Fix for "The Witcher 2 Launcher has stopped working" (MSVCR100.dll error)
Some windows update around the 23rd of July, 2012, appears to have borked either the .NET framework or the VC++ redistributable and Witcher 2 might be failing to launch with this kind of a message:
A temporary fix that works for many is:
0. Put Steam in Offline mode (skip this step if you have the GoG version.)
1. Disable all network connections/interfaces (Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections)
2. Play the game. It should work now.
Some people appear to get "key errors" on Steam when they try this, to which there is no solution at present. (You could try running Steam online, validating the cache, then following steps 0 to 2 above.)
To stop the first time setup from running every time, navigate to \Steam\steamapps\common\witcher 2\ and rename redist to something else (redist_OLD).
This should tide us over until CDPRed fixes it.
Some windows update around the 23rd of July, 2012, appears to have borked either the .NET framework or the VC++ redistributable and Witcher 2 might be failing to launch with this kind of a message:
Code:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: launcher.exe_The Witcher 2 Game
Application Version: 0.9.0.959
Application Timestamp: 4f4f8476
Fault Module Name: MSVCR100.dll
Fault Module Version: 10.0.40219.325
Fault Module Timestamp: 4df2be1e
Exception Code: 40000015
Exception Offset: 0008d6fd
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0e7d
Additional Information 2: 0e7dfc0e0a95403ecc09dbf3f228d0a5
Additional Information 3: 59ff
Additional Information 4: 59ffe91b035d7ad496e44a1ffadbbd6a0. Put Steam in Offline mode (skip this step if you have the GoG version.)
1. Disable all network connections/interfaces (Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections)
2. Play the game. It should work now.
Some people appear to get "key errors" on Steam when they try this, to which there is no solution at present. (You could try running Steam online, validating the cache, then following steps 0 to 2 above.)
To stop the first time setup from running every time, navigate to \Steam\steamapps\common\witcher 2\ and rename redist to something else (redist_OLD).
This should tide us over until CDPRed fixes it.