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Der Speckmeister 27 Dec, 2012 @ 5:03am
Game refuses to start
Hey there first time ive ever really posted anything like this but anyways.

I just went to load this game up it installed the directX 9 files and such but then it just says im in game but nothing happens, im still on my desktop until I close it via task manager.
So then I try again but now, it just opens it does the same thing but comes up with the CD key box again and again and spams it till steam says the game failed due to it running already.

So I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, GIGABYTE ATI Radeon HD 7870 with latest drivers.
Saw (didnt at the time) it said Windows 2000/XP (something like that?) but then had came here and saw it worked fine on Windows 7 with some people. So is anyone else having this problem? I dont even get a blank screen or anything like that or sound of any kind. Uh if theres anything else I need to add let me know.
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Originally posted by Der Speckmeister:
Alright everyone who comes by here by chance, I've made a guide on how to do what I've said.

You can find it here https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=232575273
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Der Speckmeister 27 Dec, 2012 @ 5:49am 
Alright I fixed it. All I had to do was go to www.gamecopyworld.com look up Rainbow 6 Lockdown and download the 1.9MB - Rainbow Six: Lockdown v1.01 [ENGLISH] No-DVD/Fixed EXE apply it with lockdown exe in the steam folder and it worked fine :D
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Der Speckmeister 27 Dec, 2012 @ 5:55am 
Also another note, before I even started a mission I would get a black screen with sound. I have 2 screens, disabled one and its working perfectly..hopefully if someone else runs into this problem this will help someone out.
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Der Speckmeister 27 Dec, 2012 @ 7:07pm 
Also just tested another theaory, if you absolutely want/need two screens to work while playing, just alt tab out and back in and it should work. Not sure if that counts as having to do it for each level you do but yeah.
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GhosT 23 Feb, 2014 @ 11:41pm 
+1 thanks
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Der Speckmeister 24 Feb, 2014 @ 1:33am 
Originally posted by GhosT:
+1 thanks

Glad its helped someone out.
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BELLI 25 Feb, 2014 @ 5:09am 
does this work?!?
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Der Speckmeister 26 Feb, 2014 @ 3:16pm 
Originally posted by RΞW P4ck4ardb3ll:
does this work?!?
It did for me, thats why I thought I'd share it.
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Der Speckmeister 26 Feb, 2014 @ 3:16pm 
Originally posted by jiaoshouxu:
i m trying!!

How did it go?
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Der Speckmeister 26 Feb, 2014 @ 9:50pm 
Alright everyone who comes by here by chance, I've made a guide on how to do what I've said.

You can find it here https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=232575273
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1Patriot-of-many 15 Aug, 2021 @ 12:44pm 
I've found all the Rainbow 6 games on my win7 computer do the same thing. I go to task manager, close the game, then click on the icon on my desktop and they start. Very strange, having to do it twice to get them started.
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Der Speckmeister 15 Aug, 2021 @ 4:03pm 
Originally posted by 1Patriot-of-many:
I've found all the Rainbow 6 games on my win7 computer do the same thing. I go to task manager, close the game, then click on the icon on my desktop and they start. Very strange, having to do it twice to get them started.
Yeah it is strange, because for some..it works fine...others it does not.
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Ubi Milky  [developer] 26 Aug, 2021 @ 12:37pm 
Hello Bacon, thank you for commenting and in doing so, highlighting your old post with your guide. I have marked it as the thread answer for other players to find too.

As well as the steps that you mention, running our older titles in compatibility mode has been known to fix a myriad of issues (including the game not launching) when playing older games on a newer system too.

We have a guide on how to enable this Windows compatibility mode here if you scroll to the second post >
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/15000/discussions/0/2995422276372573905/

Ubisoft Support
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Der Speckmeister 26 Aug, 2021 @ 4:49pm 
Originally posted by Ubi Milky:
Hello Bacon, thank you for commenting and in doing so, highlighting your old post with your guide. I have marked it as the thread answer for other players to find too.

As well as the steps that you mention, running our older titles in compatibility mode has been known to fix a myriad of issues (including the game not launching) when playing older games on a newer system too.

We have a guide on how to enable this Windows compatibility mode here if you scroll to the second post >
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/15000/discussions/0/2995422276372573905/

Ubisoft Support
Awesome, thank you, I believe I attempted that (its been many years now lol) but had no luck. Some people it just works out of the box, others it didn't. I've yet to try it on my current system since. But I always use to run compatibility first before attempting other things.
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Ubi-Thrupney  [developer] 8 Sep, 2021 @ 5:32am 
Good to hear you've been using the compatibility mode option!

If anyone else runs into this issue, in addition to Bacon's fantastic guide on this, we're often able to help troubleshoot further with the help of some system files[ubi.li] - a DxDiag.txt and an MsInfo.txt. The article I've linked there will show you how to find each of them.

Once you have those files, you can reach out to us via our support website[support.ubisoft.com], or via Facebook PM[ubi.li] or Twitter DM[ubi.li], to send them across, and we'll be able to use them to investigate why the game's not starting up.

- Ubisoft Support
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Der Speckmeister 8 Sep, 2021 @ 10:48pm 
Originally posted by Ubi-Thrupney:
Good to hear you've been using the compatibility mode option!

If anyone else runs into this issue, in addition to Bacon's fantastic guide on this, we're often able to help troubleshoot further with the help of some system files[ubi.li] - a DxDiag.txt and an MsInfo.txt. The article I've linked there will show you how to find each of them.

Once you have those files, you can reach out to us via our support website[support.ubisoft.com], or via Facebook PM[ubi.li] or Twitter DM[ubi.li], to send them across, and we'll be able to use them to investigate why the game's not starting up.

- Ubisoft Support
Thank you :) I'll add this to my guide.
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