Failed to start game (app already running)

**soccerlover10cf** · September 13, 2013, 06:42 PM

So I just got done downloading patch #2 (1.5 beta). I've played for about 20 mins (love the beta patch, btw), exited to windows, and tried playing again.. then I got this message:

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I mean, it's not a big deal because I can play the game again if I restart my computer, but I was just wondering if any of you guys have experienced this problem as well. I didn't have this problem prior to patch #2. Is there any way I can fix this without having to restart my comp?

Thanks.

**Condottiere SOG** · September 28, 2013, 10:33 PM

Good luck with that...

**Paleo** · September 28, 2013, 10:59 PM

go to task manager and close down any rome 2 launcher/application you find ... then just restart rome 2 from steam and it will work

**Condottiere SOG** · September 29, 2013, 02:39 AM

...and when there isn't a rome2 launcher/app in the taskmanager to close down...what then? hmmm?

**cahtush** · September 29, 2013, 02:56 AM

Look at the second page, should be called processes or something.
Look for it there, but be careful about what you close.

**Noif de Bodemloze** · September 29, 2013, 03:03 AM

Sometime it happened for me and I went to task manager, find rome 2 total war launcher > delete/close it and then you can start your game again. Not hard.

**dbgager** · February 14, 2015, 07:22 PM

The fix for this problem is going to the compatibility tab for the Rome2.exe and unchecking run as administrator.

**stevehoos** · February 14, 2015, 08:57 PM

It's bugged, no other games in my steam have ever done this. Only way to close it (if it does not appear in your processes) is to log out of windows. I would say that Rome 2 does this about 5%- 10% of the time.