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Sheepyy Jun 22, 2014 @ 9:38am
Game pops open and closes?
Hey you all,

I was hoping somebody could help me solve a problem..
I have some games that won't start, here's what happens:

- Library --> All Games --> Select game --> Play
- The game opens, but all I see is black screen
- 2 seconds later it closes, automatically
- It's still open in my taskbar (windows)
- If I click the icon in my taskbar, to whole thing start again, it opens, black screen, 2 secs, etc.

Does somebody know how to fix this?
This doesn't happen on all games, it happened (till now) on:
- Defy Gravity
- Take Down: Red Sabre
- HAWKEN
- Age of Empires III (Complete Edition)

Thanks!
Does anybody need more info? Just send a msg!
(Sorry, English isn't my native language).
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Caps Jun 22, 2014 @ 9:40am 
Try to verifiy the game cache by going to your libary > the game you want to verify > right click > properties > local files tab > verify integrity of game cache
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Sheepyy Jun 22, 2014 @ 9:43am 
It's not just one game.. it's happened on multiple games (as I mentioned).
That doesn't work, sorry, tried it, too...
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Caps Jun 22, 2014 @ 9:50am 
Originally posted by MaxWolfje:
It's not just one game.. it's happened on multiple games (as I mentioned).
That doesn't work, sorry, tried it, too...

Have you tried running Steam as an administrator?
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Sheepyy Jun 22, 2014 @ 9:59am 
Yeah, tried that, just now.. 2 minutes ago.. doens't work :S
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Caps Jun 22, 2014 @ 10:04am 
Originally posted by MaxWolfje:
Yeah, tried that, just now.. 2 minutes ago.. doens't work :S

Have you tried to delete the local content of the games and then reinstalled them?
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Sheepyy Jun 22, 2014 @ 10:06am 
Yes.. but it isn't just one game...
It's a game of 4, maybe 5. Resolution has been changed multiple times, no effect...
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Caps Jun 22, 2014 @ 10:08am 
Originally posted by MaxWolfje:
Yes.. but it isn't just one game...
It's a game of 4, maybe 5. Resolution has been changed multiple times, no effect...

Try going to you steam installation folder and delete everything expect for the steamapps folder and the steam.exe file. After that try running the steam.exe file
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Sheepyy Jun 22, 2014 @ 10:49am 
Why should I do that? That's like, 75 folders, or something?
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Sheepyy Jun 22, 2014 @ 2:48pm 
@Caps; Tried that too, no effect. Anybody else?
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Sheepyy Jun 23, 2014 @ 8:24am 
Some got an idea? I really don't know anymore..
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Sheepyy Jun 26, 2014 @ 8:49am 
Hey guys!

Tried everything, even .NET Framework update (was the newest), nothing...
Somebody? Anybody? Any ideas?

Greetings,
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LuckyMouse4864 Apr 9, 2015 @ 4:44pm 
Oh shoot my girlfriend has this same problem and I read this thread trying to fix it :/ have you updated your pc?
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