My Game Is Not Launching
Hi everyone,
I used to play Warzone a lot in the past without any problems, but I just bought the MW2 single-player campaign yesterday, and now I'm having a really frustrating issue. The game simply refuses to launch, and I get absolutely zero error messages.
When I hit play, the bootstrapper log file shows: "Success launching 'cod22-cod.exe...'". The game process appears in the Task Manager for a few seconds, but then it just completely vanishes. It's a silent crash.
Here is a list of everything I have already tried (none of them worked):
- Tried the rangrid Regedit fix (changing the ImagePath for atvi-randgrid).
- Verified the integrity of game files on Steam multiple times.
- Ran cod.exe directly as Administrator with Steam closed.
- Completely closed all background applications (including peripheral software, mod managers, and audio/spatial sound software).
- Deleted the "Call of Duty" and "Activision" folders in
%localappdata%to clear the cache. - Renamed the "Call of Duty" folder in Documents to reset all configurations.
- Disabled "Full-screen optimizations" in compatibility settings.
- Added the entire game folder to Windows Defender exclusions.
- Disabled Control Flow Guard (CFG) in Windows Exploit Protection specifically for the game's .exe.
Despite all this, the game still silently closes itself right after the bootstrapper finishes. Since Warzone used to work perfectly fine for me before, I'm really confused as to why buying and installing the single-player is causing this now. Has anyone experienced this exact issue or knows what else might be blocking the game from opening?