I can't get past the opening splash screen when I try to start playing Skyrim

Solution 1:

I've fixed it. Steps for those who are having the same problems :

1. Close steam (right click on the system tray icon and choose exit)
2. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\ or whatever folder your steam is installed
3. Go to Steam/steamapps/common/skyrim/Skyrim
4. Delete (or move to desktop to avoid issues if it does not work) the SkyrimPrefs.ini file
5. Open Steam and go to : Library > Skyrim > Right Click > Properties > Local Files > Verify Integrity of Game cache
6. It will download a "missing" file, 22MB or something
7. Ready to play

I hope this helps other people with the same problem!

Solution 2:

I tried all of the above plus removing any mods I could find but still no joy. In the end I had to uninstall, delete the Skyrim folder with any mods in it and reinstall. It's working fine now - minus the mods of course. It had been working fine previously with the mods, but the update must have conflicted with some files.