Resident evil 2 remake wont launch anymore

[AdroitAdversary]

I have recently bought and played RE2 for about 10 hours and it was awesome. Now it will not launch anymore. When I click the play button, it says running and opens a steam window for a split second then suddenly the button says play again as if it crashes before it launches. I tried verifying files, uninstalling then reinstalling again, and many other potential fixes but didn't work. I tried looking for anything here or anywhere else and couldn't find anything with my problem. I tried getting a refund but because I played for 10 hours, they didn't give me it even though it doesn't work. I would rather get this game fixed so I can enjoy it again but what is the point if it doesn't work! Please help.

[Manspider]

I am having a similar problem right now.

[f.ultron]

same here. Did you fix it?

[Rimuru]

bump - exact same issue and i've no idea what's going on.

[dangerous]

I was having this problem. I played the game for 13 hours, had a game crash and it did not start again.

If I executed the re2.exe from the folder, it started but without the game savings, so it had to be something related to Steam.

After some tests, I found my own solutions. It is the save file, it gets corrupted.
I hope it helps you and others.


STEPS

- Steam, right click on RE2, Properties and deactivate Steam Cloud sync

- Go to the Steam Save Folder of RE2:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\YOURIDNUMBER\883710\remote\win64_save

- Rename, move or delete the file "data000.bin"

- Start the game from Steam
You should have all your saves but not the "auto save"


EXTRA
- If this does not work, I would try to rename the others save files from same folder.

- You can reactivate Steam Cloud after a new "auto save" is created:
-- Play RE2 and force the game to create a new auto save
-- Rename the new auto save data000.bin
-- Reactivate Steam Cloud for RE2
-- Erase the downloaded data000.bin that has just been created
-- Rename your data000.bin back to normal
-- Launch game, Steam will ask it has differents saves, upload yours

[heCk.]

Hey FAM,

Thanks dangerous for the help.
Incase the above did not work for you.
----
- Quit Steam
-If you go into the RE2 folder:
[Mine is: (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\RESIDENT EVIL 2 BIOHAZARD RE2)]
----
-Try starting RE2.exe from here.
-IF you get the error involving 'VCRUNTIME140_1.dll'.
-Then you must>> RUN (windows-cmd-key + R) : appwiz.cpl

**Notice the list>
**You may see multiple 'Microsoft Visual C++' versions, such as 2005, 2010...but the last one may be 2017 (as was for me).

-Quit steam.
-Go to the link below and download BOTH the x86 and x64 architectures to your desktop. Once they are both downloaded, click them and install them.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-160

- RESTART YOUR COMPUTER

-Run appwiz.cpl in 'windows+R' (Run).
-Check to see if the updated 2022 version is there.

--At this point I ran the game via the RE2.exe from the folder directly, which did NOT show the error this time, **but it did ask me to start and log-in to Steam. **I was unable to Exit the game from the in-game menu and had to ctrl-alt-del > End task for Steam entirely.

-Start Steam back up and give it a shot.
**This is what worked for me and everything works fine, including my progress and I have had no issues with my save files.
=========
My guess is, if you bought or are using a New laptop, perhaps and old one too, the natural 'Windows Update' did not download updated C++ suites. In this way you have manually updated the suites and should be good to go. Best of luck to all. Sources below.

https://www.electronicshub.org/vcruntime140_1-dll-error-fix/

https://gizpie.com/fix-vcruntime140-1-dll-missing-not-found-error/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-160

Enjoy slaying zombs!!!, but always remember, The media is the virus

[Yaweh]

Nothing I do is working and I might lose my mind

[ThatOneScream]

Originally posted by Vaeven:

I have recently bought and played RE2 for about 10 hours and it was awesome. Now it will not launch anymore. When I click the play button, it says running and opens a steam window for a split second then suddenly the button says play again as if it crashes before it launches. I tried verifying files, uninstalling then reinstalling again, and many other potential fixes but didn't work. I tried looking for anything here or anywhere else and couldn't find anything with my problem. I tried getting a refund but because I played for 10 hours, they didn't give me it even though it doesn't work. I would rather get this game fixed so I can enjoy it again but what is the point if it doesn't work? Please help.

Originally posted by Vaeven:

I have recently bought and played RE2 for about 10 hours and it was awesome. Now it will not launch anymore. When I click the play button, it says running and opens a steam window for a split second then suddenly the button says play again as if it crashes before it launches. I tried verifying files, uninstalling then reinstalling again, and many other potential fixes but didn't work. I tried looking for anything here or anywhere else and couldn't find anything with my problem. I tried getting a refund but because I played for 10 hours, they didn't give me it even though it doesn't work. I would rather get this game fixed so I can enjoy it again but what is the point if it doesn't work! Please help.

BRO the same happens to me but i havent even gotten the chance to play!

[ThatOneScream]

oops double quote

[ThatOneScream]

Originally posted by Yaweh:

Nothing I do is working and I might lose my mind

IM LOSING MY MIND TOO NOTHING WORKSAWRURGWEBU$RGEWWH$

[Abolistroz]

Hey, I found a fix that worked for me.
Right click on your game in the steam library, go to properties, go to BETAS and select Resident Evil 2 [dx11_non-rt].
The download will reinstall the game automatically.
After that the game worked fine for me.
Let me know if it helps you guys.

[Jiyūdoku_ai]

Originally posted by Abolistroz:

Hey, I found a fix that worked for me.
Right click on your game in the steam library, go to properties, go to BETAS and select Resident Evil 2 [dx11_non-rt].
The download will reinstall the game automatically.
After that the game worked fine for me.
Let me know if it helps you guys.

Hello and thank you very much!!! I searched for hours and hours, to do all the solutions of everyone but nothing worked until I found yours... Once again thank you for sharing the walkthrough, you manage !!!

[DieHardjagged]

I had a backup of the non RTX version and it kept hanging up on startup, i redownloaded it and it still kept hanging up, what fixed it for me was to do a manual file integrity check, after that it worked flawless again.

[Kim Phat]

having this too, i got a dx12 error on windows and on linux it just quits after spawning the window

[JaxkStorm]

Originally posted by heCk.:

Hey FAM,

Thanks dangerous for the help.
Incase the above did not work for you.
----
- Quit Steam
-If you go into the RE2 folder:
[Mine is: (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\RESIDENT EVIL 2 BIOHAZARD RE2)]
----
-Try starting RE2.exe from here.
-IF you get the error involving 'VCRUNTIME140_1.dll'.
-Then you must>> RUN (windows-cmd-key + R) : appwiz.cpl

**Notice the list>
**You may see multiple 'Microsoft Visual C++' versions, such as 2005, 2010...but the last one may be 2017 (as was for me).

-Quit steam.
-Go to the link below and download BOTH the x86 and x64 architectures to your desktop. Once they are both downloaded, click them and install them.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-160

- RESTART YOUR COMPUTER

-Run appwiz.cpl in 'windows+R' (Run).
-Check to see if the updated 2022 version is there.

--At this point I ran the game via the RE2.exe from the folder directly, which did NOT show the error this time, **but it did ask me to start and log-in to Steam. **I was unable to Exit the game from the in-game menu and had to ctrl-alt-del > End task for Steam entirely.

-Start Steam back up and give it a shot.
**This is what worked for me and everything works fine, including my progress and I have had no issues with my save files.
=========
My guess is, if you bought or are using a New laptop, perhaps and old one too, the natural 'Windows Update' did not download updated C++ suites. In this way you have manually updated the suites and should be good to go. Best of luck to all. Sources below.

https://www.electronicshub.org/vcruntime140_1-dll-error-fix/

https://gizpie.com/fix-vcruntime140-1-dll-missing-not-found-error/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-160

Enjoy slaying zombs!!!, but always remember, The media is the virus

Note, I had the same issue and re-downloaded the c++ runtimes as mentioned above and clicked 'REPAIR' on both install files and after a reboot that fixed my issue WITHOUT switching to dx11 non-rt beta.