The Last of Us Part 1 Won’t Launch: Make It Run Successfully on PC

Is The Last of Us not launching on your PC? Update the GPU driver and repair the game files 🎯

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When you notice that The Last of Us won’t launch on your PC, you must take some effective steps to fix this problem. This article will describe these steps and also the reasons behind this problem.

Part 1 of The Last of Us is a story-rich game with excellent graphics. But, if it doesn’t run at all on Windows 10 or 11, it will be an immense frustration for you. Luckily, you can solve this problem and play this zombie action-adventure title successfully.

Why is The Last of Us not launching on my PC?

When you cannot run The Last of Us on Windows 11 or 10, you should try to find out the reasons. In most cases, you will find any of the following ones:

  • System requirements: The Last of Us has very specific system requirements. If your PC doesn’t meet it, this game may not launch on your computer.
  • Video driver issue: Outdated or buggy video driver can be another reason why this game is not running on your PC.
  • Third-party apps. Including your Antivirus and Firewall, many other apps and services can create conflicts and stop The Last of Us from running on your computer.
  • Corrupted game components: If some essential game components or files get corrupted or missing, The Last of Use will crash or not launch.

How can I fix The Last of Us won’t launch or similar problems?

First, you must ensure that your PC meets The Last of Us’s system requirements. Then, do these quick things before going through the main methods:

If everything is OK, follow these methods to fix The Last of Us won’t launch:

  1. Run The Last of Us as an administrator
  2. Update the display driver
  3. Clear cache
  4. Repair The Last of Us
  5. Run in clean boot
  6. Re-install the game

1. Run The Last of Us as an administrator

  1. Open Steam.
  2. Go to the steam game library.
  3. Right-click on The Last of Us, go to Manage and click on Browse local files.browsing the last of us local files steam
  4. Right-click on the EXE file of this game and go to Properties.
  5. Go to the Compatibility tab.
  6. Tick Run this program as an administrator.
    run this program as administrator windows
  7. Click on Apply and OK.

Now, try to launch The Last of Us Part 1 and see what happens.

2. Update the display driver

  1. Right-click on the Windows logo button on the taskbar and go to Device Manager.going device manager by pressing win plus x
  2. Expand Display Adapters.
  3. Right-click on the GPU you want to update and click on Update driver.clicking update graphics card driver device manager windows
  4. Select Automatically search for drivers.
  5. Complete any more on-screen steps to finish the process.

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3. Clear cache

If The Last of Us is not launching or opening, you should clear the cache of the game launcher you are using. It can be the Steam or Epic Games Launcher. For this, follow these steps:

  1. Open Steam or the game launcher you are using.
  2. Click on Steam in the top left corner and go to Settings, as shown in the screenshot.going steam settings
  3. Navigate to the Downloads tab, and then click on Clear download cache.clearing steam cache
  4. Relaunch Steam.

For Epic Games Launcher, you will need to go to the local app data folder and look for anything that starts with web cache related to Epic Games. Then, delete such folders.

4. Repair The Last of Us

Time needed: 2 minutes.

To fix The Last of Us won’t launch, you must verify and repair the game files on Steam or Epic Games Launcher.

  1. In Steam, click on Library and go to Home from the menu to open the Steam game library.

    going steam game library

  2. Right-click on The Last of Us and go to Properties.

    going the last of us properties steam

  3. Navigate to the Local Files tab, and click on Verify integrity of game files.

    clicking verify integrity of game files steam

  4. Wait for a while until it finishes the process.

Epic Games Launcher has a similar option. You can click on the three horizontal dots under The Last of Us, go to Manage and click on Verify. It will solve the launching problem there.

5. Run in clean boot

  1. Press Win + R to open Run.
  2. Type msconfig and click on OK.
  3. Go to the Services tab.
  4. Tick Hide all Microsoft Services and click on Disable all.enabling-clean-boot-windows-msconfig
  5. Click on OK.
  6. At last, restart Windows.

If you don’t face the problem in the clean boot, it means a third-party service is a culprit. Try to find it out and remove it from your computer to fix The Last Of Us’s launching problems.

6. Re-install the game

  1. Go to the Steam game library.
  2. Right-click on The Last of Us, hover the mouse cursor on Manage, and choose Uninstall.uninstalling last of us steam
  3. Complete any additional steps to uninstall the game.
  4. Click on the Install button to download and install this Zombie action-adventure game again.
  5. Choose the installation location located in an SSD and click on Next.choosing game installation location on steam
  6. Finish the installation process.

Now, try to play the game and see what happens. If the problem still persists, update Windows to the latest version. Then, see what happens.

This article has explained the methods to fix The Last of Us won’t launch. If you have any questions, let us know in the comment box.

If you encounter any issues or errors while playing your favorite games and require support, feel free to contact us here. Our team is always ready to assist you and ensure your gaming experience is seamless and enjoyable.

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5 Comments
  1. Theo Bryant says

    I’ve done everything it says here and it still doesn’t open. I have enough RAM, enough storage, my drivers are up to date. I reinstalled, i rebooted, I updated Windows. Please help. It opens up to the loading screen with the firefly logo, then says there’s an error.

    1. Dan Scutaru says

      Hello, what error exactly is displaying?

      1. Pipo says

        Me too …….
        can any one help

  2. Kevin says

    TLOU-exe has an enourmus bug (a really shitty/faulty graphics-engine programming including v1.0.3.0): if there is an incompatible iGPU present, it will always try to run on this iGPU (e.g. HD3000, HD4x00)! The only workaund I found is to completely disable the iGPU in BIOS, then and only then it would run on the external GPU (Nvidia, etc.).
    That behavior is also shown on tracing the TLOU-exe with Sysinternals ProcMon64.exe on startup! It initializes Nvidia, then (wrong) the iGPU and brakes of with starting Windows WerFault.exe without any error-message on display! If iGPU is disabled/not present anymore it will launch regulary.

  3. Edd says

    IGpu disable in bios works top man

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