[2020] Crash on startup (Gamepass ver.)

Sorry about that! Please try these steps that some affected Gamepass users have found helped them:

CK3 "Launching the game failed" XBox Game pass

-V1.0.3 -Windows 10 -Xbox Game pass -No mods -A lot of pain Since yesterday i am having a issue where i am unable to launch the game, it simply states with a red triangle: "Launching the game failed" To give more context, yesterday i... forum.paradoxplaza.com

Unable to launch the game on Xbox Game Pass

For some reason, CK III stopped launching on Xbox Game Pass. Even this morning, it was still working. Now I click on "Play" on the Paradox Launcher, it loads a little, then turns off. Does anyone have a similar problem? forum.paradoxplaza.com
Good luck with that!  

Everyone with Gamepass does not have this issue, I assure you.

And by no means are we saying this is not a game problem; part of my role here is to help people past such problems and those things I pasted have worked for many other users. I am sorry they didn't help you.

There will be a major patch for the game quite soon, hopefully that will do it for you.  

satoru said: ck3.exe
Paradox Launcher.exe
cpatch.exe

I'd add dowser.exe and bootstrapper.exe to that list!