Steam says the game is running but has not launched and there is no processes in task manager

[2MASS]

So here's my problem, and it's not just with Cities.
I run the game. Nothing happens except steam says it's running.
I go to task manager, no task, app or background.
I restart steam. Same thing.
I restart computer. Same thing.
I verify game file's integrity. Same thing.
I reinstall game. Same thing.
I reinstall steam. Same thing.
I completely uninstall and remove all files related to steam and reinstall. Same thing.
I google and search steam forums. Nothing.

Other games I have the same issue with:
Anticamber
Portal 2
Tower of Guns
Yes my computer can handle these games.

Please help...

[CyberVibes]

Try this first by installing these then restart pc:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13523
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8328

[killerkitten]

Same problem, don't know if the problem is with any other game jet, but just noticed it with Cities Skylines. It shows up in tray for a sec and then disappears, Steam says it runnin' but it's not.

[Oldhip]

I had this problem, in widows goto task manager and end anything connected to steam.

[2MASS]

CyberVibes eredeti hozzászólása:

Try this first by installing these then restart pc:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13523
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8328

Done and No change.

[2MASS]

Oldhip eredeti hozzászólása:

I had this problem, in widows goto task manager and end anything connected to steam.

Tried that along with restarting steam. No change.

[CyberVibes]

This may take some time with us suggesting differnt things to try, so please be patient, some of the suggestions may be obvious but will need you to try them, doing this remotely without having your pc in front of me is always a difficult task, but i'll try my best to help you resolve it.

Can you run any games at all from Steam?
Are you using AVG Anti-Virus? If yes exit AVG try to launch your game, if no move on to the next suggestion below.

STEP 1
Can you post your pc specs including Operating System by downloading Speccy free version from here https://www.ccleaner.com/speccy/download
Download, install and then open Speccy and then go to summary in left hand pane, copy the info from the right hand pane into a post here.
We are going to be using Speccy quite a bit to identify drivers and hardware if none of the suggestions below work..

STEP 2
Some things you can try while your waiting for us to get back to you:
Use windows Update to update your system to the latest versions.
Update your graphic drivers to the latest version or rollback to an earlier version.
Disable Game Overlay https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9394-yofv-0014

STEP 3
If your games still fails to launch try these next suggestions one by one, trying the delete or move GameOverlayRenderer64.dll first, and if that doesn't help delete the ClientRegistry.blob file.

Delete or move the GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
Temporary Fix:
Follow this guide for game called Ignition, by following norrin's and pepsiguy_2 posts:
https://www.tridef.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4903

Remove the ClientRegistry.blob file:
Close Steam
Go to the Steam root folder (usually C:Program Files (x86)Steam)
Locate the the ClientRegistry.blob file. Make a copy the file and name it copy.ClientRegistry.blog
Delete the original file
Open Steam, and try to run your game once again.

[ancienthighway]

The issue may be better served by posting on the Steam Forum itself. Click Community/Discussions to get there.

[CyberVibes]

ancienthighway eredeti hozzászólása:

The issue may be better served by posting on the Steam Forum itself. Click Community/Discussions to get there.

This has been an ongoing issue for years, they launch new updated versions and sometimes they don't even work.

[ancienthighway]

Whether it just started or has been going on for years, we, the consumers, can do nothing to fix the problem. We can recommend restarting Steam and rebooting the computer, but those are just temporary fixes for what is the real problem. Steam needs to do something, but they must be notified first.

[ErrorInC0de]

Not sure if this will work, but I think I found a way, open the games local files and run it from there, then very quickly after the game hopefully opens, stop it via steam and I think that works.
Well at least it worked for me

[Avanya]

Please don't revive threads this old. There's been several patches since this thread was started, which changes how things works and what issues are still there. If you have a similar problem, please start a new thread instead. :)