Sniper Elite 4 Not Launching: How to Make it Start Smoothly

This game comes as a third-person tactical stealth shooter in which you will make choices and epic longshots across gigantic levels as you liberate wartime Italy from the grip of Fascism. It is well-developed but from time to time, you might encounter some launching errors.

Various gamers reported that Sniper Elite 4 won’t launch on Windows 10 devices while others confirmed that Sniper Elite 4 is not launching on Xbox One and PS4 as well.

The most common Sniper Elite 4 errors that players are currently complaining about are Sniper Elite 4 not launching Windows 10, or Sniper Elite 4 not crashing after launch. When they try to launch it and click the Play button in the Steam Library, nothing happens. The Steam icon turns green suggesting that the game is running and you can also find the process of the game running in Task Manager, but no game shows up.

Before applying our solutions and fixing your game, you need to make sure that you meet the system requirements of the game. To do that, just check them below and compare them with your PC.

At the same time, players reported that Sniper Elite 4 won’t start on Xbox One, on PS4, and also won’t start from Mission 1.

Sniper Elite 4 System Requirements:

➖ Minimum:

• • OS: 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8.1 or 64-bit Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel CPU Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB) or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2GB)

✔️ Recommended:

• • OS: 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8.1, or 64-bit Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel CPU Core i7-3770 or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 970 / AMD GPU Radeon RX 480

Below you will find a list of the most common Sniper Elite 4 errors, and for each one, you will have a workaround or a solution on how to fix it.

How to fix Sniper elite 4 not launching?

If you’re experiencing Sniper Elite 4 crashing on startup, the following methods are listed for you in order to solve this issue accordingly.

In any case, you can also consider the preliminary checks and restart your PC or end your game to launch it from your launcher or directly from the file location.

Table of contents:

1. Update graphics drivers
2. Get the Microsoft Visual C++
3. Turn off the Windows Defender antivirus

1. Update graphics drivers

1. Open the Windows Search bar and enter Device Manager.
   
2. Expand the Display drivers and right-click on your driver.
3. Select Update driver.
   
4. Then, pick Search automatically for drivers.
   
5. After the installation is done, restart your PC.

2. Get the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables

Numerous players confirmed on the Steam discussion board that downloading this Visual C++ file helped them resolve launching issues for this game.

1. Go to the Microsoft official website.
2. Download the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 on your PC.
3. Choose the suitable file for your OS (vc_redist.x64).
4. Install the addition on your system to fix potential bugs.
5. Try to launch the game again.

3. Turn off Windows Defender protection

1. Open the Start Menu search bar, and type Windows Security.
2. In the prompted window, go to Virus & threat protection.
3. Under Virus threat protection settings, click on Manage settings.
4. Find the Real-time protection option and slide the button to Off. 
5. Close the app and check your game again.

If our practical solutions didn’t work out in your case, we suggest you apply the workarounds presented below as a last shot to fix Sniper Elite 4 once and for all.

✅ Other solutions that may work:

• Close Steam. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and close Steam.exe in the Task Manager. Open Steam and attempt to run the game.
• If it still doesn’t work, right-click Sniper Elite 4 in your Library. Go to Properties -> Local Files -> Verify Integrity of Game Files
• Make sure that you have enough free space on your hard drive

To prevent any launching issues you could optimize your game and get maximum performance from your PC.

• Lower DX12 to DX11 because the new version is causing some problems with the framerates
• Disable SLI
• In the Nvidia Control Panel, Set Triple Buffering to On; Set Maximum Prerendered Frames To 1, and Set Threaded Optimization to On
• Turn off anti-aliasing and lower post-processing

We hope that our tool and our tips helped you to fix your Sniper Elite 4 crashes or other bugs. If you are encountering any issue that we didn’t talk about don’t hesitate to leave a comment below or send us an email and we will help you fix your game. Have fun with your warriors!