GUID duplication

[oosk@btinternet.com 36]

I have a retail copy of Arma2 and CO. and also have a steam version. I normaly play on the Retail version and have now, just installed the steam version and attempted to play. However, when I have started the steam version it has loaded all my profiles from my retail version. Does anyone have any idea on how can I fix this please?

[lil_weenie 0]

if i change steam account i have to load arma CO via steam on the new account, close it THEN load dayz....

Give that a go...

Hope it helps

[oosk@btinternet.com 36]

ye tried that but no hope...however during my trolling to my self and a vast amount of cursing.. a friend stumbled upon a post about having 2 arma accounts.. and a fantastic reply by DayZ community member "TheCrimsonKing" in which he says

"RE: 2 players on the same computer?

There is a way to have two separate copies on the same machine, but you would need to mess with the Windows registry. I'd advise against doing this if you've never modified the registry before (as you can kill your Windows installation if you screw up), but it does work.

Process :

Open the registry (regedit.exe) and search for "Bohemia Interactive Studio". It should have a few subfolders in it, like "ArmA 2", "ArmA 2 OA", and "ArmA 2 REINFORCEMENTS". Export the entire "Bohemia Interactive Studio" folder to a file on your desktop called, say, "ARMA2_FirstAccount.reg". Now delete the "Bohemia Interactive Studio" registry folder. Close regedit.

Install and activate ARMA 2 & OA on your second Steam account. Run it at least once. The new CD keys will be written to the registry. Open regedit again and export "Bohemia Interactive Studio" with the new keys to a file called "ARMA2_SecondAccount.reg".

Now, when you want to play on the first account, double click "ARMA2_FirstAccount.reg" and add it to your registry, then run the game. Same process for the second account and "ARMA2_SecondAccount.reg".

A bit complicated if you haven't done something like this before, so it's up to you if you want to attempt it. And just a note that you NEVER want to share these .reg files with anyone else, because they contain your CD keys. "

Major +1 to this chap.. I believe he has sorted my problem... I'm only left with now having to re-download arma 2 and OA on steam with only 700kbs DL speed :D uber to live it the middle of nowhere... Awesome fantastic scenery and quality of life... uber shitty internet speed...derpped!