Here’s how one gamer describes this issue: If you can’t launch Street Fighter 5, follow the troubleshooting steps listed in this article to solve the problem.
How to fix Street Fighter V launch issues
1. Add Street Fighter V to your antivirus’ exceptions list
One of the reasons why you can’t launch Street Fighter 5 is because the game conflicts with your antivirus and security programs. Many players confirm that adding ST5 to your antivirus’ exceptions list fixes this problem. It appears that Windows Defender, Security Essentials, AVG and Avast Antivirus often have false positives on the external SFV launcher.
2. Install the latest Windows and driver updates
Make sure that your computer has all the necessary resources to properly run this game. Install the latest OS updates available, as well as the latest graphics driver updates.
3. Restart your PC, run both Steam and SFV as an Administrator
This might help, as well. The first thing you should do is reboot your PC. After that, right-click on both Steam’s and SFV’s shortcuts respectively, and open Properties. In the Compatibilty tab, check the “Run this program as an administrator” box and confirm changes.
4. Verify the integrity of the game cache
For a step-by-step guide, check out the steps we provided below:
5. Perform a clean boot
6. Disable IPv6
You can use this workaround to fix both ST5 launch issues, as well as random crashes:
7. Unplug all the peripherals
Unplug all the peripherals from your computer, launch ST5 and then plug them back in. This helped some users as there’s seemingly an issue with We hope that the solutions listed above helped you to fix Street Fighter 5’s launch issues. If you’ve come across other workarounds to fix this problem, you can list the troubleshooting steps in the comment section below.
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