Strange issue trying to run Crysis2


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I installed Crysis2 again on my new laptop here and created a shortcut on my desktop, start menu and task bars and whenever I click on it to start the game, Windows 8.1 opens a dialog box to look for an app to open that link. I checked the target and start in boxes to be sure the directories are correct and they are.

 

is there a tweak to get around this? I installed Crysis 2 in the default folder(s)

 

By the way, thank you ahead of time.

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Make a screenshot of the game exe file in explorer (with path visible) and a screenshot from the shortcut target field and show it here. Just to make sure there isn't any typo or wrong drive letter, or something...

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I installed Crysis2 again on my new laptop here and created a shortcut on my desktop, start menu and task bars and whenever I click on it to start the game, Windows 8.1 opens a dialog box to look for an app to open that link. I checked the target and start in boxes to be sure the directories are correct and they are.

 

is there a tweak to get around this? I installed Crysis 2 in the default folder(s)

 

By the way, thank you ahead of time.

 

by no chance is a shortcut of the icon, isn't? :D

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the explorer side

 

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Now for the shortcut

 

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I noticed also that the installer didn't create a Electronic Arts\Crysis 2 entry on my start menu

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ok ,this is what I'm going to do. Apparently the download at amazon got jacked up pretty bad. so much so that the extraction folder, where the games extract themselves, had a serious issue. missing files etc. so I'm not too discouraged by this. I'm re-downloading now and I'll get back to you all. thanks for being there!

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If you're running Microsoft Security Essentials / Windows Defender, add it to the exclusion list or it will stop it opening past the intro video (as I found out last night). May affect other AV products also.

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Ok an UPDATE: I'm not sure but, I think I "might" have connected my amazon download copy of Crysis 2 to origin's game launcher like Steam. It shouldn't have been a factor however, for what it's worth, Crysis 2 now works.

 

I've NEVER finished the game due to life's issues.

 

The game DOES NOW work

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Enjoy :) Crysis happens to be my favourite FPS game series.

 

I appreciate that. I'm getting a ways into the game. learned to utilize the mounted MG's and detach them and use them as the terminator did with the minigun.. sweetness.

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