Steam Game Wont Launch. Fortunately, Steam has an inbuilt feature designed to remedy this very problem and verify the integrity of game files. When you reinstall Steam some of the data from your online games may be lost even with a backup.
Does it just stop with "Preparing to launch" or is there some error box? Does anyone know how to fix this issue? You can't play the games in your Steam library now!
If not, try to install all additional software by yourself, it may.
A 'Preparing to Launch' window appears for a short Or you can manually start the game's executable outside of Steam and then manually close it.
Does anyone know how to fix this issue? When you reinstall Steam some of the data from your online games may be lost even with a backup. Apparently my Steam is somehow retarded, and cannot locate the.exe file to launch the game, although it can locate the installation folder.