Game does not launch but Steam says it does

[Gillzrus]

Hey,

I just bought CKII off of Steam, and I've registered for the forums and the game, but there's one issue:

When I try opening up the game, I see the popup where it asks you to choose DLC & mods to play with, along with the "Play Crusader Kings 2" button and "register". But when I press play, the popup closes, and my screen goes back to the desktop, and in the corner, my desktop gives me the normal messages that appear when you first open up a Steam game, such as "Press Shift + Tab to access Steam Community".

Essentially, my screen doesn't even go black. It just reverts to the desktop whenever I try playing it.

 

[AndrewT]

Please try installing:

First: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5555

After that: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8328

Then: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35
(If that doesn't do anything then http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109 )

Then: visit the Windows Update site and allow it to apply all .NET updates/patches it wants to, for all .NET versions.


Then right-click on ck2.exe and ck2game.exe and set them to run as the Admin user, and to disable desktop composition.
And then check if you can run the game after that.

 

[Druplesnubb]

Just wanted to thank you. I had the exact same problem and this thread helped me