Game Running as background process

[Goro Majima]

I'm having a problem, and it seems to only be with this game (which sucks as it's my favourite). When I launch the game Steam runs it with no issue but it's starting as a background process and isn't interactable. How can I bring the game to the proverbial foreground?

[Meewec]

did you try alt tabbing out and back in?

[grampers62]

How are you launching the game? Through steam library or desktop shortcut?

[Goro Majima]

Originally posted by grampers62:

How are you launching the game? Through steam library or desktop shortcut?

I've tried both, same result

[Goro Majima]

Originally posted by Meewec:

did you try alt tabbing out and back in?

Haven't tried that yet

EDIT: Just tried it, not even showing up

[grampers62]

Okay, maybe you need to set the executable to run as administrator? I really have no idea why you can't access the game after it starts though.

I suppose you could remove the config files (don't just delete in case something goes wrong) in this folder and see if the game resets...

C:\Users\%username%\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Planet Coaster 2\76561198879361860\Config

[Goro Majima]

Originally posted by grampers62:

Okay, maybe you need to set the executable to run as administrator? I really have no idea why you can't access the game after it starts though.

I suppose you could remove the config files (don't just delete in case something goes wrong) in this folder and see if the game resets...

C:\Users\%username%\Saved Games\Frontier Developments\Planet Coaster 2\76561198879361860\Config

I've set it to administrator. I'll try the config files when I can

[SLG]

Before deleting something, did you verify the game's files?

[Goro Majima]

Originally posted by Lee:

Before deleting something, did you verify the game's files?

Yeah, that was the first thing I did

[SLG]

What exactly happens when you click play in your Steam library for the game?

[Goro Majima]

Originally posted by Lee:

What exactly happens when you click play in your Steam library for the game?

I get a pop up to give the program administrator privileges, I press the 'yes' button, then it starts "running"

[Meewec]

Originally posted by Goro Majima:

Originally posted by Lee:

What exactly happens when you click play in your Steam library for the game?

I get a pop up to give the program administrator privileges, I press the 'yes' button, then it starts "running"

and you gave it a couple mins just to make sure it's not being slow?

[Goro Majima]

Originally posted by Meewec:

Originally posted by Goro Majima:

I get a pop up to give the program administrator privileges, I press the 'yes' button, then it starts "running"

and you gave it a couple mins just to make sure it's not being slow?

Gave it almost an hour without realising xD checked task manager to be sure

[Meewec]

Originally posted by Goro Majima:

Originally posted by Meewec:

and you gave it a couple mins just to make sure it's not being slow?

Gave it almost an hour without realising xD checked task manager to be sure

hmm, do you have any overlay programs? virus scanner? only thing i can really suggest is make sure everything is up to date and maybe try turning off any other programs you may have running to test if you're getting some weird interaction.

[Goro Majima]

Originally posted by Meewec:

Originally posted by Goro Majima:

Gave it almost an hour without realising xD checked task manager to be sure

hmm, do you have any overlay programs? virus scanner? only thing i can really suggest is make sure everything is up to date and maybe try turning off any other programs you may have running to test if you're getting some weird interaction.

I'll give it a shot. No idea what caused it, it just started happening one day

[Meewec]

Originally posted by Goro Majima:

I'll give it a shot. No idea what caused it, it just started happening one day

pc gaming is like that sometimes. i once had a game only display on the bottom half of my monitor. top half of the screen was my desktop, bottom half was the bottom half of the game. ended up being one specific windows security update. so if you remember anything that updated or changed when your issue started that could be a clue.