Steam – I can’t get past the opening splash screen when I try to start playing Skyrim

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I just tried to run Skyrim and once the splash screen appears, I hit "Play." The splash screen blinks and pops up again. Nothing else happens, and the game does not open.

I'm stuck in a endless loop 🙂

It's not the first time I've run the game. I have 28 hours of gameplay already.

I have tried:

  • Restarting my PC
  • Running Steam as Administrator (if I don't, I get an error message I can't completely remember, something along the lines of "Skyrim will… Modify your data")

Best Answer

I've fixed it. Steps for those who are having the same problems :

  1. Close steam (right click on the system tray icon and choose exit)
  2. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\ or whatever folder your steam is installed
  3. Go to Steam/steamapps/common/skyrim/Skyrim
  4. Delete (or move to desktop to avoid issues if it does not work) the SkyrimPrefs.ini file
  5. Open Steam and go to : Library > Skyrim > Right Click > Properties > Local Files > Verify Integrity of Game cache
  6. It will download a "missing" file, 22MB or something
  7. Ready to play

I hope this helps other people with the same problem!

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