Failed to start game (app already running) ERROR

[DREYYY]

hello! I was banned 165h in cs go, because when I go into the game in competitive mode occurs this error "failed to start (app already running)" after I close the process and I will try but still got this error!! sometimes I can play others cant play, already tried everything and I can not ... I'm now banned 165h you can not remove this ban? pls help me ...

[chozoclan]

The same thing has been happening to me. I tried ending the process/program, rebooting my computer, and everything else I could think of but nothing seems to work.

[Roscaria]

This may sound wierd but had this problem with POP (app already running) but kept crashing back to main page in small window when loading. Turned out I had to make sure the game was in English language then I had no problems. Very strange as it was a five game package from steam and the other four POP following games would all load and play normally except the first game.

[Jess]

Originally posted by DREYYY:

hello! I was banned 165h in cs go, because when I go into the game in competitive mode occurs this error "failed to start (app already running)" after I close the process and I will try but still got this error!! sometimes I can play others cant play, already tried everything and I can not ... I'm now banned 165h you can not remove this ban? pls help me ...

Same here, tried everything, restart game, restart steam, reboot pc, update driver, update windows.. but couldn't get into the game, now i got banned too.

Can somebody @ valve please fix this issue and unban the people victim to this 'app already running' bug?

[IBB Sampson]

I'm experiencing the same issue! I've tried everything I can think of to stop it from crashing.

I've restarted Steam, I've rebooted my machine, I've validated my files, and once cleared with no issues I still chose to reinstall the game. Once it persisted (only in classic competitive matches by the way) I started trying to diagnose/alleviate the issue by doing things like running as administrator, or running in various compatibility modes (both Steam as well as CS:GO). I also tried turning off all of my over clock settings. Nothing has helped.

So thank you Steam, for my completely undeserved 160 hour competitive match making ban. Thank you.

[CplCuntNuggetSir]

This same error is occurring for me also. Happens several times in a session and it happens in classic casual for me. I have also tried everything and have not been able to fix the problem.

[Broski]

I had this error and i was running xfire 2.0 the new client. so i just quit it to see if it was xfire causing the problem, and it starts working as soon and xfire was quit. super weird but thats how pc's work things can conflict for the silliest reasons. But i have a feeling its different for everyone so unfortunately if this is not how yours is im sorry.

[My Way To Heaven]

Just a day ago got banned for being inactive on competitive mode but still was able to launch the game and play different modes. yesterday tried to launch the game and play the competitive again but game crushed while loading main menu. i tried to start it over but it brought me an error saying " failed to start game (app already running). ok, i ended the process and started all over again, got same problem again. then, i deleted it and restarted my pc and reinstalled it once again but got the same problem again and again. i tried everything but the ♥♥♥♥ wont load and now i dont know what to do. Does anyone know wtf is going on ?

[Papa Spoon]

I just purchased the max payne pack and none of the games will play and this error message happens to me :/

[CplCuntNuggetSir]

I have not tried to update windows yet. But I found something that suggested upgrading windows from 32 to 64 and that should take care of the issue. Hopefully I can try making the update over the weekend.

[spoot]

Happening with Gta SA as well D:

[VacBanned]

I see this happening to so many people. Myself included. Crazy. Can't think of a fix. Got banned also yesterday for that.