COD MW3 NOT LAUNCHING STEAM [FIXED] | Fix Modern Warfare 3 Not Launching PC

[@prototype.00]

It’s ridiculous that I gotta be doing this shit

[@LastErrorFixer]

Optimization problems can be understood at first when such big aaa games are first released. Let's see how fast activision will be.After all, it's a $ 70 game.

[@NSF_T4]

Literally

[@MrPlayDay]

@@LastErrorFixer ive been having issues with cod on pc ever since MW2, its a joke. Game will never launch when first installed, then when it finally works, i have other issues with graphics, fps, and installing shaders every time i launch the game. It's a complete joke.

[@Bxttle9090]

i agree, these things should just work. These companies need to get their shit together!

[@Ender79802]

Me too, i had to purchase it from blizzard because didn't work on steam​@@MrPlayDay

[@claudiucruciug1846]

I fixed it by using the first step, thank you very much, been struggling with this for almost a week now

[@Mac_Taviish]

its insane this is still an issue today. I remember this being an issue for myself for months, man. I'm now experiencing it all over again after upgrading my GPU. Big thanks to this gentlemen for helping us all out. Experiences like this prevent my younger brother from wanting to get into PC gaming. So much hassle

[@iluvpookie4]

Thank u lord, My game wouldn't for at least the past year. This worked now I can play it again

[@Seth00737]

Everyone make sure you have windows media feature pack. Just installed it and my cod now works

[@andrefrancis1638]

Worked a treat for me mate. Thank you very much.

[@DEVDHVND]

Don’t know if this has been listed in the comments yet or not but for me, I had to uninstall a Controller re-mapping program that I used for a different game call of duty completely blocks it so even if it’s installed and not running, it will automatically close the gameto uninstall the remapping software completely, including all its config and profile files and then restart your PC and it should run. That’s what worked for me.

[@KampzOnXbox]

this helped me, although I ALSO had to follow the comment right above yours from @SHAUNASOUR, "... making sure to UN check the administrator but checking disable fullscreen opt.".

[@J4ckL33R1pp3r]

So what do you do if have exhausted all solutions. Even the 3 in this video. The game still doesnt launch in Steam but heres the kicker. A few days ago was working just fine and I was playing it. Nothing has changed I have gotten no new updates on my PC to cause an issue. So now after wasting saved CoD points on a battle pass I can no longer play and CoD Support has yet to reach back to me. Im pissed to a point of refunding it from Steam on a game I enjoy and was loving the new Zombies.

[@irxssxp]

you fixed it?

[@uprclassable]

Did you ever fix this

[@okidokiHPTC]

battlenet launcher works fine for me

[@md-vl3lm]

A week iam trying to solve the issue with reinstalling the game twice..update all driver...doing all method entire ways in youtube video but none of that is works for me.. But just now by "deleting Call of duty folder in the document" with "setup Use default (On) in WINDOWS SECURITY" the problem solve like a charm ....thankyou bro ....

[@XIIAN]

Fixed it for me with validating (had 37 files corrupted) thanks

[@Dzeko_87]

The thing that worked for me is that I formated windows 10 and installed windows 11 !!!! that's all I had to do. I didn't have to do all these browsing, setting compatibily, loading as administrator etc... I tried all that on windows 10 and nothing worked for me. Yesterday I was installing windows 11, did all the windows updates, updated game drivers, I did all the simple things we usually do after installing new operating system. So, I hope this info can help someone out there !! Go and upgrade your system to windows 11 and see if it works for you. (of course save all of your important files on some other disks first)

[@victorchatillon5480]

Personally it did work for me, tanks a lot

[@r4zvi]

There's no compatibility option when I go to change the settings in the files. I'm on Windows 11

[@GermanKickboxer]

Step 1 worked but reset all of my in game settings. 😓

[@JordanYTT]

Step 1 worked thanks!

[@Ahsmic]

if your properties are not showing how in the video rename cod application to cod.exe instead of cod

[@wesleywilson1209]

fixed my game. thank you!!

[@murrfect]

Solution 1 fixed my launching issue. Thanks for the video!!

[@jaydot888]

I did that but it still won’t launch for me

[@basom1332]

same

[@xxfirehexx1632]

@@jaydot888 found a fix?

[@davidfofah6649]

I had to come back… thank you so much!!!! It worked finally

[@Abed1984]

It worked for me. Thanks a lot.

[@amarishareef1076]

BRO IS A W MAN..

[@stejothepisto]

Honestly why the fuck do I need to change 50 settings to launch a game. It's so incredibly stupid it's not even funny.... Not mad at you, just the developers

[@PandaFN628]

there is no cod.exe file for me

[@iluvpookie4]

it'll just be cod without the exe that's what mine looked like

[@ronaldthans7972]

mine is showing only cod not .exe

[@zitrogalex2919]

Just factory reset deleting everything and start fresh. It worked for me

[@dailyvalorantdose4600]

first solution worked thanks

[@caseyclayholcomb]

Preordered mw3 just for it not to work on the campaign early access (still isn’t working) I’ve been trying to get it to work for soo soo long I’m really hoping that moving the game will work, this is my last hope. Everything i’ve done hasn’t worked. I just don’t have time to be messing with it, wish me luck.

[@nahizbabar2754]

so does anything worked for youu or not?

[@LordofAshesFR]

Hello, I have the error "directx fatal error" when starting the game, I have to do the same thing as your video?

[@nishantdaroch8034]

Thanks it worked!!

[@rNahv]

Just in case this did not work for any of you make sure to uninstall ReWASD because I assume that Activision sees it as a cheat and that prevents the game from running. I did this and I was struggling with this issue for a while.

[@knbh1577]

How

[@rNahv]

@@knbh1577 I’m not sure but same for Anybting by EA such as Apex. You can’t play Apex because it’ll just kick you out of a match each time you try to play, and will say something about “Anti cheat”, while you have ReWASD installed so it’s best to just uninstall it.

[@BertalanChromicsek]

Some quick questions. My cod.exe file size is 412,173kb yours is 496,752kb. Why is this difference? There is another PC in this room and the game runs on it without these modifications. The two PC are identical. The game first start up to the "checking for updates" window then requests a restart that never happen -> crash. Then if it goes further then it requests to accept the Terms&Conditions then restart that fails. How many times I must accept the terms&conditions? So far I did it 16 times in two days since I bought the game in Steam. This game/Steam has huge issue to record setups. Also, due the sfc /scannow and the steam file verification, there is no corrupted file in the PC.

[@derekburchby1500]

Still not launching after doing step 1 and 2. I've tried redoing teh settings and still nothing... Anyone recent still having troubles?? Help :(

[@JotaroKujo-wf2ty]

Aight COD HQ sometimes runs now, but the problem is it keeps giving me the No Internet, or it wants me to restart or close the game. Any solution?? I know internet ain't the problem coz I've been playing Apex without a problem

[@jessefarias1507]

I was having an issue with mw3 failing to log on to steam on launch , how I fixed it , I ran a validation check on the files through steam that check determined there was 70 corrupted files and we added to the queue to be downloaded again took 2 minutes and boom game fixed

[@ryderthibodeau3386]

Finally two days I got it what it was for me is making sure to UN check the administrator but checking disable fullscreen opt.

[@KampzOnXbox]

this helped me finally get it started.

[@Faithfps]

The only legit fix that worked for me was downclocking my cpu from 5.5-6ghz to 5.0ghz max and now the game works with no crashes at all. I was constantly getting directx errors.

[@snakeeyes-di5zn]

how do you down clock

[@ibrahimkouachi5004]

Thank you so much ❤

[@MrManrs1]

None of these solutions worked.

[@rodriblok12]

Thanks my friend! Now I can play without much problem ::)

[@Abdulllah.90]

I end up to uninstall the game for multiple times & Still having same issue ..

[@davidriadmamoun8109]

Same for me

[@mr_dxxd4639]

same here too, any solution to this please ??@@davidriadmamoun8109

[@Abdulllah.90]

After multiple re-installation for the game , I re-install windows & I end up with new problem which is Cant connect to server, After that i tried different VPNs , finally it worked.

[@yashparab2710]

​@@Abdulllah.90which vpn did you used andwhich server

[@Sublime-px1we]

I found the solution, just update the drivers and restart the computer and turn and play

[@EJIC11]

Thanks it worked omg 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@nahizbabar2754]

my game is still not launching bro... when I press play on steam it just does not start without showing any error. and also it does not appear in the task manager.

[@Adreze.]

Fix ?

[@Gachimon2000]

If you guys did the solution 1 and it still doesnt launch. Try to undo all the changes you did to the cod.exe. It worked for me somehow

[@sultanalbalushi4457]

Thanks Bro That Worked for me i just undo all what i did on code.exe

[@quackey90]

i dont have a documents folder on the left side of the screen

[@Sa1yajiN]

Can you help fix mine? So, I can open upto Call of Duty HQ launcher but as soon as i click MW2 Multiplayer, it just restarts and goes back to the same position.

[@joshuas6183]

did u get it fixed

[@time2drow13]

thankyou brother ❤❤❤❤

[@david1621]

Also remember to check your RAM usage 8 gigs is not enough the game uses about 15 gigs of ram

[@m.rhalfmampf3308]

delet de chache ordner dan gehts wieder Jungs

[@isaiahholmes7874]

why is that file not there for me

[@JoaoVictor-jj6lk]

thanks mate!!

[@munikovie8797]

Solid video. Helped my issue. Had to move to different drive.

[@Athetradic]

Wym different drive?

[@munikovie8797]

@@Athetradic Changed drives from my "C:" drive to my "D:" drive.

[@Athetradic]

Thanks !

[@Athetradic]

You just moved the folder to another drive? Or was it more complicated?

[@munikovie8797]

@@Athetradic followed the steps in the video for steam moving the drives. It's near the end.

[@thetruth44444]

It worked thanks

[@HowieLop]

Didn't work

[@tarmizibrute9580]

same here bruhh

[@ordinarypeerson]

same

[@bader5660]

same

[@bskwtx8427]

Same

[@Donda.dev-_-]

Same

[@Dekaru_]

Months later and they still have the same problem... Interesting how they don't give a shit. They want 70$ for a game it should start when you click play. Unininstalled...

[@Luis-np8jl]

it doesnt work for me what should i do

[@DembegBoodes]

ive been trying for 3 days, dont work

[@Kuglef]

Thanks yo a lot!

[@cote1238]

At least 10 crashed COD over 15 games. My system, B450 Gigabyte DH3, Ryzen 3700x, RX7600, 32 ram, nvme 256g, ssd460gb. Win10 What i did: 1. Update Bios 2. Update Chipset Drivers 3. Update Windows 10 to 11 4. Move COD from SSD disk to nvme ssd. 4. Steps 1 to 3 I did more than 30 matches witout crashes. Good Luck. Thanks a lot for the tutorial

[@mauricetenkanen9422]

Just tur off run as administrator, that hinders it all boxes there should be empty

[@evileye2051]

i do every step but not fixxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@sythcat]

What do I do if it only says COD and not Cod.exe

[@LastErrorFixer]

cod and cod.exe files are the same.

[@bannanaduck-c1d]

10/10 vid

[@PJ-wg6wq]

I only have a C drive…..

[@bloodytroopergameing5055]

didnt work for me at all

[@flashnite402]

bruh nothing ever works for me

[@dopehousex3]

Game will load go to intro then crash

[@ICEM4N6]

I officially give up on this game, I'll just unninstall it and free some space for some other game.

[@olivierplayer1633]

i just reinstaled windows on my rog ally and after it worked .

[@kevincanup6615]

none of these helped. Ive tried on blizzard and the same thing

[@qzlvlzp]

none of these worked now what?

[@alexandergudym8337]

does not work for me.

[@easywayguides]

If you use rewasd or any similar softwares uninstall it

[@Dingleberry115.W.T]

76 corrupted files thank you

[@santiagogutierrez8332]

Crazy how none of these worked for me hate this fucking game

[@basom1332]

thanks

[@Island_Bag]

Insane 50k people can’t play this ass game

[@Silence1_]

uninstall rewasd happened to a lot of people today

[@nathansweeting167]

hahaha get em

[@teooo__]

Wait so can I reinstall rewasd afterwards?

[@Phazu_Official]

Still not fixed

[@ope7092]

I dont have the cod.exe file wtf?

[@LastErrorFixer]

it can be only "cod" .

[@ope7092]

@@LastErrorFixer I went through 3 KZbin vids and 4 Reddit threads and still couldn’t get mine to work. Called Steam tech support and they were dumbfounded too. I just got my refund for the game back. Fuck Cod.

[@thatguybutterfly]

How did you get in touch with Steam Tech Support @@ope7092

[@jaydot888]

@@ope7092 what number did you call them at?

[@Guhrillaa]

@@LastErrorFixerI can’t find my steam file, what do I do

[@Doboxik]

none of these worked

[@Ender79802]

100% doesn't work

[@passimeng167]

Nice

[@brunadonna3309]

I dont even have the cod.exe file what the fuckk

[@edgar4531]

Im lost asf

[@abrarishfaqmridha4168]

Nothing worked its a piece of fake

[@smoke_boi334]

Failed smh

[@GrimReaper-mv9ci]

I can play every games besides this shit call of duty this crazy every games runs like smooth and butter,

[@Zypher013]

tried all of them none worked what a shit game

[@lllillliiiiiiillliill7974]

Did nothing at all. Fuck this game

[@kousha_R9882]

Only moving to the ssd drive worked for me . I've found out I should never purchase cod on steam . Instead of that battle net is so easy and doesn't have these bullshit solutions. Sometimes somebody have free storage shortage for the ssd and nothing else he can do

[@Phazu_Official]

I deleted the game from battlenet cuz not launching and now same shit on steam

[@kousha_R9882]

@@Phazu_Official I haven't found any solution for this rediculous problem. Thought battlenet is always better even creating a backup data was so much easier let alone launching. I think SSD is the only solution.

[@Restart-Gaming]

Here is yet another crappy video on a fix that does not work and why in the hell would I fix AAA broken 70 dollar game I play loads of game have 90 games in my steam all load up but this one not and its the most that cost me but lucky was able to get a refund with hours of buying the game good luck on the new crappy AAA game coming out

[@Wgamer8848]

BRO I DONT HAVE EXE

[@LastErrorFixer]

cod and cod.exe are the same thing.

[@bannanaduck-c1d]

tyyyyyy

[@Frikkie_Diesel]

POES

[@williamfoss5704]

cod.exe is not there for me

[@bader5660]

Reinstall then

[@A-AronGamer]

did not work.