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SSG (Ret) Oelschlager

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Arma 3 not opening
« on: March 09, 2015, 04:53:36 PM »
So during last nights op my TFAR was working but then it started to screw with me and i could no longer tab up on the radio(caps lock) then some more TFAR stuff happened so i had to restart my computer.  When I tried to open arma it just wouldn't open.  I can see it running in my task manager but nothing happens.
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SGT (Ret) Falconer

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Re: Arma 3 not opening
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2015, 05:51:13 PM »
Im not very tech savvy, but it sounds like the ARMA exe launches but then neglects to actually start the game. A complete reinstall might be in order.
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R. F. Nelson

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Re: Arma 3 not opening
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2015, 06:02:05 PM »
Have you done both a computer restart, and verifying the cache (if you're running it through Steam)?

SSG (Ret) Oelschlager

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Re: Arma 3 not opening
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2015, 06:15:04 PM »
Yea I have done both still nothing.
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SFC (Ret) M. Brewer

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Re: Arma 3 not opening
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2015, 06:25:59 PM »
This may sound over simplistic...but is Steam running?  If Steam isn't running in the background my Arma won't open.
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SSG (Ret) Oelschlager

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Re: Arma 3 not opening
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2015, 06:44:11 PM »
That's what I thought at first but that's not it.
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G. Knight

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Re: Arma 3 not opening
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2015, 07:03:46 PM »
Have you tried to launch arma in a vanilla state? (Sans mods)

SSG (Ret) Oelschlager

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Re: Arma 3 not opening
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2015, 07:08:44 PM »
Yup
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SSG (Ret) Spinner

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Re: Arma 3 not opening
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2015, 08:17:08 AM »
i've had similar issues. when it happened to me if i ran task manager my arma was in the "background process" and not in the "apps" section where it should be.  i did THIS and it fixed it.  hope you get it worked out.  arma being arma can be a frustrating thing...
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Goldberg

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Re: Arma 3 not opening
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2015, 02:09:07 AM »
If you are running Arma.exe as an administrator, turn that off.

If it is not, start running it as an administrator.

SFC (Ret) M. Brewer

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Re: Arma 3 not opening
« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2015, 09:29:03 AM »
I imagine this has been fixed by now right?  We couldn't do without your mad medic skill for this long!
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SSG (Ret) Oelschlager

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Re: Arma 3 not opening
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2015, 10:36:39 AM »
I imagine this has been fixed by now right?  We couldn't do without your mad medic skill for this long!
yea some days it works some days it doesn't so i don't know.
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