For some odd reason I've been receiving a notification when I tried to start up Arma 3, and it's been saying "Unable to initialize launcher. Launcher will close. Reason: [-103] Unknown." {F27071}
Description
Description
Details
Details
- Legacy ID
- 1058054913
- Severity
- None
- Resolution
- Open
- Reproducibility
- Always
- Category
- Launcher
Steps To Reproduce
Start the game without any launch parameters.
Additional Information
It will let me start Arma 3 when I put in the parameters "-nolauncher". But it won't let me start up the game without it. I've tried deleting and reinstalling the game three times, validating the cache only to have it say everything is verified and it still won't start up, and I've tried to look online to find a solution. But have come to an end, and have decided to file a report.
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Hello,
thank you for reporting the issue. Could you please upload the Launcher logs? They might contain more information about the cause of the error. The guide to obtain the logs is here: http://arma.jiripolasek.com/howtos.html
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Hello,
the message is caused by the following error:
System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'SteamLayerWrap.dll' or one of its dependencies. is not a valid Win32 application. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700C1)
This error is usually result of corrupted libraries and one of the following steps should fix the issue:
- Uninstall the Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable package (x86 version), restart your computer and install the package again (do not use the Repair function; you can install it again from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784).
- Run the Windows System File Check tool to repair corrupted system files (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833).
- To identify the precise DLL that is causing an issue, download a 32-bit version of the Microsoft Dependency Walker and open arma3.exe with it. The libraries with a red icon are the corrupted ones. (http://www.dependencywalker.com/)
- Re-install the .NET Framework 4.5 or 4.6 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48130).