Sleeping Dogs won't start up.

Game » consists of 9 releases. First released on Aug 14, 2012

Sleeping Dogs is an open-world action game that tells the story of undercover cop Wei Shen as he infiltrates the ranks of the Triads in Hong Kong.

Sleeping Dogs won't start up.

#1 Posted by thethingaboutmachines (14 posts) - 4 months, 15 days ago

Hello!

Like might others I recently bought Sleeping Dogs on PC when it was being sold for 91% off. I've been trying to get this game to work non-stop since I bought it with no such luck. I've tried every suggestion I could find all over the internet, but nothing has worked. I quite honestly don't even know where to begin with what I tried because I've just been going through lists.

When I launch the game a message pops up saying "Failed to start game (app is already running)". I have a feeling it's because of D3D11Insall telling me "Please Install latest service Pack. For instructions on how to install the latest service pack, see Microsoft knowledge article KB935791". My system is fully updated and my graphics card (AMD) has the 12.11 version because somebody suggested testing out the beta as it worked for him.

I would ask steam, but the last time I asked for help (War Z) they took 4 weeks to get back to me, so you folks are my last hope!

Thanks for reading.

#2 Posted by living4theday258 (586 posts) - 4 months, 15 days ago

you might have to ask steam. the WarZ thing was a shit storm so they might have had a ton of support tickets.

#3 Posted by Funkydupe (2921 posts) - 4 months, 15 days ago

You could try re-installing Microsoft C++ 2010 Redistributable. The first one's used to run 32-bit programs on 64-bit systems, the second one's for 64-bit OS. Installing both won't hurt.

7 32 bit

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... px?id=8328

7 64 bit

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... x?id=13523

#4 Posted by doobie (605 posts) - 4 months, 15 days ago

#5 Posted by thethingaboutmachines (14 posts) - 4 months, 15 days ago

@living4theday258: I've send one now. Hopefully they will get around to this one a little quicker than last time :)

@Funkydupe: I've tried that, but sadly didn't work. I appreciate the advice though!

@doobie: That's Blizzard Support for you.

#6 Posted by Imsorrymsjackson (829 posts) - 4 months, 15 days ago

Mine did the same thing and I just verified the game cache and all was well straight away.

#7 Posted by Xel (77 posts) - 4 months, 15 days ago

What was Vinnys solution? Watch Thundercats, load up Law of the West and some other stuff...

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