Games won't launch on windows 8.1

[Atef Toumi]

Hi Everyone
well i just got my new laptop with Windows 8.1 starter, everything was great tell i tried to run some games, i did set up some games as i used to do on my previous pc which has a windows 7 but with windows 8.1 nothing works the games refuse to launch there is no error msg no anything i tried to run them with a previous windows compatibility but it didn't work either
here under the games that i tried up to now and didn't work
Call of Duty Black Ops 2 - Need for Speed Rivals - Need for Speed The Run
but RESIDENT EVIL 5 and PES 14 did work i don't know why.
by the way i have a Toshiba Satellite L50-A-1DG
Processeur Intel Core i7-4700MQ (Quad-Core 2.4 GHz / 3.4 GHz Turbo - Cache 6 Mo)
4 Go SDRAM DDR3,
LED de 15.6"(1366 x 768 pix)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2 Go dedicated
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64 bits

 

[Tyler2599]

For people using steam i would like you to try launching offline mode for steam. Then try playing your game just worked for me the bad news is i dont know how to run the game in the online mode. Complete and utterly amazed. Hopefully for all you steam users this helps. Now after you launch your game in offline go back online and it should work. mine did dont know why but i hope this helps someone

 

[davidka0811]

Same issue here, but only with the valve games, like cs go, left 4 dead 2, tf2.
I tried win7 compatible mode and it works, but for months it worked with 8.1.

 

[lacknoob]

you should update windows 8.1
1.go settings
2.click change pc settings
3.click update and recovery at pc settings
4.click windows update ....
...check for updates
5.good to go!

 

[nand_basto]

did you try Righ-clicking on the game and go to "Properties" and set "compatibility" to "Windows 7".

thank you so much for the quick reply, yes i did tried but it didn't work, i have been searching over the web for a few days for a solution and i really don't want to install windows 7 i just need to know if windows 8.1 is the problem, cause i did set the games correctly as i always do what i don't understand is when i try to launch the game there is no error msg just nothing the cursor start circling just like the game is about to start and then nothing that's why i couldn't know where the problem came from

exactly the same problem is happening wid me too. did u found any solution??? please help!

 

[DardaniaLion]

Windows 8 and 8.1 are not build to play or run games properly. I have been installing many computers with windows 8 and 8.1. I can confirm that many games will not run properly or not at all. There were moments where Windows 8.1 simply wont allow you to go to desktop. I had to bring down task manager to allow me to go to desktop.

The animals in Microsoft have created windows 8 and 8.1 for touch screens and have ruined the desktop version.

I am not sure about Windows 10. I think it is still under development.

Why would you want to go to windows 8 or 8.1? No advantage at all. Some people say it is faster than windows 7. That is not true. Windows 8 or 8.1 has many drivers that will be used to complete the installation. Windows 7 does not. Install all compatible drivers for Windows 7 and you see there is no difference at all.

People with touch screen laptops can use Windows 8/8.1 those who play games should stay with Windows 7 or if their hardware supports 10 go to 10 in a year or so.

 

[epyy2110]

run cmd as admin.. type this command:

' bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff '

exit and restart your computer.

 

[Trisha_6]

I have been having this same problem too.
im starting to regret spending so much money on this computer.

 

[Trisha_6]

my friend and her husband got windows 10 on a g6 pavilion series and then her computer crashed.

 

[maximillion1227]

Hi everyone I had the same problem but a friend of mine told me to go to my windows updates and look for the update KB3086255 and delete it and reinstall all games and problem were solved...

 

[Protyush]

ya, i re-downloaded it and it worked...but after restartin my pc after some other time , i tried to play but it did not work.
please if anyone could help me

 

[djanemos]

yes i did try to run it as administrator but it didn't work neither.

My opinion is to upgrade in windows 10.I had the same problem with a lot of games and now my PC play all the games very good and fast.