Won't run in Windows 8

[RichyV]

Hey all,

anyone else come across this problem?

'Upgraded' to Windows 8 and now RS2013 won't run at all. Never had a problem like this, so I've tried Verifying the Game Cache which came back with 400-odd file problems and re-downloaded those (I'm sure these would have been AP sound files anyway) but still no-go.

I initially get the "Launching" box to appear but when this goes nothing else happens - it's just like it doesn't run in Win8 but I know others are working OK so I guess that's not the case. I'm a little stumped if I'm honest...

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[doncaster40]

Have you tried right clicking on the shortcut and choosing RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR? I believe W8 may be strangling it. Hope this helps/works for you. Mark

[ashgray]

Hi Richy

Whereabouts on your hard drive do you have RS2013 installed?

Ash

[gougha]

Hi.

Not sure what the problem is in this case but I have it running on win 8 and it doesnt need to be run as administrator. I installed win 8 on a clean hard drive instead of upgrading and then reinstalled railworks. Everything has worked well so far.

Regards

Andy

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[RichyV]

Hi.

thanks all for trying to help.

Seems there is a DirectX problem with my install of Win8 as FSX isn't working either...

I'll keep digging on the internet to see if I can fix it without a full re-install of Windows...

Thanks again!

[lenfish]

If you look in the Railworks folder you will find a folder called Install. Within this is the DirectX9 folder. Try running DXsetup.exe in this folder, which should install the required DirectX components for Railworks. If this fails, try running vcredist_x86.exe found in the Install folder. I had similar problems to you and running vcredist solved them.

Regards,

Len

[RichyV]

Yes, having seen a similar problem some years ago when using the original RailSimulator, I remembered this solved it for me then.

Sadly this time there was no change when I tried it.

[oldowl]

Hi,
In google just type directx and you can download direct from microsoft.

[RichyV]

Hi,

thanks, yes tried that already and, eventhough it did change/add some files, it didn't fix the prob.

I think my Win8 install could be corrupt...

[ashgray]

As I asked earlier, whereabouts on your hard drive do you have RS2013 installed?

Ash

[RichyV]

Sorry Ash, as I've already decided that it's my Win8 install (as other games are also non-playable) I didn't think to reply...

All of my programs are installed on a separate drive; F:

[gptech]

All of my programs are installed on a separate drive; F:

Physically separate or on a partitioned single HDD?

[ashgray]

Sorry Richy, the reason I asked was just to ascertain whether you had installed it to the "Program Files" or "Program Files (x86) folders. If so, that might have explained your problem.

Ash

[RichyV]

Physical disk.

Don't think I've partitioned a drive since 2005-ish

Even then I only really used partitioning to have multi-os systems, but with VM's being more technologically advanced than they used to be, I don't even do this now.

[RichyV]

No need to apologise, Ash.

I'm grateful for any help offered (but I do really think that the Win8 install is a dud...)