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Multiple games don't launch on Windows 7 Ult. x64
First of all, I apologize if I'm not asking for help in the right forum or format, for some reason I couldn't access the ''How to ask for help'' page.
The issue is, that multiple games, such as Total War Shogun, Darksiders 2, Assasins Creed Revelations, Sleeping dogs, simply refuse to launch. I click on their respective icons, and absolutely nothing happens. For some of them the mouse turns into a circle for a couple of seconds, and that's it.
Other games, like League of Legends, The Witcher 2, Civ 5, and Dota 2 don't have this issue. It's just a major bummer because I spent a lot of money on these games hoping that they would work on this newly acquired pc.
I have the following specs:
> Mainboard : ASRock Z77M
> Chipset : Intel Ivy Bridge
> Processor : Intel Core i5 3450 @ 3100 MHz
> Physical Memory : 8192 MB (2 x 4096 DDR3-SDRAM )
> Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
> Hard Disk : Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 ATA Device (1000GB)
> CD-Rom Drive : DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
> Monitor Type : BenQ BenQ G950A - 19 inches
> Network Card : Atheros Communications AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCIe)
> Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
> Operating System : Windows 7 Ultimate Professional Media Center 6.01.7600 (64-bit)
> DirectX : Version 11.00
> Windows Performance Index : 1.0 on 7.9
I had initially installed windows x84 on it, and as I upgraded to x64, nothing changed.
I have updated all of my drivers (I'm not exactly sure if I updated my sound card, since I can't really find it) using Driver Reviver, as well as the respective sites of the major components (such as my motherboard and my graphics card), but again, no changes.
I have turned off UAC.
I have attempted to run all of them as the administrator and with different compatibility settings (ranging from all the xp service packs to the vista service packs)
I have reinstalled the games multiple times.
My computer runs The Witcher just fine on high settings, I don't think my computer is too weak to run the games.
I will post whatever else you guys need from me, frankly, I have absolutely no idea what could be causing this, or how to fix it.
Thanks in advance.
Edit* I noticed that other people had this issue as well (in other threads) however, nobody had a specific solution, perhaps someone has found one now?
Last edited by EriksK; 22 Aug 2012 at 09:22. Reason: Found similar threads