so far I have tried solutions i found on YouTube to try fixing this issue I have been searching on the discussions did some things that helped other people and I cant get it working if anyone has any kind of solution to help me get this working again i would be grateful...

Run the game, when it asks for dx9, 11, or touch choose touch.

I believe if anything it is windows 11 update holding it back. was working briefly with launcher removal then was hit with win 24h2 and now it's not working at all. 5500hours in this game and it aint acting right. weird to still see 15000 people playing so might be isolated, is why i dated thread in title. windows 11 i9 14900k 32 gb...

It won't launch

After trying every suggestion here and elsewhere, some in combinations where it made sense, this is what worked for me (Win 11): The change (changes?) I made which now has the game starting every time (from the Steam library) was the disabling of "Check apps and files", located at Windows Security/home. (Search "Windows Security", select "App & browser control", select "Reputation-based protection settings", disable "Check apps and files"). Be aware that this also disables "Smart app control". You should ...