HELP! THE GAME WON'T START AT ALL!!!!

[arahadiy]

"Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permission to access the item"

"Error launching the game: (0x000004c7) - The operation was cancelled by the user."


What the hell happened here? I never encountered this with any other games I owned in Steam! Already reinstalled Visual C++ 2015 x64, not working.

Any help would be appreciated.

[odz]

I just started the game on the small launch screen and nothing happens, sounds like our problems are alike, I don't even get an error message so i don't know what is going on. I can't even get the game to stop not even task manager can see the game is running. HELP!

[arahadiy]

I searched google for a bit and found a tip to roll back driver, not working :(

Now I'll do the opposite, updating my gpu to the latest nvidia driver. But honestly, I do not expect much from this, as my other games can run well even without the latest driver.

I haven't tried reinstalling though, as it is 31.8GB, in Indonesia it is not as easy to download, it is too time consuming.

[Doc Rock]

Originally posted by deadend:

I just started the game on the small launch screen and nothing happens, sounds like our problems are alike, I don't even get an error message so i don't know what is going on. I can't even get the game to stop not even task manager can see the game is running. HELP!

My brother was having the same exact problem many others are having where u open the game launcher, click play, and nothing happens. It acted like it was going to sync with steam and then nothing. He tried all of the fixes mentioned before: verify game file integrity, uninstall/re-install, run as admin, try updated video (nvidia) driver, etc..the typical stuff people always blab out when there is an issue on a pc. audio and dx drivers were up-to-date, I would also mention that he runs windows 8.1 on an average system that falls somewhere in the middle for the requirements.

After 2 days of frustration, he just happened to click on a notification for a windows update...did the ones recommended and suddenly the game began working. Apparently, there is an update that specifically corrects a problem with some games trying to sync with Steam and this is the actual problem since its never able to sync with steam so u would never receive any error or notification or anything. So if you're one of those guys who doesn't update often and u have tried all of the other fixes to no avail...check windows updates.

[Doc Rock]

Originally posted by arixandros_aristyo:

I searched google for a bit and found a tip to roll back driver, not working :(

Now I'll do the opposite, updating my gpu to the latest nvidia driver. But honestly, I do not expect much from this, as my other games can run well even without the latest driver.

I haven't tried reinstalling though, as it is 31.8GB, in Indonesia it is not as easy to download, it is too time consuming.

Sounds like a permissions issue. I would try right clicking the game icon and selecting "run as administrator." Windows has became weird with permissions restrictions lately, even when you are the only account on the pc and set as administrator you will find that sometimes you have to do this. Its stupid, I know. Hopefully this helps.

[arahadiy]

Originally posted by Doc Rock:

Originally posted by arixandros_aristyo:

I searched google for a bit and found a tip to roll back driver, not working :(

Now I'll do the opposite, updating my gpu to the latest nvidia driver. But honestly, I do not expect much from this, as my other games can run well even without the latest driver.

I haven't tried reinstalling though, as it is 31.8GB, in Indonesia it is not as easy to download, it is too time consuming.

Sounds like a permissions issue. I would try right clicking the game icon and selecting "run as administrator." Windows has became weird with permissions restrictions lately, even when you are the only account on the pc and set as administrator you will find that sometimes you have to do this. Its stupid, I know. Hopefully this helps.

Thanks! Although I searched online, I found the solution is to turn off my antivirus software (360 security in my case). Now it runs! Finally!

[Doc Rock]

cool. glad its working. i hadnt considered anti-virus interference but that makes sense.

[arahadiy]

Originally posted by Doc Rock:

cool. glad its working. i hadnt considered anti-virus interference but that makes sense. :approve:

Yeah, glad I solved it.

Although if you don't mind, I want to ask you about the game performance. You see, 970M should be plenty to run this game right, in medium-high settings. But there's heavy stutters while in scope / binocular mode, especially when you zoom in and out. The whole screen flickers like crazy!

It does not happen while you move around though, it is quite smooth. But the issue starts when you use binoculars / scope.

Does this happens to you?

[Doc Rock]

no, but i have a very high-end system and the gtx 1080 msi gpu. I think the devs addressed this issue with a fix already. It was for amd's originally but i seen someone with a 970 say it worked for them also. i would check here for more info: http://steamcommunity.com/app/312660/discussions/0/133256959383734888/

[DRUNK_N_MUNK]

Give this a try.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/312660/discussions/1/133257636764012701/

[odz]

ok I tried this and it did work, just googled "Sniper elite 4 won't start" there is a solution at the top of the page, follow that exactly and it should work. it's not complicated but mine messed up again trying to sync and optimise with geforce experience but I know not everyone uses that.

[odz]

Game Won't Launch
Close Steam. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and close Steam.exe in the Task Manager.
Open Steam and attempt to run the game. If it still doesn't work, right-click Sniper Elite 4 in your Library. Go to Properties -> Local Files -> Verify Integrity of Game Files.

[Uncle_Jiff]

Could be your antivirus like mine, which is Trend Micro. Game wouldn't launch unless I turned it off or put the whole Steam folder on the exception list.

Originally posted by deadend:

Game Won't Launch
Close Steam. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and close Steam.exe in the Task Manager.
Open Steam and attempt to run the game. If it still doesn't work, right-click Sniper Elite 4 in your Library. Go to Properties -> Local Files -> Verify Integrity of Game Files.

[odz]

Originally posted by Uncle_Jiff:

Could be your antivirus like mine, which is Trend Micro. Game wouldn't launch unless I turned it off or put the whole Steam folder on the exception list.

Originally posted by deadend:

Game Won't Launch
Close Steam. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and close Steam.exe in the Task Manager.
Open Steam and attempt to run the game. If it still doesn't work, right-click Sniper Elite 4 in your Library. Go to Properties -> Local Files -> Verify Integrity of Game Files.

yeah I do have trend micro, but it doesn't let me know anything is wrong I will have a look at that. Also just did the process I posted and it worked without having to verify game files. I'm just about to check updates aswell

[DamnNation.DK]

I got it to work when finding the launcher.exe file and the main se4 elite.exe files, set all of them to administrator and windows 8 compatabillity.

Hope this works for you people.

[DiGiTaL CLeaNeR]

Just bought Sniper Elite 4 and it won't start for me on Windows 10. Gives me this error:

access is denied (0x5)