<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Believe it or not, my point isn't to come here and argue with you but to help you start a game that way too many people have run into the same problem..<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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<I><s>[i]</s>Bullshit.<e>[/i]</e></I> Your point here is to be a troll, plain and simple. I ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>they don't owe anything except to deliver a product of which they promise. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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It is strategically wise to give customers more than the bare minimum, especially in a very competitive market. The games market is flooded, and superior service is one ...

ORIGINAL: VPaulus
Please note that a lot games using XNA, requires Windows media Player.

And how many games use XNA? I can probably count them on one hand.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: VPaulus<br/>
You need to have Internet explorer and Windows Media Player installed on your Windows in order to run the game.<br/>
That's part of the system requirements list in the game product's page:<br/>
<URL url="http://store.steampowered.com/app/261470 ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>The only "factors" left are your hardware and software that might interfere with how Matrix coded the game..<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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This is the problem - Matrix was incompetent enough to create a program that <I><s>[i]</s>allowed<e>[/i]</e></I> a hardware/software ...

I have already tried all of these. Any "pat answer" you've given other customers I've already searched for and tried. For this problem you're going to have to engineer something new.

<r> Pumkinfacer22, as someone who is a programmer in the game industry who has worked on Windows titles, the factors you list in your post should not matter. You mention the idea of "standard [W]indows" - let me tell you a secret every legitimate programmer has learned with sufficient experience:<br ...

<t> I have the Steam edition. It looks like yours is a direct download/purchase.<br/>
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I have a _CommonRedist folder with half-a-gig of stuff in it - under it I have redist/2010 instead of redist/2012. I downloaded the 2012 redistributable from Microsoft myself and installed(repaired) and ...

<r> I have already tried those (though there is no 2012 directory under vcredist - should I look for the equivalent from Microsoft?) as well as everything under your <LINK link="http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2414049"><s>[link=http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=2414049]</s>FAQ<e ...

DW_CrashDump.txt

The DXDiag file:

<t> Basically as the topic says - I got the game on Steam and while the autorun thing comes up, neither the start game button nor running the game from its directory starts the game. Furthermore, there is no "Code Force Limited" directory anywhere in the APPDATA tree. I have tried it on two ...