Another "Game wont launch" thread for ya

[chuckiey]

Hey there all, same problem that anyone who has played a paradox game ever has had at least once; game no start.

Ive narrowed it down to the launcher, i had to uninstall it the other day cause it was broken again and now I need some assistance reinstalling it. i got an Open NUL error, ill post the logs down below. How do I fix this?

2021-09-03 15:29:02 [main] [INFO] Dowser version: 2020.2
2021-09-03 15:29:02 [main] [INFO] The `launcherpath` file does not exists:
C:\Users\*********\AppData\Local\Paradox Interactive\launcherpath
2021-09-03 15:29:02 [main] [INFO] Trying to fix existing installation in "/passive" mode
2021-09-03 15:29:02 [main] [ERROR] Fixing existing installation failed:
open NUL: The system cannot find the file specified.
2021-09-03 15:29:02 [main] [INFO] Running regular installation in "/passive" mode
2021-09-03 15:29:02 [main] [ERROR] Encountered installation error: open NUL: The system cannot find the file specified.
2021-09-03 15:29:02 [main] [INFO] Retrying installation on non-passive mode
2021-09-03 15:29:02 [main] [CRITICAL] Failed to install Paradox Launcher:
open NUL: The system cannot find the file specified.

 

[AndrewT]

If it's just the launcher, you can run the game from stellaris.exe directly, just so you know.


For that Open NUL issue, If you are okay with using the registry editor.

Run regedit.exe and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Services/Null . Check the Start key there. If that has a value of anything but 2 (usually 4), please change it to 2. Exit regedit and reboot, then Please try this:

- exit the Steam app entirely
- uninstall Paradox Launcher v2 from the Windows "Apps and features" utility, if still present.

Delete the following folders if still present:

- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Roaming/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
To see the AppData folder you'll need to enable View Hidden Items in File Explorer.

- run steam.exe as the Windows Admin user

- run the game from the PLAY button in Steam

IF that doesn't help, in this folder are some .log files:
C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
Please attach them here.


Good luck with that!

 

[chuckiey]

If it's just the launcher, you can run the game from stellaris.exe directly, just so you know.


For that Open NUL issue, If you are okay with using the registry editor.

Run regedit.exe and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Services/Null . Check the Start key there. If that has a value of anything but 2 (usually 4), please change it to 2. Exit regedit and reboot, then Please try this:

- exit the Steam app entirely
- uninstall Paradox Launcher v2 from the Windows "Apps and features" utility, if still present.

Delete the following folders if still present:

- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Roaming/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
To see the AppData folder you'll need to enable View Hidden Items in File Explorer.

- run steam.exe as the Windows Admin user

- run the game from the PLAY button in Steam

IF that doesn't help, in this folder are some .log files:
C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
Please attach them here.


Good luck with that!

Ah, shit, I should've known it was the registry. I just edited it because i was having a problem with non-paged memory. This seemed to do the trick though, so thank you for your help!