CS2 not launching problem is a problem we experience when trying to start the game. Normally, we should not encounter problems like this when running the game and we should be able to run the game without a problem, but sometimes we may encounter problems like this. CS2 not launching problem can be caused by many reasons. In this article I will show you how to fix CS2 not launching problem.
There are a few small steps we need to do to fix CS2 not launching problem. After following these steps, this problem you are experiencing will be solved. The first step is to change the compatibility settings of CS2. CS2 not launching problem may be caused by some compatibility problems. So we will change the compatibility settings of CS2. Here is what you need to do to do this:
- Open Steam.
- After opening Steam, find CS2 among your other games.
- Right click on CS2 and from the Manage section click on Browser local files.
- To locate CS2, double click on game folder.
- Then double click on bin and win64 folders.
- Find cs2.exe file. (cs2 and cs2.exe files are the same thing)
- Right click on cs2.exe and click on Properties. (The option with the wrench icon)
- After opening Properties, click on Compatibility from the top.
- From the Compatibility mode section, tick Run this program in compatibility mode for.
- After doing that, select Windows 8.
- From the Settings section below, tick Disable fullscreen optimizations.
- Click Apply and OK to save the changes. If you do not do this, your changes will not be saved.
The second step is to delete the 730 folder. This folder contains CS2 save files and cache files. The reason for deleting this folder is that our settings may prevent the game from launching. Also, accumulated cache files can cause CS2 not launching problem. So we will delete the 730 folder. There is no harm in deleting the 730 folder because this folder will be created again when we open the game. Here is what you need to do to do this:
- Open File Explorer.
- Click on This PC.
- Double click on the disk where you installed Steam. If you haven’t installed it somewhere else, the Steam folder should be in this location: C: > Program Files (x86) > Steam.
- After finding Steam, double click on it.
- Find userdata folder among other folders and double click on it.
- Inside this folder double click on the folder containing numbers in its name.
- Find 730 folder and right click on it.
- Click on the trash icon to delete this folder. As I mentioned before, Steam will re-create this folder when you open the game again.
The third step is to turn off NVIDIA Ansel. NVIDIA Ansel is a feature of NVIDIA that allows us to get quality photos in-game. This feature and others like it can prevent the power of the processor from being directed to the game and can cause problems like CS2 not launching. Therefore, we will turn off the NVIDIA Ansel feature. Here’s what you need to do to do this:
- Go to Search section.
- Search for PowerShell and run as administrator.
- There two codes that we need to write here. Type dir “$env:systemroot\system32\driverstore\filerepository\*NvCameraEnable.exe” -rec |% {& “$_” off} and press enter.
- Type dir “$env:programfiles\nvidia corporation\*NvCameraEnable.exe” -rec |% {& “$_” off} and press enter again. You can copy and paste the codes into PowerShell. We can disable NVIDIA Ansel with these two codes.
The fourth and final step is to add launch options for CS2. By adding launch options, we can change the settings we want while CS2 is launching without opening the game. There are two different launch options to fix CS2 not launching problem. Here’s what you need to do to add launch options to CS2:
- Open Steam.
- Find CS2 and right click on it.
- Click on Properties.
- Scroll down to Launch Options.
- Add -allow_third_party_software to Launch Options. After adding tis launch option check if the problem persists.
- If the problem persists try this launch option -w 1920 -h 1080.
We added launch options to CS2. Now you can check if the problem is solved or not.
In this tutorial I showed you how to fix CS2 not launching problem with four different steps. I hope one of the steps solved your CS2 not launching problem. Until next time, take care.