I've had an issue all day where every time I try to launch a game on steam it says "preparing to launch" and then immediately closes the game. This issue is happening across all games and I can't seem to open any steam games at all.
Things I have tried:
-restarting my computer
-uninstalling and re-installing steam completely
-verifying my game files
-updating windows
-updating drivers
-googling it
If anyone has experienced this before and has a fix that I haven't tried please let me know. I just finished completely uninstalling steam, reinstalling steam and tf2 and it still gets stuck at "preparing to launch".
I've had an issue all day where every time I try to launch a game on steam it says "preparing to launch" and then immediately closes the game. This issue is happening across all games and I can't seem to open any steam games at all.
Things I have tried:
-restarting my computer
-uninstalling and re-installing steam completely
-verifying my game files
-updating windows
-updating drivers
-googling it
If anyone has experienced this before and has a fix that I haven't tried please let me know. I just finished completely uninstalling steam, reinstalling steam and tf2 and it still gets stuck at "preparing to launch".
this vid is pretty old but it should still work,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
make sure when you go through the .blob files of the steam directory to add a 1 at the end of the filename, its what i had to do at least.
this vid is pretty old but it should still work,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
make sure when you go through the .blob files of the steam directory to add a 1 at the end of the filename, its what i had to do at least.
I had this problem, but it was only with source games. Deleting clientregistry.blob fixed it for me
I had this problem, but it was only with source games. Deleting clientregistry.blob fixed it for me
TholeI had this problem, but it was only with source games. Deleting clientregistry.blob fixed it for me
I tried that like 10 minutes ago and it didnt work. thanks though.
[quote=Thole]I had this problem, but it was only with source games. Deleting clientregistry.blob fixed it for me[/quote]
I tried that like 10 minutes ago and it didnt work. thanks though.
I had this issue years ago. It had to do with conflicting overlays from 3rd party programs. I think I was running a combo of Steam, MS I Afterburner, and Raptr. I had to disable some of them to get it to work again.
See if you have any other programs open that use an overlay. That might be the issue .
I had this issue years ago. It had to do with conflicting overlays from 3rd party programs. I think I was running a combo of Steam, MS I Afterburner, and Raptr. I had to disable some of them to get it to work again.
See if you have any other programs open that use an overlay. That might be the issue .
Not_MatlockI had this issue years ago. It had to do with conflicting overlays from 3rd party programs. I think I was running a combo of Steam, MS I Afterburner, and Raptr. I had to disable some of them to get it to work again.
See if you have any other programs open that use an overlay. That might be the issue .
This actually looks like it worked. I went into my task manager and closed a bunch of stuff that I didnt recognize and im able to launch tf2. Im gonna try it with other games once i re-install them and see if it's working. Thanks.
[quote=Not_Matlock]I had this issue years ago. It had to do with conflicting overlays from 3rd party programs. I think I was running a combo of Steam, MS I Afterburner, and Raptr. I had to disable some of them to get it to work again.
See if you have any other programs open that use an overlay. That might be the issue .[/quote]
This actually looks like it worked. I went into my task manager and closed a bunch of stuff that I didnt recognize and im able to launch tf2. Im gonna try it with other games once i re-install them and see if it's working. Thanks.
This not work for me, i've tried all Solutions and already send the Problem to Valve, i will Patience i think this only from game not PC
This not work for me, i've tried all Solutions and already send the Problem to Valve, i will Patience i think this only from game not PC
Hi, I fixed this problem by installing this file ( file path: Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\_CommonRedist\DirectX\Jun2010\DXSETUP.exe).
Hope it is helpful.
Hi, I fixed this problem by installing this file ( file path: Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\_CommonRedist\DirectX\Jun2010\DXSETUP.exe).
Hope it is helpful.