the installer from the CE website.
- Run the installer.
- The installer connects to a second web address (cloudfront.net) to download more files, after which the installation process continues.
Situations that might cause the problem you are experiencing.
- You have disconnected from the internet before step 2.
- You are using a VPN, proxy or a PiHole.
- Your ISP is blocking your connection to the second web address.
See #1954 and #2099. If you suspect your ISP, and your PC has wi-fi, try using a mobile hotspot to download and install.
None of these happen. Before I re-installed my PC I had Cheat Engine and it was working without any issues.
I’m unable to use Virtual Boxes apparently. So that won’t do
I’m unable to use Virtual Boxes apparently.
Why?
So, you are not using a VPN, a proxy or a PiHole on your clean Windows install, and as you have had CE installed on the previous setup, it seems unlikely that that your ISP is blocking the connection to complete installation (but the only way to prove that is try connecting to a mobile hotspot if your PC has Wi-Fi and have a phone with a data connection, and try installing using that).
Other than that, do you happen to be using a 3rd part antivirus like McAfee? Also, you could try disabling your firewall to make sure there’s no outbound rule blocking the connection.
Nope no 3rd parties. I tried disabling it, that didn’t work. I made an online windows servers, installed it and transferred the installation folder and now it works. But BRUH, why doesn’t it just install normally….
It really does sound like your ISP is the problem.
But how did it work like 10 days ago and now it doesn’t? Really doesn’t make sense. Also our ISPs here do not block anything LOL
Not even torrent downloading xD
can you post your driverlist here ? Perhaps you have overlooked one anti cheat driver with a non-normal name
(driverquery /verbose > filename) and post the filename here
can you post your driverlist here ? Perhaps you have overlooked one anti cheat driver with a non-normal name
(
driverquery /verbose > filename) and post the filename here
Anything out of the pastebin I sent?
nothing i can see. But it’s possible it hides itself from querying in the driverlist
Did you restart your computer after disabling your AV ? (not shut down and back on, else the av would still be blocking)
the copied files from the online windows server do work when executing?
Yep, I did all that. Not shutdown, but actual restart. Nothing happens. I don’t have an AntiVirus. All I got is windows defender. Which was fully disabled + firewall shutdown. When I installed on a Virtual Windows I copied the folder and it is now working fine. But installing it, doesn’t.
Before I re-installed my PC I had Cheat Engine and it was working without any issues.
When you re-installed Windows, was it a clean install or was it a repair install? If it was a repair install, I wonder if there are any old CE temporary installation files left in your temp directory — C:Users<username>AppDataLocalTemp — that could be interfering.
They will all start with is- and will look something like this…
If you find any, delete them all and try again.
Maybe you should think about wasting peoples time and start READING the issues/posts you’re answering to?! Unbelievable.
The whole issue here starts with a user saying that s/he has «let it through my antivirus» and still the problem exists. I posted a solution why this might be happening. I was in the same predicament, I have no antivirus and still there’s that error message. I found out that the installer needs an internet connection (this is not told anywhere on CE webpage, nor have I seen it mentioned in the issues here). If you don’t understand this at all, please stop posting and flooding this issue. It’s should be pretty clear to you by now that this issue doesn’t deal with antivirus engine stopping the install procedure.
But, all you are here for is to whinge about the need for a network connection for the online installer, when you already needed a connection to download the pre installer.
Are you for real? Or you really don’t understand how firewalls work? I’ll spell it out for you then. Most people are content of using firewall so that all outbound connections are allowed by default. Some people don’t like that every program or system processes can connect to internet, so they use a firewall so that by default every outbound connection is blocked, unless it’s been allowed by the user (whitelist). Allowing here means selecting the program executables manually, for example allowing chrome.exe to make an outbound connection. Then when a user downloads the online installer from CE webpage, it’s done by the internet browser (e.g. chrome.exe), which the user have allowed to access internet. After that, when running the online installer from local disk, it creates a copy of itself to a randomly named temp folder (C:UsersUSERNAMEAppDataLocalTempis-988FS.tmpCheatEngine74.tmp in my example picture, the is-988FS.tmp part/folder is randomly named every time) and runs from there and tries to connect to internet to download the actual installer. By default if the firewall is set to block all outbound connections that are not whitelisted (and a randomly named file is virtually impossible to whitelist in advance). Thus the online installer is blocked from connecting to the internet and fails with the generic error message.
I haven’t seen an online installer for a long time, and there’s a reason for that, mostly because in general people hate them.
CE author should really tell on the download page, and/or in the installer that it is an online installer and needs an internet connection.
Программа предназначенная для взлома игр. Позволяет искать в памяти многих запущенных приложений какие то конкретные значения (патронов, жизней, очков), изменяя данные значения в памяти — меняем их в игре.
Для удобства позволяет сохранять таблицы адресов таких значений, давая возможность игрокам создавать некое подобие трейнеров в среде Cheat Engine.
Установка:
1) Распаковать архив.
2) Запустить CheatEngine75.exe и следовать инструкциям установщика.
Установка русификатора:
1) Скопировать содержимое папки «RUS» в корневую папку с установленной программой Cheat Engine
2) При первом запуске Cheat Engine появиться окно с предложением выбрать язык программы.
Выберите «Russian» и нажмите «Ok». Перезапустите Cheat Engine.
Если по каким-либо причинам окно выбора языка не появилось, то зайдите в настройки Cheat Engine.
Выберите меню «Languages», затемы выберите «Russian» и нажмите кнопку «Select Language». Перезапустите Cheat Engine.
Спойлер
Свежие таблицы для игр вы сможете найти здесь.
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Can’t install on Windows 11
I used to use Cheat Engine long ago and felt like installing it again. But when I try to, ‘Operation did not complete successfully because the file contains a virus or potentially unwanted software this message shows up.
Программа предназначенная для взлома игр. Позволяет искать в памяти многих запущенных приложений какие то конкретные значения (патронов, жизней, очков), изменяя данные значения в памяти — меняем их в игре.
Для удобства позволяет сохранять таблицы адресов таких значений, давая возможность игрокам создавать некое подобие трейнеров в среде Cheat Engine.
Установка:
1) Распаковать архив.
2) Запустить CheatEngine75.exe и следовать инструкциям установщика.
Установка русификатора:
1) Скопировать содержимое папки «RUS» в корневую папку с установленной программой Cheat Engine
2) При первом запуске Cheat Engine появиться окно с предложением выбрать язык программы.
Выберите «Russian» и нажмите «Ok». Перезапустите Cheat Engine.
Если по каким-либо причинам окно выбора языка не появилось, то зайдите в настройки Cheat Engine.
Выберите меню «Languages», затемы выберите «Russian» и нажмите кнопку «Select Language». Перезапустите Cheat Engine.
Старые версии Cheat Engine:
Спойлер
Свежие таблицы для игр вы сможете найти здесь.