Developed by NetEase Games, Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play, third-person hero shooter game that was released back in December 2024. It is currently available on every major platform including PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. It is a new game and every new game gets thorns along the way as it starts improving. Marvel Rivals is not an exception.
While playing Marvel Rivals on PC, sometimes the game doesn’t open or crashes randomly. To run the game smoothly, you need to run the game as an administrator. It will grant the game the necessary permissions for several functionalities.
In this article, we will explain how to run Marvel Rivals as an Administrator on your Windows PC.
How to Run Marvel Rivals as Administrator?
There are two ways you can do it. One of them is for one time and the other one is permanent. Let’s check it out.
Method 1: Run as Administrator Once
- Open Steam.
- Go to the Library.
- Right-click on Marvel Rivals and go to Manage.
- From there go to Browse Local Files.
- There you will find out an EXE file named “MarvelRivals_Launcher“.
- Right-click on it and then click on Run as Administrator.
- Lastly, click on Yes and the game will start running as an Administrator.
Method 2: Run as Administrator Permanently
- Open Steam.
- Go to the Library.
- Right-click on Marvel Rivals and go to Manage.
- From there go to Browse Local Files.
- There you will find out an EXE file named “MarvelRivals_Launcher“.
- Right-click on it and then go to Properties.
- Then go to Compatibility.
- There you have to tick on the “Run this program as an administrator”.
- After that, click on Apply and then on OK.
That’s all you have to do to run the game as an administrator. We suggest you run the game as administrator once for the first time. If it solves the issues that you were facing previously, then follow method 2 to run the game as administrator permanently.
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