ETS 2 does not start on Windows 10

Euro Track Simulator 2 is still popular with computers. Now this game is most often started on the PC running Windows 10. However, it does not always work successfully, since there are problems with compatibility or there are other reasons affecting the correctness of the application functioning. We offer in order to get acquainted with the following options in order to make the most effective way to quickly choose.

Method 1: Checking Compatibility Mode

First of all, we want to pay attention to the compatibility mode with the previous version of Windows. Euro Track Simulator 2 came out back in 2012 and initially there were no and speech about optimization with Windows 10, since this version of the OS did not even exist. In the future, developers have released updates, highlighting compatibility with a new operating system, so possessors of the licensed version of the game purchased through Steam, you can skip this method. If you downloaded a repack from a third-party site, follow these steps:

1. Lay the label to start the game and click on it by PCM by selecting the "Properties" item in the appeared context menu.



2. Next, move to the Compatibility tab.



3. We propose to automatically select parameters for starting, so remove the checkboxes from all items located in this tab if they are present.



4. Then click on the button "Run a compatibility problem tool."



5. Expect the end of the scan.



6. In the menu with the options appeared, select "Use Recommended Parameters".



7. You will be notified of the change in settings. Next is proposed to test them by clicking on "Check the program".

If Euro Track Simulator 2 has been successfully running, you can close the game and apply current changes to the next time the opening was made with already specified compatibility parameters. Otherwise, cancel the setting and proceed to the following methods of today's article.

Method 2: Updating Video Card Drivers

Recommendation for updating the video card drivers is found in almost every article, which is associated with solving problems when starting any games. This is due to the fact that the software of graphic adapters directly affects the correctness of the functioning of applications and additional libraries related to them. The lack of recent file versions can cause conflicts, so in this case we also advise you to check the availability of driver updates for the video card used by the available methods. If they are found, install them and proceed to the control of EURO Track Simulator 2.

Read more: Ways to update video card drivers on Windows 10

Method 3: Installing additional libraries

Additional Windows components required for the normal operation of most programs can be attributed to Visual C ++, .NET Framework and DirectX. When unpacking these libraries, a variety of different files, allowing software and games normally start and functioning. For ETS 2, the most important component is Visual C ++, however, two others are also important, so you should make sure that all versions of these libraries are installed on the computer, and adding them when necessary.

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Read more: How to update .NET Framework

As for DirectX, its files of all versions by default are present in Windows 10, so they do not need to be downloaded and installed separately. However, during interaction with the operating system, some objects may lose or occur any failures affecting the work of the library. In such situations, it is often necessary to reinstall and add missing files by manually. We advise you to return to this recommendation only if the following methods do not bring due results, as it will take not only a lot of time, but there are no guarantees of the effectiveness of the work of such actions.

Read more: Reinstalling and adding the missing DIRECTX components in Windows 10

Method 4: Setting the latest Windows updates

The next universal method is to test updates for OS. It is important to maintain urgent state in order to avoid all possible conflicts associated with the lack of important system files. From the user only required to install automatically found updates or run them search independently, which is done like this:

1. Open the "Start" and go to the "Parameters" menu by clicking the gear icon.



2. In the menu that appears, select "Update and Security".



3. Run the update check by clicking on "Check availability of updates".

If you will be found during the update scan, immediately install them, restart the system and proceed to checking the Euro Track Simulator performance 2. Additional information on the implementation of this method and solving possible problems can be found in the materials further.

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Installing Windows 10 Updates

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Method 5: Checking the integrity of the game files

This option is suitable exclusively to the owners of the game Euro Track Simulator 2, which was purchased on the Steam shopping area. This application has an option that allows you to check the integrity of the game files and restore lost or damaged objects if it is necessary. Let's figure out how the verification operation is started.

1. Open Steam and use the "Library" section through the top panel.



2. In the list of applications, find Euro Track Simulator 2. Click on the Right-click line and find the "Properties" item in the context menu.



3. Move to the Local Files tab.



4. Here you are interested in the "Check the integrity of the game files".

Now it will be launched checking the integrity of the game files. You need to wait for the end of this procedure to familiarize yourself with its results. If any objects are fixed, make the EURO Track Simulator 2 again and check the performance of the application.

Method 6: Enable Windows Components

We continue the process of identifying possible solutions to the problem with ETS 2 work in Windows 10, stopping on the inclusion of additional components of Windows 10, which are activated by default in previous builds of the operating systems of this family. In our case, sometimes they have to activate themselves. This operation is performed literally in several clicks.

1. To do this, open the "Start" and click the "Parameters" icon.



2. Go to the "Applications" section.



3. Run down the list where you click on the "Parameters and Components" inscription.



4. Through the left panel, move to "Enable or disable Windows Components".



5. Expect the end of downloading all menu items.



6. Mark all the settings associated with the .NET Framework.



7. Then go down below and check the box near the "components of previous versions".

After applying the changes, we advise you to restart the computer to update the configuration. Only after that proceed to testing the performance of the game.

Method 7: Turning off the installed mods

In short, we will tell about another reason that can cause problems with the launch of Euro Track Simulator 2. It is in the established third-party modes, which there is a huge amount now. If you recently installed one of these additions, delete it or disconnect it for a while, and then go to the application again. If this action helps, you should not use this mod, because it is likely to conflict with the main ETS 2 files.

Method 8: Temporary Disable Firewall and Anti-Virus

The last method of today's article is associated with the temporary disabling of the firewall and the established standard or third-party antivirus in order to verify the action of these components to the correctness of the application under consideration. More details about this operation, we suggest reading in other thematic materials on our website, using references below.

Read more: Disable firewall / antivirus

If, after disconnecting the ETS 2, it started correctly and now there is no problems with its performance, it means that the problem has been successfully found. Now you can leave a firewall and protective software in a disconnected state, but it is not recommended to do. It is better to add the game to the list of exceptions so that the component action does not apply to it. Deployed instructions on this are looking for in the articles further.

Read more: Adding a program to the exceptions of firewall / antivirus

Just we looked at the available troubleshooting options with the running of Euro Track Simulator 2 on the PC running Windows 10. You can only take turns to perform each option to check their effectiveness. If nothing of the listed helped, download another repack or reinstall the current application assembly.