Running The Witcher

Dragon · **Posted:** April 5th, 2009, 11:49 am

Ok, so yesterday I bought The Witcher: Enhanced Edition and I installed it and played it for a little and it worked just fine. Today when I put the disc in, the AutoPlay comes up and I select the run button and it loads for like 5 sec but then nothing happens.

Does anyone know why I can't get the game to start up? It isn't a problem with my computer because I already played it once.

Adbot · **Posted:** April 5th, 2009, 11:49 am

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

If you installed the game, try running it from a shortcut through your Start Menu, Games Explorer, or Desktop, supposing one is there.

Dragon · **Posted:** April 5th, 2009, 1:00 pm

I tried all of those and nothing works. The only way I can actually get it to run is by registering it which brings up a launch game button. But, I really don't want to have to register it each time I want to play.

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

Was looking around, and it's apparently a fairly common problem. People suggest

http://www.techsupportforum.com/gaming-forum/pc-gaming-support/213201-witcher-will-not-start-run-open.html wrote:

1. Update directx here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... d92a3&displaylang=en
2. Donwload and install this hotpatch: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... 9C416&displaylang=en
3. Update patches for the game here: ftp://ftp.download-center.com/internati ... itcherPatch_1.2a.exe
4. Restart.
5. Right click on game icon, go to properties, compatiability and run as administrator.

Dragon · **Posted:** April 5th, 2009, 8:53 pm

Awesome. I'll try all of that out and hopefully it works. Thanks for doing the research on the problem.