Stellaris doesn't launch after the first time I play

ndiley · Jan 5, 2022

So I recently downloaded Stellaris on my PC through Game Pass. When I start it up it works fine but if I close out of it and try to go back into it nothing happens. Whether I try to open it from the desktop shortcut or through Game Pass itself. My cursor spins for a minute like it's thinking but nothing happens. I uninstalled and reinstalled the game and it worked fine again the first time I launched it but after that it doesn't let me run the game at all. Any solutions for this maybe?

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Jesse E'

From that explanation it seems to be an issue with the game itself. I'll suggest reaching out to the game support for assistance.

You can do that here https://www.paradoxplaza.com/support-static-inf...

Jesse E'

Hello, My name is Jesse. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

Open Powershell in admin mode and paste the following, which I believe reinstalls the default apps on Windows 10.

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

ndiley

So I tried this and let it do its thing. Then at the end I get some black and red messages about not being able to find certain paths because they do not exist. It did not fix the problem however. I've tried other solutions about turning off my anti virus, running as admin and those dont work either. It is only for this one particular game. No other game I have downloaded through the PC Game Pass application has this issue.

Keeretc27dba8a-de69-

This helped for the first time i launched a game but after returning later today to play again, the problem still persists

gilleslesage

I have the same problem but only with Paradox games.

I already put it in a discussion and nobody answered so I'll take my chances here.

I already did everything shown in the troubleshooting steps with internet forums since many people have the same issue, but Stellaris and Crusader Kings III just won't launch.

Stellaris runs in the background but won't ever launch and Crusader Kings just does nothing, it doesn't start at all.

I don't know what to do from this point since I've done everything that could have an impact with Paradox' Launcher.

(I tried and it works fine on steam so it is definitely an error with the Game Pass, especially since the games worked fine months ago.)

Stellaris doesn't launch after the first time I play