Games won't launch on windows 8.1
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Atef Toumi
March 13, 2014 4:01:54 PM
Hi Everyone
well i just got my new laptop with Windows 8.1 starter, everything was great tell i tried to run some games, i did set up some games as i used to do on my previous pc which has a windows 7 but with windows 8.1 nothing works the games refuse to launch there is no error msg no anything i tried to run them with a previous windows compatibility but it didn't work either
here under the games that i tried up to now and didn't work
Call of Duty Black Ops 2 - Need for Speed Rivals - Need for Speed The Run
but RESIDENT EVIL 5 and PES 14 did work i don't know why.
by the way i have a Toshiba Satellite L50-A-1DG
Processeur Intel Core i7-4700MQ (Quad-Core 2.4 GHz / 3.4 GHz Turbo - Cache 6 Mo)
4 Go SDRAM DDR3,
LED de 15.6"(1366 x 768 pix)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2 Go dedicated
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64 bits
well i just got my new laptop with Windows 8.1 starter, everything was great tell i tried to run some games, i did set up some games as i used to do on my previous pc which has a windows 7 but with windows 8.1 nothing works the games refuse to launch there is no error msg no anything i tried to run them with a previous windows compatibility but it didn't work either
here under the games that i tried up to now and didn't work
Call of Duty Black Ops 2 - Need for Speed Rivals - Need for Speed The Run
but RESIDENT EVIL 5 and PES 14 did work i don't know why.
by the way i have a Toshiba Satellite L50-A-1DG
Processeur Intel Core i7-4700MQ (Quad-Core 2.4 GHz / 3.4 GHz Turbo - Cache 6 Mo)
4 Go SDRAM DDR3,
LED de 15.6"(1366 x 768 pix)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2 Go dedicated
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64 bits
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ModernWarfare
March 13, 2014 4:05:15 PM
Atef Toumi
March 13, 2014 4:23:36 PM
ModernWarfare said:
did you try Righ-clicking on the game and go to "Properties" and set "compatibility" to "Windows 7".thank you so much for the quick reply, yes i did tried but it didn't work, i have been searching over the web for a few days for a solution and i really don't want to install windows 7 i just need to know if windows 8.1 is the problem, cause i did set the games correctly as i always do what i don't understand is when i try to launch the game there is no error msg just nothing the cursor start circling just like the game is about to start and then nothing that's why i couldn't know where the problem came from
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ModernWarfare
March 13, 2014 4:25:46 PM
Atef Toumi
March 14, 2014 2:21:47 PM
ModernWarfare
March 14, 2014 4:07:15 PM
Atef Toumi
March 16, 2014 8:52:49 AM
Best solution
ModernWarfare
March 16, 2014 12:53:58 PM
Al-Larry
May 23, 2014 6:57:00 AM
Atef Toumi said:
Hi Everyonewell i just got my new laptop with Windows 8.1 starter, everything was great tell i tried to run some games, i did set up some games as i used to do on my previous pc which has a windows 7 but with windows 8.1 nothing works the games refuse to launch there is no error msg no anything i tried to run them with a previous windows compatibility but it didn't work either
here under the games that i tried up to now and didn't work
Call of Duty Black Ops 2 - Need for Speed Rivals - Need for Speed The Run
but RESIDENT EVIL 5 and PES 14 did work i don't know why.
by the way i have a Toshiba Satellite L50-A-1DG
Processeur Intel Core i7-4700MQ (Quad-Core 2.4 GHz / 3.4 GHz Turbo - Cache 6 Mo)
4 Go SDRAM DDR3,
LED de 15.6"(1366 x 768 pix)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2 Go dedicated
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64 bits
Try downloading the windows 7 drivers
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Blazeone8
June 22, 2014 1:48:13 PM
David Bajracharya
July 5, 2014 9:03:42 AM
Zubair Rehman Burki
July 18, 2014 4:09:25 PM
I Had the same issue And posted my issue here and solved it on my own...
go to device manager and uninstall your gpu plus remove all the driver files then
again install and update your driver... work done.. 100% Working solution
## My Post check here
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2223428/switch...
go to device manager and uninstall your gpu plus remove all the driver files then
again install and update your driver... work done.. 100% Working solution
## My Post check here
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2223428/switch...
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fino987
July 25, 2014 6:54:39 AM
bobicrogan
July 28, 2014 5:03:24 AM
Zubair Rehman Burki said:
I Had the same issue And posted my issue here and solved it on my own...go to device manager and uninstall your gpu plus remove all the driver files then
again install and update your driver... work done.. 100% Working solution
## My Post check here
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2223428/switch...
what do you mean by all the drivers? should I only remove the gpu and sound drivers, or is there anything else? thanx
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ashish mathur
August 11, 2014 9:22:09 PM
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ashish mathur
August 11, 2014 9:24:40 PM
strecker1969
August 11, 2014 11:46:28 PM
Zubair Rehman Burki
August 26, 2014 2:02:28 AM
uninstalling your GPU plus its drivers from device manager and then re-installing them will fix it.
refer to this
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2223428/switch...
refer to this
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-2223428/switch...
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jurrabi
August 29, 2014 6:17:59 AM
IF YOU USE WINDOWS 7/8 N VERSIONS THIS MIGHT APPLY TO YOU.
I recently solve my issues with games (steam, PC and Metro interface games) not starting in Windows 8(.1) and I thought of sharing my experience just in case anyone else has the same config and issues.
I've used for some time N versions of the Windows OS. I know there are Windows 7 N and Windows 8 N versions. What the N means is that the version doesn't have Windows Media Player. It's a version that Microsoft is forced to provide in the European Countries, to avoid sanctions from the EU .
But this N versions have more things missing that just Media Player. Media tags in explorer also are not included (you can't see or change mp3 attributes form explorer, for example).
And also some media dlls used by some games must be absent.
So many games just silently won't work and close upon opening. This games usually, at install time run things like WMRuntimeInstaller.exe, to be sure this dlls are present in the system, but those kind of installers don't work with N versions.
To fix the issue you need to install from Microsoft sites the "Media Feature Pack for N and KN versions of Windows" for your version of Windows.
After installing that (in my case windows 8.1 x64 version you can find here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id...) all games that didn't start before started working.
In my case this fixed, at least:
Where's My Mickey XL (Metro interface)
Reckless Racing (Metro Interface)
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (Steam)
I hope this helps more people out there.
I recently solve my issues with games (steam, PC and Metro interface games) not starting in Windows 8(.1) and I thought of sharing my experience just in case anyone else has the same config and issues.
I've used for some time N versions of the Windows OS. I know there are Windows 7 N and Windows 8 N versions. What the N means is that the version doesn't have Windows Media Player. It's a version that Microsoft is forced to provide in the European Countries, to avoid sanctions from the EU .
But this N versions have more things missing that just Media Player. Media tags in explorer also are not included (you can't see or change mp3 attributes form explorer, for example).
And also some media dlls used by some games must be absent.
So many games just silently won't work and close upon opening. This games usually, at install time run things like WMRuntimeInstaller.exe, to be sure this dlls are present in the system, but those kind of installers don't work with N versions.
To fix the issue you need to install from Microsoft sites the "Media Feature Pack for N and KN versions of Windows" for your version of Windows.
After installing that (in my case windows 8.1 x64 version you can find here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id...) all games that didn't start before started working.
In my case this fixed, at least:
Where's My Mickey XL (Metro interface)
Reckless Racing (Metro Interface)
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (Steam)
I hope this helps more people out there.
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obsidian_blade
September 6, 2014 3:45:37 AM
got the update the other day (have been avoiding it for reasons such as this) had a sneaking suspicion what the problem was as soon as i tried locating a few files, ready for the answer your gonna kick yourself 8). 8.1 doesnt have a my documents folder just documents, go to
C:\Users\(your user name here) and create a my documents folder. problem solved hope this helps
C:\Users\(your user name here) and create a my documents folder. problem solved hope this helps
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Joni1013
September 27, 2014 2:36:35 PM
If you don't have it, download and install Games for Windows Live. Same thing happens to me as well as Fallout 3. Then it works like a charm.
Here is a link
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/pc/DownloadClient
Here is a link
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/pc/DownloadClient
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Charis Theo
October 12, 2014 7:48:59 PM
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