Fallout 3 Launcher Problems

[d3moliti0n]

Hi

I seem to have a problem with the Fallout 3 launcher as it won't open, at all. I've tried uninstalling the game, clearing the registry of all the Fallout 3 remnants and reinstalling and it still doesn't work. The error message I am getting says "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem".

I have no problem running the game as I played through about 50% or so but then lost my save game files, and forgot to back them up in the process so I ended up uninstalling the game cos I couldn't be bothered starting again at the time.

I have no idea why I am getting this error so if anyone has any idea what the problem is, and if there is a fix for it, thanks in advance.

Thanks.

 

[d3moliti0n]

I do have Xfire installed on my PC but never really use it now when gaming, so it's not been open when I've tried running the Fallout 3 launcher so I don't think that's the problem.

 

[d3moliti0n]

Hmmmm, I seem to have solved the problem but I don't know how I fixed it lol. I think it may have been something to do with needing to update .Net Framework 2.0 but I'm not sure, as I also cleared the registry of all the left over Fallout 3 remnants again and reinstalled it after updating the .Net Framework.

 

[d3moliti0n]

But you need the launcher if you intend to use mods with the game, which I intend to, so if the launcher didn't work then mods wouldn't work.