[2020] Paradox Launcher won't install

There is no dedicated forum for launcher support, but there are threads about it here:

Paradox General Discussion

For anything relating to Paradox! Please note though that game specific questions or help requests should be posted in the games own forum. forum.paradoxplaza.com The whole point of the launcher is to only have one installation of it, which every recent (EU4 and later) game shares.

Please try this:

- exit the Steam app entirely
- uninstall Paradox Launcher v2 from the Windows "Apps and features" utility, if still present.

Delete the following folders if still present:

- C:/users//AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users//AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users//AppData/Roaming/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
To see the AppData folder you'll need to enable View Hidden Items in File Explorer.

- run steam.exe as the Windows Admin user

- run the game from the PLAY button in Steam

IF that doesn't help, in this folder are some .log files:
C:/users//AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
Please attach them here.

Note that you can run stellaris.exe directly from Windows Explorer, which bypasses the launcher.