[SOLVED] Steam says my games are running but they arent actually launching how do i fix this?

[saturrnzz]

Its probably from corrupted files because i used to turn my pc off before everything was finished closing i just want to know how to repair this because i want to get back to playing some rust

 

[RememberThe5th]

You mean when you exit the game in library still says its running?

 

[saturrnzz]

the game says its running but it wont launch i go into task manager and see that the rust client is running but not the actual game the game wont launch and i believed it was corrupted files but i tried to delete all the files and uninstall the game and it wont uninstall. I left the uninstall loading screen up for a whole night and rust still wasnt able to uninstall. dont know what the issue is and i cant find anything thats helped online

 

[stonecarver]

Go to task manager find rundll32.exe right click end process game will unlatch. Have your steam up and watch the magic. Why it gets stuck ? But that's my band aide.

Also for the game that gets stuck in this loop if you want to play them go into your program files and to steam common, find the game and launch from the exe in game folder

 

[WildCard999]

Its probably from corrupted files because i used to turn my pc off before everything was finished closing i just want to know how to repair this because i want to get back to playing some rust

What do you mean by corrupted files?

 

[stonecarver]

believed it was corrupted files but i tried to delete all the files and uninstall the game

But get your game files in order as well. NOT CORRUPTED.

Go to your exe Of YOUR STUCK GAME in your list of games on the left when looking at your Steam. Right click, go to property's you will get a pop up box on the top click Local Files than Verify Integrity of Game Files

 

[saturrnzz]

ive verified and done everything that you've said like 4 days ago lol nothing has been working

 

[saturrnzz]

might have to get a whole new storage

 

[stonecarver]

So at what point are you at. Game still stuck and won't load. Have you gone into your program files to Steam, Steamapps, common and found your Rust folder, while in the folder launch game from the exe of Rust. Game should load. By the way at least when I have a game that does this and I get working the next time I can load game regular off steam.

 

[saturrnzz]

Ive done everything in the book if you want follow me on twitter @saturrnzz ill send you a vid of whats going down

 

[WildCard999]

Just post the videos here.

 

[saturrnzz]

do you think buying a new storage and then redownloading everything onto that new storage would fix everything?

 

[Jason H.]

Ive done everything in the book if you want follow me on twitter @saturrnzz ill send you a vid of whats going down

I had this issue a few days ago. I couldnt even get steam to open but task manager said it was running.

All I did was end all Steam.exe processes via task manager then open steam again and everything loaded fine.

 

[saturrnzz]

JASON if it was that easy i would of had it fixed by now bud lol

 

[Trevor007]

I have the same problem with Day of Defeat Source on Steam. I can't even press the xStop button to reset it.
Just run Task Manager in the bottom left (windows 7) and end process for ---> hl2.exe (game stops)
Press play again and it works for me. good luck!

Different games will be different files. so just have task manager running before you run the game the first time. Take notice of what process starts up and try ending that process.

 

[TerryLaze]

Make sure you don't have installed any software that messes with overlays,some games do this if msi afterburner or anything else is even installed but for most you can just close them down and the games will start.

 

[saturrnzz]

this website is horseshit thanks for trying to help tho

 

[Dcopymope]

this website is horseshit thanks for trying to help tho

Well wait a minute, you said you have been shutting down your PC without closing all applications first. Incorrectly shutting down your PC can cause a whole host of problems. You are warned not to do that even with a game console. You might have corrupted either some files related to steam or actual windows file systems. I would try running both a 'chkdsk' scan and an sfc scan and see if that works. If that fails, you might have to back everything up and do a clean install of your operating system. There may be other less drastic methods that could work, I just can't think of them right now.