Game will not launch, please help!!

[chilybones222]

I recently reinstalled Witcher 3 to try and play the new update but the game will not launch from the "RedLauncher". Hitting the play button on Steam opens the Redlauncher, and when I hit Play from there, Redlauncher closes and nothing happens. There's no crash message or even a process that runs.

The only error I have been able to produce is when I try and run the game directly from the .exe file;

The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCR120.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.

I tried reinstalling that with the VC_redist.x86.exe but that did not do anything either. This is the only sort of "error" that I am able to produce, but I am not even sure if that is what is causing the issue, because the error does not appear when I try and launch from Steam/RedLauncher.

I literally have no idea what else to do and what is wrong with it. I have no mods and I have reinstalled the game a few times. I have tried contacting ProjketRED via support, but it's been about 2 weeks and I have not heard anything from them.

If you have any other suggestions, I would be soo incredibly thankful to hear them.

Here are the things I have tried;
- Switching back and forth between DirectX 11 & 12 on RedLauncher
- Verify integrity of game files
- Disabling Steam Cloud & reinstalling Witcher 3
- Deleting .settings files
- Installing the classic version of the game
- Did a full scan of my PC for malware, drivers, updates, etc.
- Launching with --launcher-skip (nothing happens, no error, no crash message)

Specs:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Intel Core i7 6700K 4.00

 

[LeKill3rFou]

From TW3 support :

2. Uninstall all of the Microsoft Visual C++ redistributables that you have installed.
Once it's done install the Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable packages from the link below starting from the oldest ones (skip the "arm" files). Launch all the executables as Administrator.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

The game is not launching — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Technical Support — CD PROJEKT RED

Welcome to CD PROJEKT RED Technical Support! Here you will find help regarding our games and services, as well as answers to frequently asked questions.

support.cdprojektred.com

3.) You might also want to manually run the installations for past versions of Visual Studio and Visual C++ directly from Microsoft.com. Ensure that you're installing the x86 and x64 versions of each. Thus:

• Install Visual Studio 2010 x86, then x64
• Install Visual C++ 2010 x86, then x64
• Install Visual Studio 2011 x86, then x64
• Install Visual C++ 2011 x86, then x64
• Etc.

 

[chilybones222]

From TW3 support :

The game is not launching — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Technical Support — CD PROJEKT RED

Welcome to CD PROJEKT RED Technical Support! Here you will find help regarding our games and services, as well as answers to frequently asked questions.

support.cdprojektred.com

I already tried doing both of those before making this post, and none of them worked, unfortunately

 

[LeKill3rFou]

1. In Cortana type CMD and right-click on the result that appears to open a Command Prompt in administrator mod
2. Write the following two commands in succession and press Enter at each end of lin
regsvr32 /u msvcr120.dll
regsvr32 /i msvcr120.dll
Warning: I assume that the missing .dll is msvcr120.dll. If it is not its exact name, replace it
3. Restart your computer
MSVCR120.dll manquant - Microsoft Community

Can you check if this dll is really missing ?

 

[chilybones222]

1. In Cortana type CMD and right-click on the result that appears to open a Command Prompt in administrator mod
2. Write the following two commands in succession and press Enter at each end of lin
regsvr32 /u msvcr120.dll
regsvr32 /i msvcr120.dll
Warning: I assume that the missing .dll is msvcr120.dll. If it is not its exact name, replace it
3. Restart your computer
MSVCR120.dll manquant - Microsoft Community

Can you check if this dll is really missing ?
View attachment 11340934

Hi LeKill3r,

It looks I am missing msvcr120.dll

However when I try typing any of those lines in CMD while running it as an admin, I get this error

Post automatically merged: Jan 8, 2023

Hi LeKill3r,

It looks I am missing msvcr120.dll

However when I try typing any of those lines in CMD while running it as an admin, I get this error

Updated FIXED IT!!!

I went and downloaded both the 64 & 32 bit MSVCR120.dll and now it works!

 

[LeKill3rFou]

Apparently, msvcr120.dll should be included in Visual C++ Redistributable Packages 2013 :

Latest supported Visual C++ Redistributable downloads

This article lists the download links for the latest versions of Visual C++ Redistributable packages.

learn.microsoft.com

So try to download and install both x64 and x86 in admistrator (important).