When I attempt to open CC, it just refuses to start up. The cursor changes to the hour glass for a second, then nothing. The only way that I can "Fix" this is by restarting, which only helps until CC inevitably bombs out with no error message again, and then refuses to start.

Any idea whats wrong?

*EDIT*

More information. I'm on XP, have added no mods to the game. Tried uninstall/reinstall, same issue. Tried deleting the entire folder, nothing.

Also, installing another copy of CC into a different folder has not worked.

Are you sure it just doesn't start up and you don't realize it? Try doing it and hitting Alt+Tab to see if you can switch to it. If not, that's a rather odd error =/ Usually it would mean one of the very first things to load up in Base.rte is corrupted, but then it would have an abortscreen in the folder* and it would have a message. Plus, you've already reinstalled it, so that's not gonna be it.

*Note: Look inside your Cortex Command folder for any abortscreens

Nope, I can't alt tab to it, doesn't even show up in my processes. There also isn't an abort screen bieng generated, otherwise I'd actually be able to come forward with some more information.

Also, an utterly clean install (Deleted the Data Realms folder) off a different install file is giving me the same error.

Related, and possibly the cause, is that my CC has been very unusually unstable. I say unusual since I see no one else complaining of random crashes with no generated message.

Well, you said you're running Windows XP, but that's not exactly a big clue as to what may be wrong. Do you know what your full specs are? (Hard-drive, RAM, processor speed, all that good stuff) If you're using up a lot of your PC's memory, then there's a good chance CC won't launch properly.

You're sure it's just build 23?

What, as in I uninstalled 22 first then did 23? No mods? Nothing else in the folder? Only build 23 is acting up??

As far as specs go,

Intel core duo, 2.40GHz
3 (Actually 4) gigs ram
187 gig hard drive, 15 free
Radeon HD 2600 XT

Think thats all.

*EDIT*

It seems to me that something goes wrong with the EXE, or XP is just blocking it from opening for some reason, as I tried deleted everything other than the EXE and nothing changed.

The problem is definitely not a hardware one, your PC's specs are nigh identical to mine, only they're a bit better. Check your security settings if you have on an Anti-Virus of some kind, some will not run applications if they don't recognize the publishers (in case of a virus) and you have to manually make them allow you to launch the exe. Though it's odd, I would still expect a security message if that was the problem =/ Can't think of anything else, though.

Done everything. Anti-Virus wasn't doing anything screwy.

I know that CC just likes some computers and some it doesn't, but I didn't think it'd go so far as to refuse to start up. Only build 23 has given me this rather infuriating problem.

So nobody has any idea why this is happening?

Dont double post.


Do you have administrator privileges?

Yep.

It also appears to really dislike certain maps. First signs, for instance nearly always crashes. Grasslands same.

Are you running in a compatibility mode?

No, should I be?

No, but computers can be unpredictable at times and we might as well cover all the bases.

Try installing it to a folder on your desktop.

Ok, tried that. Didn't work, game didn't open. It seems like when it breaks, it really, really breaks.