Are we still having launcher issues with Win 11?

[billybgame]

Hadn't played in awhile, but game worked last I knew....although was still trying to get EUI working. So go to start a new game and it acts like starting then just aborts and Play button appears again in Steam

Have also had some other issues probably since recent forced Win updates. I miss those days when you could turn off updates..........

Anyhow so wondering what is up? It doesn't look like same hang up from months back

FYI I run "legacy" and as said just put EUI into my Assets folder. No other mods.

Edit: I verified file integrity and voila it worked....think have EUI finally going also...sure seems so. However...odd things like resource icons double up in view and flood plains have some new icon....only have just started but not sure what these are all about.

 

[zenmaster]

Yes, the executables are a problem after the latest Win 11 update.

From reddit--

What's happening​

When clicking 'Play', Steam will try to update the Civilization V executable files, which is necessary due to the removal of the 2K launcher. However, this process will fail most of the time, because it will not update all 3 necessary executables (sometimes, it doesn't update any of them). This will prevent the game from launching.

Fix​

1. Go to the Civilization V folder on your PC (in Steam: Select Civilization V in your library -> Gear icon -> Manage -> Browse local files).
2. In this folder, there are three executables named CivilizationV.exe CivilizationV_DX11.exe and CivilizationV_Tablet.exe (there's also a fourth one called Launcher.exe which you can ignore). These are the three executables which need to be updated by Steam.
3. Remove these three executables completely.
4. After removing the executables, go to Steam and verify the game files (select Civilization V in your library -> Gear icon -> Properties -> Installed Files -> Verify integrity of game files). This process will re-download the three executables. Note: the game won't work yet, this is just a way to keep track of the updating process.
5. After verifying the files, you should see the three executables again in the Civilization V folder. Take note of the time at which these files were modified, which will make the next steps a bit easier. Keep this folder open for now.
6. Now, try to launch the game normally via Steam. You can select any of the DirectX versions.
7. When the game is being launched, pay attention to the Civilization V folder and look for any changes to the executables. Sometimes you will see that one of the three executables will be updated. You can verify this by looking at the time at which an executable got modified; if the file is newer than the previously downloaded executables, it has been updated.
8. Wait until you can press 'Play' again.
9. Repeat steps 6-8 until all three executables have been updated. (For me this took 10-15 tries).
10. When all three executables have been updated, you can launch the game again and it should boot right up.

Tips​

• If you successfully managed to update one or two of the executables, but the last one doesn't want to update: Copy the updated executables to a place that you can find them again, then do steps 1-9 again. The goal is to let Steam also update the remaining executable. When that happens, you can copy the two earlier updated executables back to the Civilization V folder. The game should now boot.
• I tried to untick the mark next to the 'Read-only' box inside the properties of the folder while performing these steps. Not sure if this actually worked, but if none of the executables are being updated, you can try to do the same by right-clicking on an empty area in the Civilization V folder -> Properties -> untick the 'Read-only' check inside the General tab.