Rocksmith 2014 worked on windows 10 but Windows 11 Won't even launch

Gorbash12346 · 25 Dec 2022 at 23:51

Looking for some help if anyone has come across this?

I've just switched over to windows 11 after upgrading from a 6700K to a 13900K etc. Unfortunately I cannot now get rocksmith 2014 to run at all.

I've tried launching it through steam as normal and through Ubisofts launcher and a few other things such as launch as administrator and with windows 8 compatibility settings. Nothing helps

I'd really like to be able to run this as I have hundreds of £'s of DLC and between me and my partner we use it almost daily. rocksmith+ isn't an option (though it runs and I have a stupid subscription it quite simply sucks and has very little content at all)

Has anyone come across this and knows a fix? Or would someone be willing to try and help me get this sorted? I'd really REALLY appreciate it.

When I click play on steam or any other launcher I get a loading icon on the cursor but no other change and then the button changes back to play again.

Thanks in advance.

Whoop · 26 Dec 2022 at 08:01

Have you tried al the various fixes on this thread which could also impact your Windows 11 version? :-)

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Gorbash12346 · 26 Dec 2022 at 10:31

I've tried the beta as I had run into that issue on windows 10 and this worked but not on 11 unfortunately.

This is what I've got on event viewer

Faulting application name: Rocksmith2014.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x63012822
Faulting module name: Rocksmith2014.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x63012822
Exception code: 0xc0000409
Fault offset: 0x0053dfc6
Faulting process ID: 0x0x29FC
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1D91914E42D2BF3
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rocksmith2014\Rocksmith2014.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rocksmith2014\Rocksmith2014.exe
Report ID: 18ccf474-e988-426a-9123-c126e41f0a61
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Gorbash12346 · 26 Dec 2022 at 20:24

Can anyone help? I moved over to 11 to get past all the hdr issues I was having and now I can't play quite a few of my older games. I can't easily switch back to 10 as I bought a retail windows 11 key unless they are somehow interchangeable?

AthlonXP1800 · 27 Dec 2022 at 04:50

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Reinstall Rocksmith 2014 then it should run on Windows 11.

All my old games ran fine on Windows 11.

ED209 · 27 Dec 2022 at 07:09

reinstall the game or try the very files option in Steam

Gorbash12346 · 27 Dec 2022 at 11:34

Have done several reinstalls and even a re-format and fresh install of windows. I have tried the verify files and after every launch attempt it find a file that needs to be reacquired but no change otherwise.
I've loaded into the beta version as well and again no change but the same error in eventviewer

Faulting application name: Rocksmith2014.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x63012822
Faulting module name: Rocksmith2014.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x63012822
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0053dfc6
Faulting process ID: 0x0x4F84
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1D919E6976B70F6
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rocksmith2014\Rocksmith2014.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rocksmith2014\Rocksmith2014.exe
Report ID: e8be9f20-19e3-460b-8bb5-9276d2969bb3
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

ED209 · 27 Dec 2022 at 12:34

Is the game installed on to a HDD or an SSD?

Have you checked event viewer for any errors relating to the storage at all?

In event viewer check the system section rather than the application section.

Are all Windows updates installed?

Do you have anything like MSI afterburner installed or running while trying to run the game?

Edit, having a quick look online it can be down to the amount of cores the processor has. This is from 2019 but take a look below

Rocksmith Will NOT LAUNCH :: Rocksmith® 2014 Edition - Remastered Player Support

I am getting rather tired of watching my game played timer rack up and I haven't even gotten a splash screen yet. Numerous UN and RE installs. I've verified my files countless times. Changed ports on the computer. etc. still nothing.

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Unsure if it will help but worth a try

Gorbash12346 · 27 Dec 2022 at 12:58

ED209 said:
Is the game installed on to a HDD or an SSD?

Have you checked event viewer for any errors relating to the storage at all?

In event viewer check the system section rather than the application section.

Are all Windows updates installed?

Do you have anything like MSI afterburner installed or running while trying to run the game?

Edit, having a quick look online it can be down to the amount of cores the processor has. This is from 2019 but take a look below

Rocksmith Will NOT LAUNCH :: Rocksmith® 2014 Edition - Remastered Player Support

I am getting rather tired of watching my game played timer rack up and I haven't even gotten a splash screen yet. Numerous UN and RE installs. I've verified my files countless times. Changed ports on the computer. etc. still nothing.

steamcommunity.com

Unsure if it will help but worth a try

It's on the only ssd i currently have installed while i try to get everything working.
It's the one the OS is on.
Eventviewer has had some administrative events like messing up my ntuser.dat file but nothing on the storage. I've done memtest several times as I originally had faulty ddr5 sticks. It's on a fresh instal of windows since then so shouldn't be an issue now and memtest runs without any errors.
Windows is fully updated.

I do have afterburner installed so I'll give that a try.
I did have a 6700K so i guess maybe.. I'll give that a try. Thanks!

Gorbash12346 · 27 Dec 2022 at 13:32

Uninstalling afterburner made no difference. (I need it to keep my 3090 as cool as possible)

I've tried limiting the number of threads down to 24, 12, 8, 6, 4 and 1 and no dice

Tried setting affinity to a smaller number of threads as well no change.

AthlonXP1800 · 28 Dec 2022 at 03:30

Try 2022 mod fix.

Gorbash12346 · 28 Dec 2022 at 12:11

AthlonXP1800 said:
Try 2022 mod fix.

Gave it a go but still the same unfortunately.

Faulting application name: Rocksmith2014.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x63012822
Faulting module name: Rocksmith2014.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x63012822
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0053dfc6
Faulting process ID: 0x0x2C64
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1D91AB5236F783A
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rocksmith2014\Rocksmith2014.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rocksmith2014\Rocksmith2014.exe
Report ID: 5ed2334e-a0a1-49ea-8fc5-2a633d8210db
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Gorbash12346 · 28 Dec 2022 at 12:13

It runs fine on my windows 10 laptop. kind of tempted to try just copying and pasting files to see if it will magically fix it but i'm not going to hold my breath.

ED209 · 28 Dec 2022 at 16:33

Unsure if this will work but are you able to run the game in compatability mode and set it to Windows 10?

AthlonXP1800 · 28 Dec 2022 at 21:12

Gorbash12346 said:
Gave it a go but still the same unfortunately.

Faulting application name: Rocksmith2014.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x63012822
Faulting module name: Rocksmith2014.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x63012822
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0053dfc6
Faulting process ID: 0x0x2C64
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1D91AB5236F783A
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rocksmith2014\Rocksmith2014.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Rocksmith2014\Rocksmith2014.exe
Report ID: 5ed2334e-a0a1-49ea-8fc5-2a633d8210db
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Oh dear.

Try DLL fix?

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Try roll back to live version?

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Join discord to get a file that will work on 13900K CPU?

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Try JustInCaseWeNeedIt branch update and other methods?

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Try update all mods? CDLCEnabler?

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Try move msvcr100.dll out of C:/WINDOWS/SysWOW64 folder and install xnafx40_redist.msi?
Try move d3dx9_42.dll out of rocksmith2004 folder?

I got a fix for "Rocksmith 2014 will not start in Windows 10" user!!! :: Rocksmith® 2014 Edition - Remastered Player Support

Dear People, If You like me and tried playing Rocksmith in windows 10 but without luck, I've finally got a fix for it. I've searched almost the whole web about it and there was no solution to it. I tried everything and nothing helped. Recently I tried to play Terraria but it wouldn't start, same...

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Try new Rocksmith 2004 fix workaround by open steam console to download depot files?

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Gorbash12346 · 7 Jan 2023 at 11:31

AthlonXP1800 said:
Oh dear.

Try DLL fix?

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

Try roll back to live version?

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

Join discord to get a file that will work on 13900K CPU?

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

Try JustInCaseWeNeedIt branch update and other methods?

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

Try update all mods? CDLCEnabler?

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

Try move msvcr100.dll out of C:/WINDOWS/SysWOW64 folder and install xnafx40_redist.msi?
Try move d3dx9_42.dll out of rocksmith2004 folder?

I got a fix for "Rocksmith 2014 will not start in Windows 10" user!!! :: Rocksmith® 2014 Edition - Remastered Player Support

Dear People, If You like me and tried playing Rocksmith in windows 10 but without luck, I've finally got a fix for it. I've searched almost the whole web about it and there was no solution to it. I tried everything and nothing helped. Recently I tried to play Terraria but it wouldn't start, same...

steamcommunity.com

Try new Rocksmith 2004 fix workaround by open steam console to download depot files?

Rocksmith 2014 Update Fix!! (Not opening with D3DX9_42.dll)

All you will need ---steam://open/consolewindows users: download_depot 221680 221681 4556485830000690187mac users: download_depot 221680 221682 4556485830000...

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Thankyou very much! it was indeed the d3dx9.dll fix from their discord that is needed specifically for the 13900K Utter madness! I spent days trying to fix this and even rolled back to windows 10

Genuinely really appreciate this as I was tearing my hair out trying to get this up and running.