Paradox Launcher Issue with Steam

[samnymr]

Hiya

Please help i'm pulling out my hair, So i've done these steps after just buying and downloading for the first time PA

1. Boot the game, Instantly crashes
2. go into the game and manually install launcher-installer-windows, This creates files in my appdata directory
3. This now allows the game to go further and show this when booting from steam: Clicking no does nothing, Clicking Yes lets me find the file which brings up this error:
4. going to the file manually and opening up bootstrapper-v2 shows couldn't start launcher
5. I can start the launcher by going into the launcher folder and starting the launcher there however not sure how helpful that is?

What I have:

1. All Anti Virus off, Windows defender off, Allowed Steam and PA through the Firewall anyways
2. Rebooted
3. Reinstalled Game
4. Verified Game Integrity

Any help would be much appreciated

 

[AndrewT]

Please try this:

- 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.

- exit the Steam app entirely
- 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.

Note that you can run PrisonArchitect.exe directly from File Explorer, which bypasses the launcher.