Skyrim won't launch

[gorrgash]

I have never had trouble with Skyrim until yesterday after re installing it. I completely uninstalled it, and removed the remaining skyrim folder to be sure everything had been removed. Now i get to the launch page through steam and click play and it closes but the game does not pop up. I tried everything from verifying the integrity of the game cache (multiple times) to re-installing the game again. Now I think I found the issue but I don't understand what happened to cause it, or why verifying the game integrity did not fix it, or why re installing it does not fix it. When I try to launch the game from TESV it come up with an error 'C:\Windows\system32\xinput1_3.dll error. I downloaded a xinput1_3.dll (apparently to do with XBOX) and stuck it in the folder and tried running the game. It started right up however I had no mouse .ect. I have also tried re installing directx but it does nothing.

So my question is where do I find a good xinput1_3.dll file for pc (my searches seem to come up with nothing but trash) and how did this happen, why wouldn't verifying the game integrity fix it, or re-installing it for that matter?

Edited December 19, 2011 by gorrgash