[2023] Game crashes immediately when launched from steam

If you can run the game but the launcher can't , that's usually a permissions issue.

dowser.exe from Steam\steamapps\common\Europa Universalis IV.
- C:/users//AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive\launcher-v2.2023.9/paradox launcher.exe
- C:/users//AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/bootstrapper-v2.exe

Please set all these files (but NOT eu4.exe) to run as the Windows Admin user. Any better?  

Akshak said: Is there another file that requires administrator privileges ?

No, the launcher only has those three .exe files. I don't know what else could be causing this to you.


Make a new Windows user on this machine and log into it with that. Do you get the same problem there?