[2022] getting "missing file privileges.

Is this in the launcher or in the game?

I suspect this is a launcher issue. A few things you can try:

1) Run Steam as an Admin
2) Add Paradox Launcher v2 and Stellaris as whitelisted in any antivirus you might be using. (You can temporarily disable the active protection to see if this will help)
3) Uninstall Paradox Launcher v2, and then restart the game. The game will then redownload and reinstall the launcher. Restart it a second time to let it finish updating.
4) Open a ticket at support.paradoxplaza.com.

Hope this helps!

Originally posted by Zufuja: steam is showing that when i click retry download

OH. Uhh.. I'm not sure about that. You can try running Steam as an admin, maybe? But that seems like its something you'd need to contact Steam support for.

Originally posted by Fabiaville: this is not an issue in the game. i've not launched anything of the game. it is an issue with the patch download (i did state this on the opening).

My apologies. As above, try running Steam as an admin, but I do suspect this is an issue with Steam as opposed to a Stellaris-specific issue, maybe?