For too long now, I've been completely unable to launch Skyrim. I have no mods installed (but I did in the past), and from what I know, nothing tampering with the game. I do not have any skyrim DLC installed.
My problem: I can press on the dragon icon on my desktop, or go into steam and press play, but nothing happens. Not even the launcher launches. If I click 'play' through steam multiple times in quick succession, a popup appears reading 'scanning for steam game updates' or whatever, then closes, and nothing else happens.
Is there a way to fix this?
Best Answer
You should try verifying the integrity of game cache. If you ever have any problems with a game on Steam, this is the first thing you should do. It checks the game files on your computer vs. the files on the Steam servers (it will not mess with saves or config files).
If you're having problems with it, make sure you follow the steps precisely. You should verify the game cache before re-installing.
If you are having problems with verifying the integrity of game cache, then make sure that your game is not a part of any beta programs. To check this, go to the game's properties, click the
Betastab, then chooseNONE - Opt out of all beta programs.And as a note, though I am sure that you've done this already: Make sure that both Skyrim and Steam are up to date.
If nothing else works, then you may have to re-install Skyrim. Make sure you back up your save files and config files before you uninstall and re-install. (I can't help you with specifics on backing up certain files, just Google it).