Steam – How to force Steam to install Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from disk, NOT from web

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I purchased Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as a retail disk, and when I install it from disk, Steam is attempting to download the complete game from the internet. I've 512 kbits/s (64 kBps) network, so it will take me nearly 64 hours to download (1 week to download assuming 9 hours a day).

I've already gone through this support article which suggests to install using the Run command, and I've also tried using the 'restore game' workaround, but I am afraid neither of them worked for me.

So how can I force Steam to install from the disk?

Best Answer

Steam will automatically download the game. Here's what you should do:

  1. Close Steam .
  2. Re-run Autorun.exe (the disk autorun).
  3. Choose the "reinstall" option.

Presto... The game installs from the disks.

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