# Game won't launch
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-launch/14281
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [September 25, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-launch/14281 "2017-09-25T01:34:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Gaddabout](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gaddabout)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-launch/14281/1 "2017-09-25T01:34:13Z")
Howdy. Been playing about 6 mos, got a new comp today, downloaded the launcher, and…nothing. Game won’t launch.
High end Alienware machine, Win 10, 62 bit, NVIDIA 1080 graphics card. I’m a dummy so probably something simple?
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### Author:  [@DemAvalon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DemAvalon)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-launch/14281/2 "2017-09-25T02:02:15Z")
tried running the game’s .exe directly?
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### Author:  [@SpadeDraco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SpadeDraco)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-launch/14281/3 "2017-09-25T02:41:20Z")
Is the launcher itself not opening? We’re gonna need you to be more specific.
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### Author:  [@Gaddabout](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gaddabout)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-launch/14281/4 "2017-09-25T02:51:14Z")
Yes, launcher works. No, haven’t tried running the .exe directly.
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### Author:  [@SpadeDraco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SpadeDraco)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-launch/14281/5 "2017-09-25T03:02:59Z")
> [@Gaddabout](#):
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> Yes, launcher works. No, haven’t tried running the .exe directly.
Depending on where you dumped it you may need to run it as administrator. Also let me know if you have any problems with the colors when you try to run it in Full Screen. When I switched over to my 1080TI I had to fiddle with a few things to get it to display properly.
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### Author:  [@Gaddabout](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Gaddabout)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-launch/14281/6 "2017-09-25T03:15:35Z")
Ah, running the launcher as admin has worked, although minimized screen. I will play with getting it to full screen now. Thank you for the help!
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### Author:  [@SpadeDraco](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/SpadeDraco)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/game-wont-launch/14281/7 "2017-09-25T03:18:20Z")
> [@Gaddabout](#):
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> Ah, running the launcher as admin has worked, although minimized screen. I will play with getting it to full screen now. Thank you for the help!
Any time. Welcome to the Forum btw.