Windows 10: Steam Games not Launching after installing new hard drive

I have a Lenovo Flex 5 Laptop that I bought used back in March of this year. From about then to July, it was working fine and I could run games very easily without stress. Well in July, my hard drive started acting funky and wouldn't load when I would turn on my computer. Fast forward to a week ago where I ordered the Crucial P5 Plus 1TB Hard Drive and my friend installed it. I started using it the other day and noticed my games were not loading at all. They would pop up and then close immediately. Steam would tell me they are running when they weren't. I saw online that this may have to do wi

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Steam games not launching on Windows 10

I'm launching the games from Steam itself - I have some games (e.g. CS:GO) installed on my C Drive (an SSD) and others on a larger hard drive (D Drive on my computer). However, whichever game I try to launch - whether it be on C or D drive - the error still occurs. I've tried launching the game from a shortcut as well - but the same problem is still there.

EDIT: I'm also not using a game booster - I use GPU Tweak from ASUS but closing it and stopping the service don't seem to do anything.

 

Steam games not launching on Windows 10


Hi all,

I'm having a problem when I try to launch Steam games, as whatever game I try to launch doesn't actually launch. A message comes up about the game "preparing to launch" but then nothing after that happens. Some games give me an error saying Steam is not running at all, whereas others just do nothing.

I've already completed all the troubleshooting steps on Steam's website but none of them have actually fixed it. The only temporary fix that works is restarting Steam, but this becomes very annoying when I have to do it multiple times a day every time I want to play a game.

Any help on this problem is greatly appreciated - thanks

 

Steam games won't launch on Windows 10?

Hi Oaasfari,

Thank you for being a part of Windows 10.

Before we proceed, I need more information to help you better.

• Which are all the Steam games you are unable to launch?
• Do you get any error message/code when you try to launch the game?

If the Steam games are not working in Windows 10 then, I would suggest you to contact the Games manufacturer for further assistance and check if the Game is compatible with Windows 10.

Reference: Refer to the following Microsoft article on
Windows 10 help & how-to.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/support

Reply with necessary information and we will be happy to help you further.

Thank you.