Game Won't Launch

[Gotya64]

So I've been having some computer troubles recently, and was forced to do a computer refresh (not reset, mind). As a result, I had to reinstall Steam and CK2. However, the launch screen did not contain any of the mods or DLC I had bought (Old Gods and Republics), and when I pressed start nothing occurred beyond that. That failing, I completely uninstalled the game from my computer with the same results. I'm on a Dell Inspiron with Windows 8.

 

[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 then check if you can run the game after that.