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"Couldn't start the launcher"

This issue popped up a few days ago, haven't been able to actually play Stellaris for way to long by now.

The annoying thing is that the crap new launcher actually ran fine a few days ago, so I have no clue what the hell happened.
 
Okay, this was my solution:

1. I uninstalled the new Paradox Launcher from Windows' Controlpanel.
2. Then I started Stellaris upon through Steam, it then installed the launcher again.
3. Start Steam as admin.

Problem solved.
 
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I am getting the Bootstrapper Error when I start game. I have done everything that was suggested, but no luck. Anyway to fix it on Your side? Or up date? I would love to get in to turn mods on or off. and play.
 
We now have reports of this on AVG, Avast and possibly Kaspersky.

You need to make sure all these apps are in its exceptions lists:

dowser.exe (in the Steam HOI4 folder)
C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2.2020.16/paradox launcher.exe
C:/users/<UserName>/AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/bootstrapper-v2.exe

Good luck!
 
I've just had horrible trouble with this today; and for the life of me, I cannot find any "Bootstrapper.exe" program on the machine, though it worked fine last night; it simply refused to work at all today.
 
As per my previous post it is bootstrapper-v2.exe not bootstrapper.exe

If it is not there, your antivirus app has deleted or quarantined it.
 
As per my previous post it is bootstrapper-v2.exe not bootstrapper.exe

If it is not there, your antivirus app has deleted or quarantined it.
Andrew, I want to begin this by extending an apology for not replying to this before now- I'd honestly not even known you wrote back to be candid as far as why I didn't respond.
The problem I found, I think, with your suggestion is the new or even simply cursory players lack of understanding what you wrote- not your fault. It is akin to how doctors will use very technical terms, but by and large the patient doesn't understand exactly what's being asked of him; or that's what I think was happening, at least in my case.
A genuine lack of understanding to be simple in terms.
But once I actually did grasp it, it worked well- however; like with the bulk of things involving computers: you have to fully understand what you're being asked to do, precisely, or you really will mess the whole thing up.
Oh, and it wasn't at all the anti-virus at all that was even remotely the problem- I checked, and that didn't solve it at all; it was something with the bootstrapper program that was the problem- and it was something new that came up that was the issue. How do I know? Simple: the only antivirus my folks use is malewarebytes- the best there is, and it hadn't removed it nor did it have it in the "virus identification" at all.