hcoyle545 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Hi everyone. Today I tried to launch Skyrim for the first time in about a week or so and was given the error message: The program or feature "\?\c:\program files(x86)\steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\VCRedist\vcredist_x86.exe" cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-Bit versions of Windows. Please contact the software vendor to ask if a 64-bit Windows compatible version is available." I haven't changed anything on my computer since the last time that I ran Skyrim (without any issues) and I know for sure that it is supported by Win7 64-Bit as it says so in the requirements (as well as the fact that I've played it several times already). Can't seem to find any information on the problem on any of the forums I've been on, so hopefully someone has some light to shed on this problem. Thanks for reading, Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maboru Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Haven't heard of this one before. Have you tried verifying your cache at Steam? (Go to Library, right click the game, click Properties, click Local Files, click verify your cache ,or whatever it says, haven't been online to Steam since I installed.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hcoyle545 Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 I had to do it twice, but, it worked. Thanks very much for your reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maboru Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 You're welcome, hope you're one of the ones who don't run into any other problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curst Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Hi everyone. Today I tried to launch Skyrim for the first time in about a week or so and was given the error message: The program or feature "\?\c:\program files(x86)\steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\VCRedist\vcredist_x86.exe" cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-Bit versions of Windows. Please contact the software vendor to ask if a 64-bit Windows compatible version is available." I haven't changed anything on my computer since the last time that I ran Skyrim (without any issues) and I know for sure that it is supported by Win7 64-Bit as it says so in the requirements (as well as the fact that I've played it several times already). Can't seem to find any information on the problem on any of the forums I've been on, so hopefully someone has some light to shed on this problem. Thanks for reading, Harry I must say it is rare to find spot on replies on forums, but you did it! Thank you very much for this reply! I had a huge mix up with my steam and had to re-download skyrim (took 10 hours with my internet speed (500/kBps) After which I was getting the same error and wanted to cry! However your tip did the job! Do you know why this error occurs? Regardless tyvm again! Respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillSwitch1 Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Hi everyone. Today I tried to launch Skyrim for the first time in about a week or so and was given the error message: The program or feature "\?\c:\program files(x86)\steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\VCRedist\vcredist_x86.exe" cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-Bit versions of Windows. Please contact the software vendor to ask if a 64-bit Windows compatible version is available." I haven't changed anything on my computer since the last time that I ran Skyrim (without any issues) and I know for sure that it is supported by Win7 64-Bit as it says so in the requirements (as well as the fact that I've played it several times already). Can't seem to find any information on the problem on any of the forums I've been on, so hopefully someone has some light to shed on this problem. Thanks for reading, Harry I must say it is rare to find spot on replies on forums, but you did it! Thank you very much for this reply! I had a huge mix up with my steam and had to re-download skyrim (took 10 hours with my internet speed (500/kBps) After which I was getting the same error and wanted to cry! However your tip did the job! Do you know why this error occurs? Regardless tyvm again! Respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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