Can't Launch Game

[Smashpotatoboy]

Hello,

I brought the game on steam, I ran the game for the first time and everything was great. I exit the game by mistake and now it will not relaunch. It comes up with an error saying the launcher cannot start.

I have tried uninstalling the game, restarting my PC, I have tried to verify the files and it says everything is good there and I installed the launcher from the website and I still get the same error.

It does run it safety mode but the graphics downgrade a lot.

I am have no other ideas on what to do.

Appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[AndrewT]

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 PA from the PLAY button in Steam