So, are you having trouble running Farming Simulator 25 on your PC because of a weird “Error Not Allowed to install game in directory” issue? Well, this error message won’t be displayed on the screen; rather, the game will simply not launch. You can check the game logs to confirm whether the same issue is causing your game to crash. If yes, consider reading this guide for workarounds on how to deal with this issue and get rid of it for good.
The recent release of Farming Simulator 25 has been a huge success for Giants Software. This year’s release has seen the introduction of many new additions, including vehicles, crops, and more. But along with all this new content, there are new bugs that many players are having to deal with. The “Error: Not allowed to install game in directory” is an issue that’s restricting the game’s access from many. So, we have shared a bunch of effective workarounds for you to try.
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Farming Simulator 25 (FS 25) ‘Error: Not allowed to install game in directory’ Issue: Is there any fix yet
While there’s no official solution provided by Giants, there’s a suggested workaround shared by them when a player sends a support ticket regarding the same issue. We have included the workaround, along with a few more effective ones for you to try.
Don’t manually launch the auto-updater
As per the developers, launching the auto-updater during game launch can cause this issue to occur. So, you will have to make sure this doesn’t happen. But if that’s taken care of and still the issue occurs, try the next workaround.
Change Installation Directory
As per Giants, the game can’t be installed in various directories for users’ data safety. Due to this, installing it on a certain drive can invoke the error, causing it not to launch. In that case, what you can do is move the installed files of the game to a different drive, preferably the one where Steam isn’t installed. Once you move the game files, you will need to again go to Steam, select Farming Simulator 25, and then select Uninstall. Once uninstalled, click on Install, and then in the directory select menu, select the directory where the copied game files are located. Now, Steam will recognize the game files and then install FS 25 quite easily. After doing so, check whether the issue persists.
Run as Admin
Since this is a permission-related issue, you might have to run FS 25 with admin privileges. How to do so? Simple. Right-click on the game’s shortcut and select the Run as Administrator option. Also, don’t forget to run Steam as administrator too.
Upgrade Windows OS
While it seems unrelated, a player was able to fix this issue by simply upgrading their Windows OS to Windows 11. After they did so, the game didn’t encounter any issue. So, if you are running on Windows 10, now is the time to upgrade.
For now, these are the workarounds you can try to fix the “Error Not Allowed to install game in directory” issue in Farming Simulator 25. We hope that you find this guide informative. If you did, consider visiting Android Gram for more such interesting content on all things gaming.
