[Fixed] Game does not launch at all

[VoodooTank]

Installed the game and during first run, it prompted to repair Visual C++ Redist. Once done, the game does not even show the praparing to start window. It just does not start.

Uninstalled and reinstalled the VC Redist, installed latest nVidia drivers, verified game content... still no go.

Any ideas?

[Mno]

32bit OS?

[VoodooTank]

64 bit.

[VoodooTank]

Got the issue solved.
The game launching through the Steam GUI did not present an error, but launching sdhdship.exe directly from the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\SleepingDogsDefinitiveEdition did show an error.

In my case the following was displayed:
"The program can't start because XINPUT9_1_0.dll is missing form your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem."

XBox controller dll from what I found. That file had to be reinstalled and registered, etc.
After doing that, the game starts.

Hope this helps someone out there.

[Wonder]

I'm having the same problem with my game too.. just bought it and it said repair Visual C++ Redist and i voided that ♥♥♥♥, and it wouldnt start up for me ever since. I even re download the game but same thing, it run for a second then turns off the game.

[VoodooTank]

Have you tried running sdhdship.exe in \Steam\SteamApps\common\SleepingDogsDefinitiveEdition ?

Instead of launching the game in the Steam GUI, you can go to the exe directly while steam in running and launch it.
It at least gave me an error message so that I could work on it.

[Wonder]

I did it that way sdhdship.exe in \Steam\SteamApps\common\SleepingDogsDefinitiveEdition and it gave me a error for Msvcr100.dll is missing from your computer. so i searched it up and it took me here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999 . and i download the C++ and my error went away and i can okay the game now

[VoodooTank]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από WonderPet:

I did it that way sdhdship.exe in \Steam\SteamApps\common\SleepingDogsDefinitiveEdition and it gave me a error for Msvcr100.dll is missing from your computer. so i searched it up and it took me here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999 . and i download the C++ and my error went away and i can okay the game now

Great stuff!
Thanks for the feedback! :)

[RomellBrapBrap]

the game is also not launching for me. It just says the executable has stopped working. I tried launching it in the folder aswell and downloading the C++ as it said above.

[VoodooTank]

You may need to recheck the file integrity via Steam.

If that passes, which version of Windows are you running?

[trident89]

impossivel activar el juego no disponivel en tu pais /españa/ help

[enjax]

Game won't launch for me either. I had no problems running the original version of the game. When I try to run sdhdship.exe I get an error message which says "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application". I did an integrity check and no errors. I reinstalled/unistalled the VC Redist as well.

[VoodooTank]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από enjax:

Game won't launch for me either. I had no problems running the original version of the game. When I try to run sdhdship.exe I get an error message which says "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application". I did an integrity check and no errors. I reinstalled/unistalled the VC Redist as well.

I did some checking and this seems like not a too uncommon error.
Found this youtube video. From the looks of it, it has to do with runtime libraries and other dependant software. I havent used that fix, but you may want to look at it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlT0N2CX50g

The read at the bottom to find the links. If you ant to watch the video, the brah talks a lot of kak, so skip to 0:55 and from there it makes more sense.
As mentioned, links are below the video.

Personally I do not always trust strange software, but it may show you in the right direction.

[VoodooTank]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από ..Reloaded..:

impossivel activar el juego no disponivel en tu pais /españa/ help

To clarify, what is the exact error message?
I gather you can't activate it in your country, but does it state activate or CD key?)

[RomellBrapBrap]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από LoMaHVoodooTank™:

You may need to recheck the file integrity via Steam.

If that passes, which version of Windows are you running?

I did the recheck the file integrity via steam and when I tried to launch agian it doesn't launch. I am currently running Windows 7 64bit OS

[enjax]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από LoMaHVoodooTank™:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από enjax:

Game won't launch for me either. I had no problems running the original version of the game. When I try to run sdhdship.exe I get an error message which says "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b). Click OK to close the application". I did an integrity check and no errors. I reinstalled/unistalled the VC Redist as well.

I did some checking and this seems like not a too uncommon error.
Found this youtube video. From the looks of it, it has to do with runtime libraries and other dependant software. I havent used that fix, but you may want to look at it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlT0N2CX50g

The read at the bottom to find the links. If you ant to watch the video, the brah talks a lot of kak, so skip to 0:55 and from there it makes more sense.
As mentioned, links are below the video.

Personally I do not always trust strange software, but it may show you in the right direction.

That seems to have done the trick. Thanks for your help.