[2022] WIndows starts to freeze after launching Stellaris

I have no idea what could be causing this to you. Has this always happened since you've had the game? Or it was okay up to some point?


Please do a full **clean** re-install:

- move any valued save games elsewhere, and user_empire_designs.txt from /Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/ if you have made any custom empires or races.
- "uninstall" in Steam-Stellaris
- manually delete both the Steam/SteamApps/common/Stellaris AND Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris folders
- re-install game in Steam, run a Steam Verify when done.
- add stellaris.exe to the exceptions list of your antivirus app; ESPECIALLY if you have Windows Defender, add it to the Ransomware "Apps Allowed Through" list.
- start the game with no mods active and test

In particular you need to make sure there are no files or folders left under either the Steam Stellaris or Documents Stellaris locations, before installing again.


If that doesn't help:
DXDIAG is a program you run from the Windows search box on the task bar. After running it will open a window and start collecting info with a progress bar in the lower-left corner. When it completes click the 'save all information' button and save it to a file then attach that file here.

Please attach here your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/settings.txt and pdx_settings.txt .
From your Documents/Paradox Interactive/Stellaris/logs/ folder, attach here system.log , error.log .  

Interesting, this is the second installation of Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC I've seen this week with problems with our games , I'm not sure I even knew that edition of Windows existed before! I did see it falls out of support this month, and that it gets many fewer Windows patches than a normal consumer edition of Windows; it's apparently intended for "stable" situations like hospitals and so on. I'm sure our games and patches are never tested on it.

Were you at all considering going to Windows 11 ? If so this might be a great time!

Meantime you could try the latest driver for that AMD video:
https://www.amd.com/en/support/apu/amd-ryzen-pro-processors/amd-ryzen-3-pro-4000-series-desktop-processors/amd-ryzen-3-pro

THEN Right click on stellaris.exe , properties, compatibility. Tick "disable fullScreen optimisations" untick every other box in that dialog, Apply and exit.

Then in the launcher Game Settings menu, select fullScreen display mode, Vsync off, refresh rate 60.

Is that any better?