APB launcher doesn't work.

[Penguinbasher]

Hey so I recently re-installed APB on my computer and was going to play with a few friends who play. Every time I hit "play" and try to launch it from steam I get an error message of "apb launcher has stopped working". It doesn't bring up the launcher at all, it just doesn't work. I've reinstalled apb twice to try to fix it, if I run it through my program files from steam it doesn't work either, just a blank white screen in the launcher window.

Haven't found anything on this problem yet, hopefully someone here can help.

[Athens]

You'll want to run a repair on the game with no active antivirus software, Malware software, Firewalls, or any other sort of "protection" active because there are several installers that have to install properly to run this game.

Repair is an option you can select from the APB Launcher Options/repair.

[Penguinbasher]

So how am I supposed to get to launcher options if the launcher doesn't even show up for me...?

[Athens]

If you can't even get to the launcher then delete the entire APB Reloaded folder in Steam/SteamApps/Common/ and start a new download while the previously mentioned software is disabled.

I've never had a launcher failure. Some "protective" program on your PC probably deleted a file the launcher needs to run or is outright blocking it from running. Just a guess but probably a correct one.

This problem generally happens to people on Wednesday after the patch is released and for those that can not fix it the problem goes away the next Wednesday when the next patch is released.

[Penguinbasher]

Doesn't work either. The only anti-virus I run is MSSE or whatever it's called now, still getting the issue of launcher not being able to start up at all. I also don't know why it would be this single game that has firewall issues and not the other 100+ games I've installed and uninstalled over the years on this machine.

[Penguinbasher]

Well thanks for having a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ installer apb. Glad to know I won't be able to play this game ever.

[Athens]

Originally posted by CAAAAAAAAAAAAAARL:

The only anti-virus I run is MSSE or whatever it's called now,

Security essentials is still an antivirus. It also has a firewall built in.

Did you even disable it and perform a repair or reinstall?

Originally posted by CAAAAAAAAAAAAAARL:

Well thanks for having a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ installer apb. Glad to know I won't be able to play this game ever.

The problem is on your end.
There's several thousand of us that logged on fine today via steam and many more without steam & without issues.

I don't know what to tell you.

I would like to ask about your PC though.

What is it?

Do you know the parts, operating system, etc?

Please share.

[Penguinbasher]

Like I said, I already went to disable it and install apb without it on, with the same result. Again, I cannot "repair" launcher that can't even work.

Parts is a Core 2 quad, windows 8.1, 10gb ram, 1.5TB harddrive, Radeon 6870. I have issues with no other game but this one, I can run plenty of newer games and I've played apb before without any issues on this same machine without any part changes in the last 3 years, other than upgrading from windows 7 to 8.1 and plenty of my friends use 8.1 and have this game installed. Now that I went to reinstall I can't even get the launcher to work.

[Athens]

How did you install APB.
How did you uninstall it?

What part of MSSE did you disable.
It has three parts.

[Penguinbasher]

I installed it through steam obviously, or I wouldn't be posting in the steam forums about it. I uninstalled it bother through the steam library and by going into my common files and deleting it there. It's no longer MSSE like I said, it's another program called Endpoint. I know how to disable it, which I've done.

Stop treating me like an idiot, I've done all the steps by other threads I've googled and only came here after nothing worked.

[Athens]

You've done everything yet it doesn't work.

I'm hardly treating you like an idiot.

My questions are so I can get more information instead of making baseless assumptions.

Try installing the game from the gamers first site or wait till the update is finished today. Some people with this issue have found that the next update ( happens on each Wednesday) is what they need to get the game going again.