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Tabletop Simulator Crash on Startup: 5 Game-Changing Fixes
Flush out the corruption so you can get back to playing
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Tabletop Simulator is a game that allows players to create digital versions of tabletop games like Chess and poker. Steam users, however, have reported adebilitating errorthat won’t let them launch the title.
The game will immediatelycrash upon startup, making it unplayable. This is a debilitating error that fortunately is pretty easy to fix.
What causes the game to crash on startup?
Before going into the reasons behind the error, it’s important to first understand why it happens. That way, if it does happen again, you recognize the issues and can more easily address them.
How can I stop Tabletop Simulator from crashing on startup?
There are a ton of fixes for this game crashing on startup; some of them are easy to do while others are more complex and take a bit longer to complete. The longer solutions should be considered only after the easy fixes don’t pan out:
1. Verify the integrity of the game’s cache
2. Adjust launch options
This will cause Tabletop Simulator to open with those parameters.
3. Uninstall and reinstall Microsoft Visual C++ 2012
4. Add firewall exceptions
5. Disable fullscreen optimization
Yes, there are several fixes for downloading errors, but there are two that we want to highlight in particular. One is what to do if thedownload queue keeps changing.
What happens is one game will begin downloading, but then suddenly changes to another interrupting the first one. Fixing this involves deleting the Steam download cache.
The other fix is what to do whengame downloads aren’t progressing. We recommend stopping the download if you can, and then immediately update Steam.
Feel free to comment below if you have questions about addressing Steam problems. Also, leave comments about guides you want or information on other gaming issues.
More about the topics:Steam Guides
Cesar Cadenas
Networking & Security Specialist
Cesar has been writing for and about technology going on for 6 years when he first started writing tech articles for his university paper. Since then, his passion for technology blossomed into a prosperous writing career. He first started writing about tech in the entertainment world and would later move on to write about smart life tech and social media. He was recently a Technical Writer for tech company Extron where he wrote user guides for audio and video equipment.
He has since moved on to being a freelance writer looking to have a career in copywriting and hopes to share his love and knowledge of technology with the world. Recently, Cesar has written for the cryptocurrency news site, BTCPro and helping people understand tech.
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Cesar is a tech expert passionate about Windows, Microsoft, and anything surrounding the world of PCs.
