The witcher 2 wont start

jonneymendoza · 10 Jul 2011 at 00:42

I just bought this game today and not a good start im afraid. The game doesnt seem to run at all.

i tried to install it twice and after it finishes installing, i tried to launch the game from the desktop shortcut icon for the game and it wont load!

wont respond, wont do anything after clicking several times. i even tried launching the launcher.exe icon from the games install path and stil nothing.

if it helps i am using windows 7 64bit with a 480gtx card, i7 920 cpu and 6gb ddr3 ram.

any suggestions?

James J · 10 Jul 2011 at 03:19

Got both the patches installed?

dreigns · 10 Jul 2011 at 08:19

A little more info would help mate

Does anything at all happen
If u look at task manger after trying to run it is it in there running but not doing anything
What version you got Steam, Dvd retail, other

jonneymendoza · 10 Jul 2011 at 09:21

dvd retail i have. nothing happens when i click the exe file. Also, i just tried to install latest patch and when i launch that, it said installed game version is invalid or incomplete??? When i installed it, no errors popped up saying it failed or anything?? the installed program simply just disappeared

jonneymendoza · 10 Jul 2011 at 09:51

edit: pic of the last screen i see before itdissapears without any error

RevBillyG · 10 Jul 2011 at 10:55

Since it's a Directx9 game, maybe trying installing DX9 manually?

jonneymendoza · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:27

tested it on my laptop and it installed, patched and ran fine!

my dvd drive on my pc must be a dud now. going to reinstall it on my main pc using my external dvd drive.

my laptop is a dell xps 15inch one with windows 7 ultimate edition

BriT · 10 Jul 2011 at 14:31

did you right click on the icon and run it in admin mode? i did this and it worked.

jonneymendoza · 10 Jul 2011 at 16:19

yes i tried that. diddnt work.works fine on my laptop though

dreigns · 10 Jul 2011 at 19:33

ok so its not game error but install error have you tryed going to the dvd drive and setting the setup.exe or what ever its called on there to Compatbility Mode and Run as administor

jonneymendoza · 11 Jul 2011 at 07:16

i reformatted my pc and that seem to have done the trick lol

dreigns · 11 Jul 2011 at 08:22

That does normaly work

Scougar · 11 Jul 2011 at 12:02

Before doing things like reformat in the future, try creating a new user instead and port across whatever you need from your old account.

dreigns · 11 Jul 2011 at 12:19

Scougar said:
Before doing things like reformat in the future, try creating a new user instead and port across whatever you need from your old account.

That also works well =] did that when quakelive wouldn't install on my dads pc
He still love's the quake gameplay

jonneymendoza · 11 Jul 2011 at 15:40

Scougar said:
Before doing things like reformat in the future, try creating a new user instead and port across whatever you need from your old account.

umm i will try that next time