♥♥♥♥ing Deus Ex

[Pointless Garbage]

so, i bought Deus Ex GOTY and i could play it normaly for 3 days. after these days, when i tried to start it in my library, i received the error "failed to start game(unknown error)". when i try to start it at its directory, i received this error "windows cannot find C: Program files\steam\steamapps\common\deus ex\system\deusex.exe". i searched for this, but all the solutions that i found and tried didn't work, pleeeease help!

[BadMojo]

verify game cache.. see if that helps

[Pointless Garbage]

Originally posted by BadMojo:

verify game cache.. see if that helps

nope, didn't help :/

[BadMojo]

Have you checked to see if the game is even there?

if its not there, then you will have to reinstall it, im suprised the verify didnt fix it.

you should get kenties deus exe launcher http://kentie.net/article/dxguide/

use that to run deus ex instead

[Pointless Garbage]

Originally posted by BadMojo:

Have you checked to see if the game is even there?

if its not there, then you will have to reinstall it, im suprised the verify didnt fix it.

you should get kenties deus exe launcher http://kentie.net/article/dxguide/

use that to run deus ex instead

well, the game is there, and i tried to use the katie launcher, i replaced it as instructed, but im still receiving the same errors ;-;

[BadMojo]

run it directly from the that directory rather than the library, if your still gettings errors... then its windows your having problems with, not deus ex... probably a virus or something

[Pointless Garbage]

Originally posted by BadMojo:

run it directly from the that directory rather than the library, if your still gettings errors... then its windows your having problems with, not deus ex... probably a virus or something

i did that and, errors still there.

[Pointless Garbage]

Originally posted by Ranger:

That does sound strange. I would backup your save games, delete all local content, and then reinstall the game. It sounds like something became corrupted somehow, although I'm not at all sure what.

ill try that out, it might do the trick.

[Pointless Garbage]

Originally posted by Capitan Pootis Man:

Originally posted by Ranger:

That does sound strange. I would backup your save games, delete all local content, and then reinstall the game. It sounds like something became corrupted somehow, although I'm not at all sure what.

ill try that out, it might do the trick.

so, i tried it, uninstalled the game and steam thenn i downloaded all again and the errors still there, ♥♥♥♥ sake

[Francisè von Spitroast]

Wow, that's a really odd problem, never heard anything like it before, not like I'm an expert or anything but I feel like I spend my life looking on how to fix PC games. Very strange. Hope you get it working, this game is fantastic. I'd say try contact Steam support.

[BadMojo]

nah its got nothing to do with steam api, it sounds more like something has changed the file association for the exe, or something like that... or hes trying to run a shortcut to a file thats not there.. either way, if hes installed kenties launcher and is trying to run directly from that, then that takes steam entirely out of the picture, and it has to be a windows problem.. so the next thing to do is run a virus scan, and perhaps revert to a windows restore point

or you could try to mess with registry entries, but unless you know what your doing then i wouldnt advise it

[Pointless Garbage]

Originally posted by Do You Want to Know a Secret:

Wow, that's a really odd problem, never heard anything like it before, not like I'm an expert or anything but I feel like I spend my life looking on how to fix PC games. Very strange. Hope you get it working, this game is fantastic. I'd say try contact Steam support.

yeah, i havent seen anyone with this problem, just people with similar ones, im still very confused.

[Pointless Garbage]

Originally posted by Ranger:

It seems like it is a Steam API issue that sometimes happens. Try the suggestions in this thread. Hope one of these gets you back to playing. Good luck.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/248450/discussions/0/792923683573395036/

thanks man, ill try the suggesions and see if they work.

[Pointless Garbage]

Originally posted by BadMojo:

nah its got nothing to do with steam api, it sounds more like something has changed the file association for the exe, or something like that... or hes trying to run a shortcut to a file thats not there.. either way, if hes installed kenties launcher and is trying to run directly from that, then that takes steam entirely out of the picture, and it has to be a windows problem.. so the next thing to do is run a virus scan, and perhaps revert to a windows restore point

or you could try to mess with registry entries, but unless you know what your doing then i wouldnt advise it

ill run some scans, an ill see about restoring it, thanks.

[Pointless Garbage]

Originally posted by BadMojo:

nah its got nothing to do with steam api, it sounds more like something has changed the file association for the exe, or something like that... or hes trying to run a shortcut to a file thats not there.. either way, if hes installed kenties launcher and is trying to run directly from that, then that takes steam entirely out of the picture, and it has to be a windows problem.. so the next thing to do is run a virus scan, and perhaps revert to a windows restore point

or you could try to mess with registry entries, but unless you know what your doing then i wouldnt advise it

so, i restored windows and it did work, i installed katie launcher as well and it is running pretty good, thanks for your help, and thanks to all of you :D

[Pointless Garbage]

Originally posted by Ranger:

Glad you got working again. Do be sure to do a full malware check too. That might have been the problem. Good luck.

ill do that man, thx!