Does not start or launch

[Nisfat]

Hello. I had a bad laptop, so i bought a better pc. On the laptop i could start and play dark souls, but on lower graphics. Now i have bought my new pc, ( windows 7 64bit) but it will not start.
I installed gfwl but id didnt work. Also what didnt work : reinstall of the game, reinstall of gfwl.
When i start the game, steam shows my friends that i am playing dark souls, but it doesnt launch. i am still on the steam game page. what can i do?

[Tomate]

Some user had a similar error in the past, maybe it will help ya:

ViceAdmiralJellybean 31 Dec 2012 @ 5:16pm
I have found the solution! After fixing my gfWL with this solution, "Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features, clicked on Windows Live Essentials 2011 and used Uninstall/Change and the setup gives you the option "Repair all Live Programs" pick that one.", i restarted my computer, verified the game cache and started dark souls up! It worked. Please post if this worked for you.

[Nisfat]

it didnt work. :(
Dont know what could help :|

[Philister101]

you just need to uninstall game for windows LIVE and MARKET in control panel essential is not in the probleme,and in admin the gameforwindowslive.exe locate in DS files REDIST

[tu-shady]

I had a similar problem like you did. (i think). What I did was, run "DXSETUP", in the REDIST folder. Aswell as what PhilisterX said run "Gfwlivesetup". (both of these .exe are in their own folder - One is called DirectX and the other is GFWL ).
Then to top it off verify cache and run the game. and It worked.

You can locate the folder here - C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Dark Souls Prepare to Die Edition\REDIST.

Hope this helped.

[Gavvr]

alright, I cant even flipping install it.

Error message

Failed to initialize live id. {Exception: {Type: Microsoft.GamesForWindows.XLiveServices.LiveIdWrapper.IDCRLException} {Message: Forårsaket unntak av typenMicrosoft.GamesForWindows.XLiveServices.LiveIdWrapper.IDCRLException.} {Source: } {Stack Trace: } {Target Site: } {IDCRL Error Message: IDCRL Exception In Method: InitializeEx IDCRL ErrorCode : 80070005}}

*sorry for norwegian

[Nisfat]

i have another problem now.ö if i start DS, a window appears that tells me that DS PtD executable does not work anymore and the programm went down.
How can i fix this?

[GameBreaker]

I'm having the same issue, when I start dark souls, it never launches but I can see it running in task manager under processes, also something that seems to be related to DS, Data.EXE *32. If I end that process, Dark Souls ends as well. So it's running but never reallys starts. I've tried deleting and re-installing on steam. I've tried run "DXSETUP", in the REDIST folder and "Gfwlivesetup". Followed by a reboot and a verify integrity. The strange thing is that this game worked when I first installed it a few months ago.

[Emanuel]

I was having the same issue on my laptop running Windows 8, "The Ocho". It was a GFW Live issue. Following the instructions here fixed it for me:

http://www.alialsawaf.com/post/36741943821/how-to-fix-games-for-windows-live-on-windows-8-pro-x64

[Nisfat]

@emanuel
does not work for me. Also i have windows 7 64bit and not windows8. but still tried your "guide".
Now, after i start gfwl, the black window appears, where it says windows live marketplace, but then another window appears with "gfwl does not work" and it shut down,

[Nisfat]

so it has something to do with the gfwl. cause i installed resident evil 5 now and it started. after i logged into gfwl ingame, it had a update. i started the update and then i got the same error as in dark souls. "The game does not work anymore".
So the game files should be ok. i cant even start gfwl seperately, the same error appears

[Kemar]

Hmmm....did you try to uninstall Games For Windows Live — both the Marketplace client and the Redistributable? Then install gfwl. Some say version 3.3 functions better, others say it doesn't matter...

[Nisfat]

doesnt work, cause if i install the 3.3 version, it says that i have to update it. after that, i get the same error as above when i star it.

[Kemar]

Hmmm... you'll find some tips here, aslo you probably already know them:
http://upwardgaming.com/windows-8-fix-dark-souls-crashing-on-startup-and-non-windows-8-fixes/
http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Dark_Souls:_Prepare_to_Die_Edition

[Nisfat]

nope. nothing works

[abraxas]

we've been stiffed. curse you summer sale