

Exit Steam and remove the Paradox Launcher from the Add/Remove programs menu (Windows) and then start the game again.Run the game.exe file directly from the installation directory (this will circumvent the launcher all together).Exit Steam and start it as Administrator (right click Steam.exe > Run as administrator).If none of the above first steps work please try the following: Make sure that both Steam and the game is installed on the same partition, preferably your C:.If it's in your quarantined list please restore the file and try again. Check your anti virus programs quarantine section as we've found that occasionally the bootstrapper file gets falsely flagged as a virus.Make sure steam.exe and the games.exe file are on the allowed list for both Windows Defender and your anti virus program.If you're experiencing issues with your launcher when you try and run a game from Steam please try the following solutions:
