[2022] CK3 crashing when launched, "An error occurred"

Please go here:

Latest supported Visual C++ Redistributable downloads

This article lists the download links for the latest versions of Visual C++ Redistributable packages. support.microsoft.com And run the x86 and x64 installers there.

IF that doesn't help, Has the game ever run OK on this computer? Or never?

IF NEVER:
Install ALL these Microsoft modules:

Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update from Official Microsoft Download Center

www.microsoft.com

Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3 RC from Official Microsoft Download Center

www.microsoft.com

Download DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010) from Official Microsoft Download Center

www.microsoft.com (run dxsetup.exe after extracting this download to its own folder anywhere on your computer)

Add CK3.exe to the exceptions list of your antivirus app; ESPECIALLY if you have Windows Defender, add it to the Ransomware "Apps Allowed Through" list.

If those don't help:

Please attach here your Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3/pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log , exceptions.log  

In the Steam Betas tab for this game is a new 1.7 beta to fix an issue with AVX. Please try that beta, does it help you?  

What happens if you now run ck3.exe directly from File Explorer, any error show then?


Please attach here your Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3/pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/CK3/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log , exceptions.log  

That settings file looks like the game never really started. I don't know why that would be!

My best guess is there is a Windows problem getting in the way here, although I see no sign of what that might be in your dxdiag.


Please install and run the free utility Speccy. Send its output to a text file and attach that here, thanks.  

Sessorach said: Correct, the game has not been able to start under any of the versions I have tried.

I have attached the Speccy output for my computer, let me know if there is any other information I can provide.

As you can see in there, multiple Windows updates are still In Progress or failed since 2020. Whether that's related to this issue or not I'm not sure, but it's not good. If you manually run the Update utility does it find anything to do? If so apply that and reboot.

You should also check for updates to all those Razer drivers and utilities, we've seen some issues with them recently.