Steam – Fallout 4 missing executable

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I just installed Fallout 4 via Steam and Fallout.exe is missing from Steam/steamapps/common/Fallout 4.

I'm able to start the game from Steam and it opens the launcher. When I click Play, though, the launcher closes for a moment before restarting. This repeats forever and is common enough to have been asked on Reddit.

I figured it was the same launcher loop problem others were having so I tried to fix it using this video. That's when I noticed Fallout4.exe was missing (but Fallout4Launcher.exe is not).

I've tried the following:

  1. Verifying the integrity of the game cache
  2. Reinstall Fallout 4
  3. Running Steam as Administrator
  4. Running Fallout4Launcher.exe as Administrator
  5. Enroll in beta (version 1.6)
    1. I got stuck in the launcher loop again but, when I checked the game folder, it had Fallout4.exe. I tried to run it directly and Windows said it wasn't there anymore so I refreshed the folder and it was gone.

I don't have any mods installed. I'm on 64-bit Windows 7 Enterprise, SP 1.

I could only find this thread on Bethesda's forum but this shouldn't have anything to do with activating the purchase. I bought it through Steam and was never prompted for any additional verification like entering a CD key.

Best Answer

What you could do:

  • Verify the integrity of the game (I know you've already done it, but try to do it again)
  • Send an email to Steam Support (they'll know what to do) (hopefully)
  • Disable your AV, it sometimes deletes random game files if it doesn't like what it sees Or, add it as an exception.
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