Windows [HELP] Game won't launch past 'Preparing to Launch'

[aspwriter85]

I've done a number of the major trouble shooting steps already:

- remove the startup_preferences
- uninstall and reinstall through steam
- I run with no mods - so nothing to uninstall there
- nothing on launch
- ran all updates required by windows

I checked the event viewer and saw this error relating to Stardew: Valley

Faulting application name: Stardew Valley.exe, version: 1.5.6.21356, time stamp: 0x609308e7
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.19041.1288, time stamp: 0xa280d1d6
Exception code: 0xc0000409
Fault offset: 0x000000000008c56f
Faulting process id: 0x1d3c
Faulting application start time: 0x01d7f7b513e70d7e
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\Stardew Valley.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: d29ee1d8-02ac-4da3-b378-5fe4e288be56
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

My specs:
running Windows 10 21H1
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7300HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
RAM: 8 GB

Any ideas on how to troubleshoot?

 

[Lapisdragonfly]

I am having the same problem with no solution

 

[Setol21]

I'm having the same issue, just creating a new game, skipping or not the intro my game turns black and nothing happens :(

 

[aspwriter85]

I'm just bumping this. Still can't get Stardew Valley to work. It's been a few months, and I'vetried some of hte help techniques ,ultiple times. Also had a few windows updates run, and downloaded the newest version with the latest update form Steam. I'd really love to play again - if anyone has anything else I could try that'd be great. the ntdll.dll was updated with the latest windows update, so I don't think it could be corrupted.

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 2/5/2022 9:19:54 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: LAPTOP-S7BMSL4G
Description:
Faulting application name: Stardew Valley.exe, version: 1.5.6.22018, time stamp: 0x609308e7
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.19041.1466, time stamp: 0xe2f8ca76
Exception code: 0xc0000409
Fault offset: 0x000000000008c56f
Faulting process id: 0x2b34
Faulting application start time: 0x01d81b08658dcac5
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\Stardew Valley.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: 4f13e86d-f24e-43b1-b7b8-ebf20f4987bd
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID: