I bought this game from Steam, but getting the CD key was a trial. I did a search on this forum (itself something of a mess -- you need to use google) but didn't come up with much that was helpful. Maybe if I searched further I'd have turned up an answer.
I wrote Steam, and about three weeks later (really!) they responded with the following....
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Hello
Thank you for contacting Steam Support.
NOTE: If you are running in Windows Vista, you will need to ensure you are running Steam as Administrator. To do this, completely exit Steam, and right-click on the shortcut which you use to launch Steam and select "Run as Administrator."
Please verify the GCF for this game:
Title: Verifying Game Cache Files (GCF)
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335
Once this process is complete, please right-click on the game in your "My Games" tab and select 'View Game CD Key'.
If you have any further difficulty, please let us know.
Anytime you wish you can view your question online:
http://support.steampowered.com/view.php?ticketref=9464-MZBJ-6540
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This works, and I received a game key that I could use on the "my games" page, and I've been able to access the FAQ and game guide.
I took a fair amount of grief for not finding out how to do this by searching the forum. All I found was a lot of people, like me, that couldn't get a game key. You might want to sticky this. Even if I'm a provable idiot, the number of people in my situation was large.
I wrote Steam, and about three weeks later (really!) they responded with the following....
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Hello
Thank you for contacting Steam Support.
NOTE: If you are running in Windows Vista, you will need to ensure you are running Steam as Administrator. To do this, completely exit Steam, and right-click on the shortcut which you use to launch Steam and select "Run as Administrator."
Please verify the GCF for this game:
Title: Verifying Game Cache Files (GCF)
Link: http://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335
Once this process is complete, please right-click on the game in your "My Games" tab and select 'View Game CD Key'.
If you have any further difficulty, please let us know.
Anytime you wish you can view your question online:
http://support.steampowered.com/view.php?ticketref=9464-MZBJ-6540
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This works, and I received a game key that I could use on the "my games" page, and I've been able to access the FAQ and game guide.
I took a fair amount of grief for not finding out how to do this by searching the forum. All I found was a lot of people, like me, that couldn't get a game key. You might want to sticky this. Even if I'm a provable idiot, the number of people in my situation was large.
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