Can't get game to start

[Mr. Brojangles]

I've played and beaten this game before, a little over a year ago, but now when I go back to play it, it immediately crashes. I click "play" and a black screen pops up for a few seconds, then I get "Painkiller has stopped working. Windows is checking for a solution to this problem." I've disabled my second monitor, put it into Windows XP service pack 2 compatability mode, deleted clientregistry.blob, edited the configuration file, deleted and re-downloaded the game, restarted Steam, verified the integrity of the cache, and deleted my save files. I have no idea why this would be happening since I've played it on this same computer before and haven't touched any settings since then, and as far as I know it hasn't been patched since then either.

Any idea what could be causing this? I just want to play my game. I don't want to have to rebuy this on GoG

[Batou]

download the painkiller demo and see if that works, that would narrow down the problem

[Mr. Brojangles]

Good thinking, bro. The demo works fine. Not sure how to identify the difference between my game and the demo that's keeping my game from working though

[Zach]

Go to the game's properties and verify the integrity of the cache. Make sure there aren't any errors in your download.

[Mr. Brojangles]

Originally posted by Sinner's Sandwich:

Go to the game's properties and verify the integrity of the cache. Make sure there aren't any errors in your download.

Like I said, I tried that and it did nothing

[Batou]

i think the thread 'For anyone having problems with the game starting' might have the solution to your problem

[angrykow]

i'm having similar issues to Mr. Brojangles except I get a strange window that opens in left-top corner and will not close until I restart computer.
Did you ever get this working 'Bro'?

[Jean Valjean]

Same here. A black screen would always appear and can only be closed via Task Manager. Win 7 64-bit edition.

[Landfar]

Same here. Is there no solution?