I can not run any game from Valve...

[Ophidio]

Well, its not that I can't run them, my computer won't launch them. I'm having this problem with CS:GO, Left for Dead 2, and Dota 2. When I click on the games to launch it tries but then it just doesn't open it. I've done everything that the forums and community have told me to do. I'm coming to you, the people of LMG/LTT organization and fanbase asking for help with this problem. You guys are my final option on getting this fixed without taking my PC to Valve themselves, slapping the first person I see with it, and telling them to fix it before I rape their souls. So please, great masterminds and wizards of computers. Prevent me from raping the souls of Valve and bringing hell down on their company. Thank you <3

[minibois]

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Can you give me a list of what you have tried already?

Reinstalling any of the games.. Doing a driver reinstall for GPU.. Verifying integrity of game cache.. etc. 

(restarting your PC)

[Wiflare]

This may seem silly, but have you restarted?

[Lolzious]

hmmmm.

I can't really think of any solution of then re-installing Steam, verifying game cache through steam, or just re-installing Windows.

 

Perhaps re-install GPU drivers or try running as administrator.

[evilarceus]

and telling them to fix it before I rape their souls.

Woah, slow down buddy

 

What OS do you have?

[DimasRMDO]

Maybe.... Try this, set the launch option to "-autoconfig"

This will reset the game's settings back to default.

[Ophidio]

Can you give me a list of what you have tried already?

Reinstalling any of the games.. Doing a driver reinstall for GPU.. Verifying integrity of game cache.. etc. 

(restarting your PC)

I've had this problem for months now

 

I've done the following

-verifying game cache

-restarted computer (multiple times)

-uninstalled steam and everything that comes with it

-uninstalling games

-unistalling driver for gpu and even manually removing gpu and putting back in (don't know why, i was desperate okay?)

-downloading every possible update there could be for windows and anything extra that could be downloaded

 

Only thing I have not done is reinstall my OS which to the person that asked I'm using windows 8.1

 

Maybe.... Try this, set the launch option to "-autoconfig"

This will reset the game's settings back to default.

Okay, I'll try that. Thank you

 

edit - tried and it didn't work

[Speaker1264]

Open the start menu, open run, type msconfig, go to services, find Steam Client Service, and make sure it is enabled.  Now restart your computer and retry.

[wyattzx]

Re-install Windows. It's likely a registry issue. 

[Cyrus49]

Try disabling antivirus then reinstalling while your av is disabled.

[tp95112]

Iv had a problem with running vavle games with After Burner while using Rivatuner

[Ophidio]

Try disabling antivirus then reinstalling while your av is disabled.

 

Re-install Windows. It's likely a registry issue. 

I've disabled my antivirus to try and fix it. Doesn't work either and I've changed the settings to where my antivirus just ignores the game period. 

 

To reinstall windows, do I just put the disk in (because im old school and use a disk ) and boot from that drive? Also, when reinstalling windows should I delete all drivers and everything that are already installed before reinstalling to be safe? Or should I just back up everything I have and completely reinstall and have it wipe everything that's already on my HDD... and yes I know I should really get an SSD but I'm just going to save for a new build and make it as Overkill as possible so...

[ShadowCaptain]

 without taking my PC to Valve themselves, slapping the first person I see with it, and telling them to fix it before I rape their souls.

 

I don't want to help, I kind of want to see this happen

[DimasRMDO]

To reinstall windows, do I just put the disk in (because im old school and use a disk ) and boot from that drive?

Or make bootable USB from the disc:

Using CMD

Easy way

Or use Rufus.

[DimasRMDO]

I don't want to help, I kind of want to see this happen

Ooh it's going to be a bad dream 

[wyattzx]

I've disabled my antivirus to try and fix it. Doesn't work either and I've changed the settings to where my antivirus just ignores the game period. 

 

To reinstall windows, do I just put the disk in (because im old school and use a disk ) and boot from that drive?

What you could try, since you have a disc on hand, is putting that in, and running the Windows Refresh / Repair tool. 

 

Also, for shits and giggles, open up the CMD as Administrator, and run this command without quotes: "sfc /scannow"

 

(Type cmd into the start menu, and right-click the CMD and hit Run as Administrator.) 

[Shally]

I've disabled my antivirus to try and fix it. Doesn't work either and I've changed the settings to where my antivirus just ignores the game period. 

 

To reinstall windows, do I just put the disk in (because im old school and use a disk ) and boot from that drive? Also, when reinstalling windows should I delete all drivers and everything that are already installed before reinstalling to be safe? Or should I just back up everything I have and completely reinstall and have it wipe everything that's already on my HDD... and yes I know I should really get an SSD but I'm just going to save for a new build and make it as Overkill as possible so...

Go to PC settings in 8.1 and click recover.

[Ophidio]

What you could try, since you have a disc on hand, is putting that in, and running the Windows Refresh / Repair tool. 

 

Also, for shits and giggles, open up the CMD as Administrator, and run this command without quotes: "sfc /scannow"

 

(Type cmd into the start menu, and right-click the CMD and hit Run as Administrator.) 

Okay, cool I'll try that and see if it helps. If it doesn't ill be back and let everyone now how Gaben took his soul raping

 

For shits and giggles I'm doing it. 

[Ophidio]

What you could try, since you have a disc on hand, is putting that in, and running the Windows Refresh / Repair tool. 

 

Also, for shits and giggles, open up the CMD as Administrator, and run this command without quotes: "sfc /scannow"

 

(Type cmd into the start menu, and right-click the CMD and hit Run as Administrator.) 

 Okay, So just as a note because I ran that command prompt, this came back.

 

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Other things were said but I didn't feel like typing. 

[wyattzx]

 Okay, So just as a note because I ran that command prompt, this came back.

 

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Other things were said but I didn't feel like typing. 

I'd definitely Re-Install Windows then, if that's the prompt you got.

[Ophidio]

I'd definitely Re-Install Windows then, if that's the prompt you got.

Reinstall or just try and repair?

[wyattzx]

Reinstall or just try and repair?

Re-install guarantees you fix it, but could take longer. Repair could fix it, and be shorter. If it doesn't, that's even more wasted time. So the choice is yours!

[DimasRMDO]

Reinstall or just try and repair?

Reinstall windows, if you really want to start from fresh.... Then format your boot drive and reinstall windows.

[xAcid9]

If you're using Window 8 and above, try DISM command. 

 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/947821

[VortexS]

I had this exact problem as well, I don't know for sure how I fixed it but I believe I did a fresh install of Windows.