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@Swiso, can you reboot and try deleting the flashpoint.ini in the games install folder. This worked for some people.

Nope....I closed Steam, deleted that file, restarted Steam, Checked integrity of local files (was ok, then started the game, same problem...I see "Game Running" on the left of Steam window, but game doesent start.

Swiso, can you open Task Manager and see if there are multiple autorun.exe files running at the crash? There are some systems having this issue at start or close and it appears to be a Steam issue. One player was able to fix the problem by reinstalling the latest Steam install over top his existing, deleted the game files and downloaded and installed the game again. We are going to be looking into this problem with Steam and the autorun.exe and see if a better solution is out there for this problem.

ORIGINAL: Capn Darwin

Swiso, can you open Task Manager and see if there are multiple autorun.exe files running at the crash? There are some systems having this issue at start or close and it appears to be a Steam issue. One player was able to fix the problem by reinstalling the latest Steam install over top his existing, deleted the game files and downloaded and installed the game again. We are going to be looking into this problem with Steam and the autorun.exe and see if a better solution is out there for this problem.

Hi, no...only one autorun.exe file running, but on the other hand, I see three FPRS.exe *32 fils running at the same time and not possible to close them...to do it I need to restart the PC, then these files are gone from Task manager

ORIGINAL: Capn Darwin
One player was able to fix the problem by reinstalling the latest Steam install over top his existing, deleted the game files and downloaded and installed the game again. We are going to be looking into this problem with Steam and the autorun.exe and see if a better solution is out there for this problem.

Tried but no success.

Thanks for the hotfix, works fine now. Good luck to the others who have different issues.

Wombat, Thanks for letting us know you are up and running.

I have the same issue like Swiso. The game doesn't start after installation of Germany Reforged. Only initial screen I can see. After click on start button nothing happens. I have reinstall steam client and the game also. Nothing helped. My OS - Win 10.

For swiso and pekische, have you tried installing the game or steam update using the Run as Admin function? Also see if launching the game using that function from the shortcut works better. Let us know if you get a bug report, or looking at task manager, see more than one instance of Autorun.exe or FPRS.exe in the list.

We are looking into these odd cases and hope to find a solution soon. Thanks for your patience.

ORIGINAL: Capn Darwin

For swiso and pekische, have you tried installing the game or steam update using the Run as Admin function? Also see if launching the game using that function from the shortcut works better. Let us know if you get a bug report, or looking at task manager, see more than one instance of Autorun.exe or FPRS.exe in the list.

We are looking into these odd cases and hope to find a solution soon. Thanks for your patience.

Yes, tried but no success.
Usually after clicking PLAY GAME, if I go to task manager I see three FPRS.exe in the list.

The same.... except that I see one "Game Menu" in task manager and I can kill this.

looks like my problem got solved with the hotfix, thank you. I haven't played yet but did open and close the program a few times and start some scenarios. Hope everyone else gets there problems sorted out.

Budd, thanks for the update and I'm glad we got you going.

I have tried to reinstall the game again. I have installed only bas game (Red Storm) without DLC (Germany Reforged). And the state is even worse. The game doesn´t run even without DLC (the vanilla game ran normally before purchase of DLC )... Neither the start menu appears. I have steam version....

ORIGINAL: pekische

I have tried to reinstall the game again. I have installed only bas game (Red Storm) without DLC (Germany Reforged). And the state is even worse. The game doesn´t run even without DLC (the vanilla game ran normally before purchase of DLC )... Neither the start menu appears. I have steam version....

Same here....
Is there a way to clean everything on my PC (register too) that is related to this game ?
Maybe cleaning everything related and doing a clean install...who know ?

In Steam you can clear the local content, but that can leave some files behind. Try the following:
1. Right click on the game title in your steam games list.
2.Click on Properties.
3. Click the Local Files Tab
4. Click on Browse Local Files and that will open an explorer window.
5. Click on Delete Local Game Content to remove game files.
6. After that is done look to see if any files or folders are left behind. If there are delete them.
7. Exit steam, reboot go into steam and reload the game. See if Red Storm runs before doing the DLC.
8. Let me know if Red Storm works at 2.0.10.

You may need to disable DLC by going to the Properties dialog DLC tab and unchecking install.

Will keep working on this end.

Finally my copy runs! I still don´t know what was the problem but here are my steps:

1. Run Steam client in Admin mode.
2. Uninstall existing game copy through Steam client (Delete local Game content).
3. Delete game folder that left after uninstalling.
4. Perform registry cleaning by CCleaner.
5. Reboot PC.
6. Kill antivirus software.
7. Open Steam client in Admin mode.
8. Install the game with DLC.
9. No other work on PC during installation...
10. Run the game through Steam client.

Now it works. I don´t know where was problem really....

ORIGINAL: pekische

Finally my copy runs! I still don´t know what was the problem but here are my steps:

1. Run Steam client in Admin mode.
2. Uninstall existing game copy through Steam client (Delete local Game content).
3. Delete game folder that left after uninstalling.
4. Perform registry cleaning by CCleaner.
5. Reboot PC.
6. Kill antivirus software.
7. Open Steam client in Admin mode.
8. Install the game with DLC.
9. No other work on PC during installation...
10. Run the game through Steam client.

Now it works. I don´t know where was problem really....

EUREKA !!!!
Same here !!!
Now it work....

Thanks for the help.

My theory is something in the latest Steam and MS OS updates has messed with certain AV/UAC/Access privileges that were okay before. We are drilling down though these bugs to do what we can on our end. I'm glad you are running again.