Steam Launch Failure (options -steam)

[woofer15]

Hello,

Game's worked fine for years - immediately after last update, I now get a failed launch loop:

order of battle: world war ii attempting to launch with the optional parameters shown below
" -steam"

- Restarted Steam
- Deleted and re-installed OOB
- Renamed and deleted Settings folder
- Tried the Safe Mode DAT file
- Renamed the entire <my docs>/OOB folder
- Added and removed launch options to "clear" it - (it's always blank anyways, but if I add something that option appears after ' -steam', like '-steam-high')

Any ideas? I found several (but not many) references to this same error with OOB online.

[VPaulus]

Is that on a PC or on a Mac?

[woofer15]

Windows 10 Enterprise
Surface Book Pro
Core i7-6600U
16GB
64-bit OS

Thanks!

[VPaulus]

Please try first Step 1 and if the issue still persists try Step 2.
Step 1: Run the game as Administrator

- Right-click the game in your Steam Library.
- Go to Properties, then to the Local Files tab.
- Click Browse Local Files.
- Locate the game executable (the application file).
- Right-click it and go to Properties.
- Click the Compatibility tab.
- Check the "Run this program as an administrator" box.
- Click Apply. Having done this, restart Steam and try launching the game again.


Step 2: Run Steam as Administrator

- Navigate your Steam installation file (By default, it is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam).
- Right-click the Steam executable.
- Follow the above steps to set it to Run as Administrator.
- Restart Steam.

[woofer15]

Sorry I should have said this earlier but also already tried both of those - I also tried running straight from the local executable.

Where does Steam store the Options configs? In a local file? I’m confused as to how it preserved this after uninstall + reinstall.

[woofer15]

Random 30MB update today from Steam fixed it with no action on my part - may forever remain a mystery!