Sincethe hotfix last night, age of empires just won't launch. I've literally done everything. Restarted PC, reatarted steam, verify integrity of files, clear download cache, updated windows to current, updated drivers to current, re-installed aoe2, re-installed steam, checked firewall, all of the above multiple times. YesNo Replies (4) as per above. have installed age of empires 2 on my windows 10 computer, but when opening the game a pop up asks for permission, i Ageof Empires II: Definitive Edition > Tech Issues & Support > Topic Details. Jorge S Feb 5, 2022 @ 12:14pm. Can't play in Windows 11. Anyone else with the same problem? I reinstalled Steam, AoE DE, created a new user, and nothing, i click Play, it stays thinking for a bit, and then nothing. Showing 1 - 3 of 3 comments. AfterI start the game runs for about 3 or 10 minutes, then it freezes; I can't see why. There's no dialogue window or anything, it doesn't close the application or so, it just freezes and doesn't run anymore. I close it and relaunch it, but same thing, just works fine for a couple of minutes before it freezes again. Please, help. < > Howto get Age of Empires II to work under Windows 10 I am trying to run Age of Empires: Age of Kings undwer Windows 10 This game seems install properly - Opencommand prompt and run the following commands Re-initializing the windows installer engine: Msiexec /unregister. Msiexec /regserver. Do these if you have a 64-bit copy of Windows: `C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ `C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe \regserver` 2. Check the permissions on the Butthen it doesn't install anything, I can't see the progress. After a while this window just disappears. I tried it several times, this happened all the time. when I click on Play, I have 2 options: Play Age of Mythology: Extended Edition Play Age of Mythology (Bypass Laucher) It doesn't matter which one I pick, I get the same result. HaladonApril 30, 2021, 1:47am 4. Given that this game has windows 10 as a minimum requirement and Microsoft has been phasing out fullscreen exclusive since the introduction of windows 10. (For example D3D12 doesn’t even support fullscreen exclusives anymore.) I see no hope of a solution for you. Having said that, try turning off Afterupgrade to Windows 10 20H2, Age of Empires III Definitive Edition won't start anymore. I have 3 PCs on which I have AOE III DE installed, and I have the same issue on all 3 PCs. I tried, reset, reinstall, and also some and some services ends and starts, as suggested on some forums, but none worked. What happens? Navigateor search for the Graphics Settings system settings panel on your machine. Select Universal App from the drop-down. Select Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition from the second drop-down menu. Now go to Options and choose High Performance . Save the settings and re-launch the game. FBPkD.