Total War launcher: the endless struggle

[heathen8hammer]

Why does this launcher cause nothing but problems? I can't play a single Total War game because this stupid launcher refuses to open and yet Steam still says the game is running in my library and the launcher is present in my task manager. I fixed it sometime last week by starting Warhammer 1 and 2 simultaneously and bypassed the launcher somehow and when I exited the games the launcher miraculously started working for some reason. Fast forward a week when I restarted my computer I started having the same problem again only this time my previous fix no longer works. I am extremely fed up with this damned launcher and certainly won't be buying another Total War title until this stupidity is fixed.

[Konstantin]

Agree. I fail to see why we have one if the games are only on steam so there is with it one already their.

[heathen8hammer]

Yeah this stupid launcher is literally the only thing stopping me from running any TW games.

[Wh♂♂par]

Did you delete and reinstall the launcher itself yet?

[heathen8hammer]

Originally posted by Wh♂♂par:

Did you delete and reinstall the launcher itself yet?

How would I go about doing that? I'm pretty sure I've done it already as I've tried countless solutions already to no avail. Perhaps I missed something.

[Elitewrecker PT]

In the Creative Assembly appdata folder.

[heathen8hammer]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

In the Creative Assembly appdata folder.

So just delete the launcher folder and then verify the game files to create another one?

[Budoshi]

verify the game caches , turn off mods, reinstall the game ?..i really dont know what else i never had that problem with the launcher.

[Budoshi]

Originally posted by heathen8hammer:

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

In the Creative Assembly appdata folder.

So just delete the launcher folder and then verify the game files to create another one?

i mean deleting it doesnt seem like a good idea at all.

[heathen8hammer]

Originally posted by Budoshi:

verify the game caches , turn off mods, reinstall the game ?..i really dont know what else i never had that problem with the launcher.

I've done all of those things and unfortunately none of them solved the problem.

[Budoshi]

Originally posted by heathen8hammer:

Originally posted by Budoshi:

verify the game caches , turn off mods, reinstall the game ?..i really dont know what else i never had that problem with the launcher.

I've done all of those things and unfortunately none of them solved the problem.

how many total war titles you own and are installed ? i guess uninstale and delete all of them even the folders.. then go for a clean install i guess ? its very strange.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Originally posted by heathen8hammer:

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

In the Creative Assembly appdata folder.

So just delete the launcher folder and then verify the game files to create another one?

yes

[꧁༺๓คɭ༻꧂]

Oddest ♥♥♥♥. Ive so many hours playtime and never once had any issues with the launcher. I have a gazillion other issues but the launcher is not one of them. Does it require net framework to work right? Could a bustet one of those cause havok with the launcher?

[heathen8hammer]

Originally posted by Budoshi:

Originally posted by heathen8hammer:

I've done all of those things and unfortunately none of them solved the problem.

how many total war titles you own and are installed ? i guess uninstale and delete all of them even the folders.. then go for a clean install i guess ? its very strange.

I have 6 titles but only warhammer 1 and 2 are installed right now. I've done fresh installs for all of them multiple times to no avail.

[heathen8hammer]

Originally posted by Skazu:

Oddest ♥♥♥♥. Ive so many hours playtime and never once had any issues with the launcher. I have a gazillion other issues but the launcher is not one of them. Does it require net framework to work right? Could a bustet one of those cause havok with the launcher?

Yeah before I got this new computer a month ago I never had any problems aside from the multiplayer desync issues. I may have to re-download and install net framework perhaps that'll work.

[Budoshi]

It could have something that the anti-virus regards as suspicious and the launcher is prevented to start ?
I would suggest that you make an exception in your anti-virus for the launcher/game.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help.