Why won't Skyrim start? [duplicate]

So, I've got Skyrim downloaded and everything, my computer more than meets the requirements and when I go to press the play button on the startup window nothing happens.

I've updated my video card drivers, updated my firewall setting, and searched google for any related problems people are having with the game. The only thing that I can find is that people are having the game crash due to some sound problem.

Well, I would try some of the solutions to that problem but my game won't even start at all.

Any ideas?

Solution 1:

Basic steps to take:

• Reboot your computer, and try to run it
• If it fails and you can hear sound, update video card drivers.
• If it fails and you can see video but no sound, update sound drivers.
• If it fails and you see nothing, uninstall the game, reboot, reinstall the game. Reboot after install and try again.
• If it still fails, and you are on Vista or Win7, dig through your program files and find the executable, and right click->properties->advanced->run as administrator. Then try to run it again from the desktop/steam shortcut.
• If none of the above work, I recommend you contact their support.

Solution 2:

Have you overclocked your GPU(s)? If so, remove it (the overclock) and try again. I had a similar problem and it was my OC which was killing it.

Solution 3:

I worked on this for like two days and this is how I got it to work:

1. When you download Steam, create a folder in something other that Programs (86)...so create a folder in your C drive
2. After installation, if it still doesn't load when you click on Play do the following...
3. Go to your Steam Folder
4. Click on Steam Apps
5. Click Common Folder than Skyrim
6. Right click on Skyrim Launcher go into properties and run as Administrator

Once you have done that, click on Skyrim Launcher again and you should be good!