Game does not Launch (Errors Pop-Up)

[KODZUN]

Game crashes upon trying to start-up. I've had several errors pop-up:
1) binkw32.dll not found, despite it literally being there.
https://imgur.com/a/KfVi9mQ

tried running the game in -windowed mode, but that only led to another error popping up.
2) https://imgur.com/a/PKjyFgq
A lot of errors, I've seen other people have this exact problem but their solutions did not help me.

So far I've tried:
- Windowed mode
- Disabling/Enabling Steam Cloud
- Running the game in offline mode
- Re-installing the game (after clean deletion) through out the process of trying to get the game to load
- Running Steam with admin permission, then verifying the files

Anti-virus is a non-issue. I don't have ANY modes installed.
My graphics card drivers are up to date.

If you know what else I could try to do, please let me know, I would really appreciate any help.

[cheshirm]

game run before and now does not?
or first time running it?

was game able to create folder
DOcuments\My Games\Dishonored\DishonoredGame
containing folders Config Logs SaveData

does the Config folder contain many .ini files?

[KODZUN]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

game run before and now does not?
or first time running it?

was game able to create folder
DOcuments\My Games\Dishonored\DishonoredGame
containing folders Config Logs SaveData

does the Config folder contain many .ini files?

the game just doesn't run. first time running it, yeah.
it shows up on my task bar for a breif moment, but the game itself is nowhere to be seen.

here's a screenshot of my config folder: https://imgur.com/a/TssWtpH
i believe i dont have any .ini files missing.

[cheshirm]

those files are not what is on my win11 desktop in folder
Documents\My Games\Dishonored\DishonoredGame\Config

I have DishonoredAI.ini DishonoredAILocation.ini DishonoredCamera.ini etc

you seem to have listed the downloaded .ini files in folder
...\steam\steamapps\common\dishonored\dishonoredgame\config
which are the default files the game uses to tailor for your system.

so you either are looking in the wrong folder
OR the game is not taking the default .ini files and modifying them for your machine.

game reads your hardware and together with your graphics card driver and choices, converts the default .ini files to work on your machine. so updated your graphics card driver recently?

check windows event viewer and also windows reliability history.
might be a game crash event.

and most likely, 2012 game uses 2012 libraries which new machines do NOT have installed. in the steam game folder is a file "installscript.vdf". game needs
dx9
vcredist_x86_2005sp1.exe
vcredist_x86_2008sp1.exe
vcredist_x64.exe
PhysX-9.11.1111-SystemSoftware.msi

perhaps try running steam with admin permission then steam verify game files so that the old libraries can be installed.

[KODZUN]

Oh, yeah, totally the wrong folder. Checked the Documents\My Games\Dishonored\DishonoredGame\Config folder and that sounds like the one you're talking about.

I've recently updated my graphics card drivers, yes.

Crash event is happening because of an error with the module "KERNELBASE.dll" and the error description is "Wrong path to the application: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dishonored\Binaries\Win32\Dishonored.exe"

Tried running steam with admin permission and then verified game files. There wasn't any issues, but the game is still giving that previous error.

I also tried running the library installation files with admin permission. Rebooted my PC, verified files again, stlll that same error.

[cheshirm]

perhaps try this
https://help.bethesda.net/#en/answer/35523

just about every windows program uses kernelbase.dll.
what is the event id for the kernelbase.dll error?

could try checking windows system files in case something is corrupt.
open a command prompt with admin permission and run these commands to check windows system files

sfc /scannow
dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

(sfc scans and repairs Windows system files
dism fixes corrupt files in the Windows system image, use it when SFC can't repair files)

installed the game on win 7 10 and 11. did not have to do anything special afaik

[KODZUN]

Tried everything you've suggested. Scanning said that everything is good (which is good).
Didn't help much, but the error changed from "kernellbase" one to the "binkw32" one (this one: https://imgur.com/a/KfVi9mQ)

here's some more info about the error, but I genuenly don't know if it would be much of a help:

The name of the failed application: Dishonored.exe , version: 1.0.0.0
Name of the failed module: binkw32.dll , version: 1.9.16.0
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Error offset: 0x0001795c
ID of the failed process: 0x2824
The path of the failed application: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dishonored\Binaries\Win32\Dishonored.exe
The path of the failed module: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dishonored\Binaries\Win32\binkw32.dll
Report ID: 9c113184-77d0-4814-b7b9-166422533d0c

[cheshirm]

I have the same Dishonored.exe
and the same binkw32.dll
in the same folders as you have.

game still works.

maybe open file explorer, go to the steam game folder
and double click on dishonored.exe. sometimes an error msg appears.

you can web search Exception code: 0xc0000005
there are hundreds of possible "solutions"
but the real problem is probably not with dishonored.exe or binkw32.dll but the data/information being read/passed.

[Noob]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

game run before and now does not?
or first time running it?

was game able to create folder
DOcuments\My Games\Dishonored\DishonoredGame
containing folders Config Logs SaveData

does the Config folder contain many .ini files?

theres no .ini files in the config folder. is this the reason the game crashes when trying to launch?

[cheshirm]

should be 23 .ini files in folder
Documents\My Games\Dishonored\DishonoredGame\Config

[KODZUN]

yeah, there are exactly 23 .ini fiels in
Documents\My Games\Dishonored\DishonoredGame\Config
folder

is this the reason the game crashes when trying to launch?

i don't really now??? i tried web searching exception code for possible solutions, but that had led me to a dead end. so at this point i just don't know.

[cheshirm]

there is no one solution for Exception code: 0xc0000005.
some users have even reloaded windows to fix it.

long shot ... create a new local windows account.
logout. login with the new account. turn off windows one drive and controlled folder access.
start steam and try the game again. might be a windows setting in your account causing the problem. maybe a "vanilla" account will work.

[KODZUN]

Didn't help, still that same error.
Just want to say thank you for your aid, because i'm slowly starting to lose hope of ever launching the game on this pc. I have a back up laptop, so I will still be able to play it.
You've been a great help in this.