Windows 10: Steam games not launching on Windows 10

Hi all,

I'm having a problem when I try to launch Steam games, as whatever game I try to launch doesn't actually launch. A message comes up about the game "preparing to launch" but then nothing after that happens. Some games give me an error saying Steam is not running at all, whereas others just do nothing.

I've already completed all the troubleshooting steps on Steam's website but none of them have actually fixed it. The only temporary fix that works is restarting Steam, but this becomes very annoying when I have to do it multiple times a day every time I want to play a game.

Any help on this problem is greatly appreciated - thanks *Smile

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thanks, will be going back to 8.1 first, if that doesn't resolve the problem with launching my games then I will find an OS that will. I have two mini towers and two laptops, the gaming tower has windows 10 and is the only one that has a problem launching
steam games.If MS doesn't care then goodbye windows. oh bye the way i have disc that won't launch, skyrim being the main one i want to play. i am a gamer not a techie, this is windows problem not steams, my games played fine on 8.1 pro, upgraded to 10, nothing
but problems with steam game.

 

Steam games

But, to amplify what BoosDweeb has said...

I've been using Windows 10 since the early betas... and I have never had a problem with Steam or any of my Steam games. So, don't be thinking that this is a systemic problem that's happening to everyone... 'cause it's not.

 

Welcome to the forums. Right click the game, then choose properties. Then select the local files tab. Then choose Verify Integrity of Game Cache.

 

Thanks! I've already tried doing this multiple times but it seems to be a problem with every game - This is an example of an error I get when launching CS:GO:





And another on FSX:SE:





The only way I've found to bypass these issues so far is to restart Steam - but as I said in my previous post this is getting tedious. Thanks

 

Hi j0rdanb Have you also tried setting steam to run when your Computer starts >

 

Hi! Yes Steam is set to run when my computer starts.

 

I have only seen that error when I moved the game location. Verifying the cache fixed it for me. I suggest reinstalling the Steam app.

 

I've already tried doing this as well as even doing a fresh reinstall of Windows 10 multiple times, but none of this has fixed the errors I get.

 

Strange. Are you launching from Steam itself, or a shortcut? Are your games on the C drive, or another drive?

 

Just a thought are you using a game booster ?

 

I'm launching the games from Steam itself - I have some games (e.g. CS:GO) installed on my C Drive (an SSD) and others on a larger hard drive (D Drive on my computer). However, whichever game I try to launch - whether it be on C or D drive - the error still occurs. I've tried launching the game from a shortcut as well - but the same problem is still there.

EDIT: I'm also not using a game booster - I use GPU Tweak from ASUS but closing it and stopping the service don't seem to do anything.

 

That is weird. Try closing steam, the delete the appcach folder. Then restart and try again. Here is a vid that shows where its at

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Or try this flush cfg
[youtube]FU6op6pVZpM[/youtube]

 

Thanks for your help - this appears to have fixed it!

 

So I had an issue where games wouldn't launch on Steam. If the game had a separate launcher it would just cycle through launching the launcher each time I clicked to launch the game in the launcher. Weird thing was that this would happen to a game after I had already spent time playing it. (eg Caesar 3 - played 6 hours then this issue cropped up, and Skyrim legendary edition 30+ hours then this issue cropped up). I wouldn't even get error messages, just a rinse and repeat of the launcher each time. I tried everything - EVERYTHING.

Needless to say I was getting pissed off that I could no longer play my games.

Scoured forums for dayz (weeks too), then stumbled across this gem!

I even made an account here just to say thank you SO much!

The two videos fixed all my launch issues for games in steam, I can't tell you how thankful I am!!!!!