Had the game and launcher installed on an old HDD but it stopped working and now that I have a new one and reinstalled the game I get this error there was a similar thread for EU4 but this person could still access the drive I can't do that at all nor can I uninstall it from apps and features I get the same "invalid D drive" error trying to do that. id like to play the game with mods and I'm kinda stuck.
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Please use this tool to uninstall it:
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You should also run the two free utilities Revo Uninstaller and Ccleaner to make sure it is completely gone.
Good luck!
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You should also run the two free utilities Revo Uninstaller and Ccleaner to make sure it is completely gone.
Good luck!
I did everything you said and I uninstalled paradox launcher v2 then ran both CCleaner and Revo uninstaller but still had the same error
then I followed the other forum posts suggestions
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Please try this:
- exit the Steam app entirely
- uninstall Paradox Launcher v2 from the Windows "Apps and features" utility, if still present.
Delete the following folders if still present:
- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Roaming/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
To see the AppData folder you'll need to enable View Hidden Items in File Explorer.
- run steam.exe as the Windows Admin user
- run the game from the PLAY button in Steam"
this didn't work either so here are the logs after all that
perhaps I wasn't clear in the beginning the broken HDD isn't installed anymore and my os is on a SSD idk if this helps
then I followed the other forum posts suggestions
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Please try this:
- exit the Steam app entirely
- uninstall Paradox Launcher v2 from the Windows "Apps and features" utility, if still present.
Delete the following folders if still present:
- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Roaming/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
To see the AppData folder you'll need to enable View Hidden Items in File Explorer.
- run steam.exe as the Windows Admin user
- run the game from the PLAY button in Steam"
this didn't work either so here are the logs after all that
perhaps I wasn't clear in the beginning the broken HDD isn't installed anymore and my os is on a SSD idk if this helps
The 1603/1605 errors we see there are typically a previous other installation stuck, or a problem in the Windows update/install processes.
If you see msiexec running in Task manager-processes, kill it and try this launcher install again please.
Otherwise run the Update app in Windows, does it load okay, find anything to apply - whether a patch, update, or whole new Windows 10 version? If so do that and reboot, then try this launcher install again please.
If you see msiexec running in Task manager-processes, kill it and try this launcher install again please.
Otherwise run the Update app in Windows, does it load okay, find anything to apply - whether a patch, update, or whole new Windows 10 version? If so do that and reboot, then try this launcher install again please.
i just changed my drive letter to D luckily i could still do that since it had little on it
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