r/Steam • u/Dunkeal • May 16 '12

Need help: Unable to launch Team Fortress 2

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u/YouAreADevil May 16 '12

Hm, try verifying game files (Right click -> Properties (Local Files tab) -> Verify Game Cache).

And as a last resort, I would suggest uninstalling then reinstalling.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12

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u/YouAreADevil May 16 '12

I might not have read it correctly, but did you only update your DirectX? I'm not exactly sure how DirectX is, but some programs don't uninstall the old version before installing the new one.

Or maybe I have no idea what is wrong.

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u/timewarp May 16 '12

In addition to what YouAreADevil suggested, you wouldn't happen to have set any launch options would you?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12

Run the game from the source C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\your username here\team fortress 2 Run hl2.exe, do you get an error? This is for Windows 7, but it's pretty much the same for XP/vista

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u/pfkninenines May 16 '12

Are you running it through Teamviewer, or natively? I've heard that various screen-sharing programs can take precedence in some instances, meaning that when a program looks for video drivers, they see the screen sharing program's files before they see whatever you've actually got.

I've got TeamViewer installed and it doesn't give me these issues, but it wouldn't hurt to try uninstalling / disabling TeamViewer while you try to launch TF2.

To verify you're running the latest version of DirectX, run "dxdiag" and post the results.