Hello, Whenever I try to start the game Half life 2 or any of its mods, it says "preparing to launch ..." and nothing happens. When I bring up taskmanager, hl2.exe has started, but nothing happens onscreen. Already, I have:
-updated my driver for graphic card and have DX 9.0c -validated game, cache, defrag -have the latest steam version
On the other hand, CounterStrike works fine on my machine. I suspect it's not the problem with Steam but more with software and XP. Help?
www.steampowered.com is your best bet for finding a solution, they have an extensive knowledge base. My friend had an issue once that if his desktop wasn't 1024x768 CSS wouldn't load.
Delete the cache of HL2, but make sure to back up your .cfg files and your save games, you can also try to clean the windows register (obviously use an app for that).
It almost seemed like it would have worked. When I did that on desktop hl icon (640x480) the screen turned black (as if it were starting) then it returned to "preparing to launch" and then, nothing... Hl2.exe started on task manager.
Delete the cache of HL2, but make sure to back up your .cfg files and your save games, you can also try to clean the windows register (obviously use an app for that).Gamartto
What app. do you recommend for the registry clean?
Almost.. it almost seemed like it would have worked. When I did that on desktop hl icon (640x480) the screen turned black (as if it were starting) then it returned to "preparing to launch" and then, nothing... Hl2.exe started on task manager.shoenberg3
[QUOTE="Gamartto"]Delete the cache of HL2, but make sure to back up your .cfg files and your save games, you can also try to clean the windows register (obviously use an app for that).shoenberg3
What app. do you recommend for the registry clean? RegSeeker is the one I use. Make sure, that you back up your registry.
[QUOTE="shoenberg3"]Almost.. it almost seemed like it would have worked. When I did that on desktop hl icon (640x480) the screen turned black (as if it were starting) then it returned to "preparing to launch" and then, nothing... Hl2.exe started on task manager.mestizoman
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