KoriW Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 I think a windows update did it. Also 2 other games that I have also do it. Hearts of Iron 2 and Darkest Hour. So it's not just limited to this game. But I cannot seem to get help elsewhere so I figured I would ask here. Also I am not a tech person so please keep that in mind when trying to explain a fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker879 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Do you use a dedicated sound card or one of the sound chipsets that are integrated onto your motherboard (e.g. Realtek)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoriW Posted April 7, 2019 Author Share Posted April 7, 2019 Do you use a dedicated sound card or one of the sound chipsets that are integrated onto your motherboard (e.g. Realtek)?I do not think so. Just High Def Sound device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyjesterus Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) Look at your installed Windows programs (Control Panel/Programs). Sort the program list by date and see what was recently installed. Check for and uninstall Windows Game Explorer (MS distributed it via a Windows Update), also check for/uninstall any third-party codec packs (K-Lite etc), or other software (video players etc) that might have installed its own codecs, especially MP3 audio codecs. Be sure to reboot after any changes and see if it helps. Windows Game Explorer was installed by mistake on one of our systems and it wreaked all kinds of havoc, including but not limited to most of our standalone games (including Oblivion) suddenly refusing to start at all, unless an internet connection was available. It took us a week to find the solution, posted in a forum on another site. We were convinced it was a game server (Steam etc) issue, but it wasn't. The fix is to either uninstall Game Explorer, or rename the file gameux.dll in both \windows\system32 and \windows\syswow64. Believe it or not Game Explorer is too stupid to simply check for an available internet connection, BEFORE it goes searching for online reviews, ratings and images for your games. So both it and your games hang forever when they're started, whenever your network is disabled. Edited April 14, 2019 by Skyjesterus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoriW Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Sorry for the late reply. Been busy. I do not have game explorer. Does it go by another name? Also I uninstalled K-lite but no change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striker879 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Look in Control Panel and see if you have an icon there that is named RealTek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyYou Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Might wanna test your harddrive as well..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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