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Adliah

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Unable to load game. After verifying installation, game sends a "Bootstrap Error" message "Cant Start Launcher". I've run full virus checks on my system and have all the latest Windows Updates installed, so I dont think it's a computer or software. Is this a program error? and if so how do I resolve this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated, I've exhausted my knowledge on how to fix this issue.
 

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I also got the same problem today.You must open the directory of HOI4 find a file named "launcher-windows-install" double click it.Then If you did not installed it install the launcher.Than there must be 2 options,Repair and Remove.Click to the Remove than it must remove the launcher.Than once again install the launcher and open the game.Your game now works.
 

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I encountered this error earlier today. Re-installing the launcher was not effective. What happened is that my antivirus (Avast Free Antivirus) had flagged the launcher as malware, which I assume was a false positive. I had to go into the antivirus and add an exception so that the launcher would start. I submitted the file to Avast to review.

Prior to figuring this out, I re-installed the launcher, the entire game, and verified game file integrity.

This was something that must have been just implemented this afternoon by Avast.
 
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I encountered this error earlier today. Re-installing the launcher was not effective. What happened is that my antivirus (Avast Free Antivirus) had flagged the launcher as malware, which I assume was a false positive. I had to go into the antivirus and add an exception so that the launcher would start. I submitted the file to Avast to review.

Prior to figuring this out, I re-installed the launcher, the entire game, and verified game file integrity.

This was something that must have been just implemented this afternoon by Avast.
THANK YOU! That's exactly what the problem was!
 
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