{
"post": {
"title": "Help, ROBLOX not launching!",
"selftext": " \n\n# Help, ROBLOX not launching!\n\nHello, when I click play on the ROBLOX website, the ROBLOX player pops up saying \"starting roblox\" but then nothing happens after that. Some things to note is that I enabled secure boot but thats it and I'm also using windows 11.",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/RobloxHelp/comments/swurm6/help_roblox_not_launching/"
},
"comments": [
{
"body": "i found a solution that worked for me but it dosent work for everyone. if you have msi afterburner or some overclocking software installed and running with rivatuner (the app which shows you your PC use of ram cpu gpu and shit on the corner on your screen) go on your task manager and end the process of any overclocking software and rivatuner type of apps.",
"replies": [
{
"body": "​\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/kjtxtfay61bb1.png?width=220&format=png&auto=webp&s=555e9a6ed8215bc3ae028b0bc8ec0fa38b041f18",
"replies": [
{
"body": "https://preview.redd.it/pmwn74268h9d1.gif?width=462&format=png8&s=eb4b02ff584d92653903512bb034ff738d19f692"
}
]
},
{
"body": "I too have been saved by this comment, thank you sir"
},
{
"body": "you're a savior! thank you"
},
{
"body": "You sir are a Unknow wise person, that has saved me, and alot of keyboards"
},
{
"body": "thank you stranger!"
},
{
"body": "HOLY FUCKING SHITT OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH"
},
{
"body": "Tried reinstalling didn't work. yup had rivatuner ON Reddit always comes with the save thx, upvote!"
},
{
"body": "thank you"
},
{
"body": "thank you so much, helped me",
"replies": [
{
"body": "yo i beg help me how",
"replies": [
{
"body": "You just need to do what is said there man it works for me, do you have rivatuner or afterburner?",
"replies": [
{
"body": "i got msi burner i js turned off its task in the task manager and when i play roblox nothing happends and its downloaded and i have like done every youtube method like i have deleted the old files and stuff but its still stuck the moments away the experince i am about to combust i am so boared i cant play TYPE SOUL BRUHHHHHHHHH",
"replies": [
{
"body": "id just play roblox from microsoft store at this point",
"replies": [
{
"body": "its not working for me"
}
]
},
{
"body": "see if you have rivatuner statistics on in task manager, if you do, end the process.\n\nif you don't... i dunno man. good luck."
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "I LOVE YOU"
},
{
"body": "OMG FINALLY i spent hours looking for why it didnt work tysm"
},
{
"body": "ありがとうございます。 THANK YOU MY GOOD SIR \\^\\^"
},
{
"body": "GOD BLESS YOU"
},
{
"body": "So it's not Afterburner, but Rivatuner specifically. If you set up a profile in Rivatuner and simply turn the display off for it, it'll work fine. Sucks not having my standard stats in the corner but... it is what it is.\n\nhttps://preview.redd.it/zmeto1ochtzc1.png?width=525&format=png&auto=webp&s=beb73c4215dc8e49190a8559e71342b3d11b3b03",
"replies": [
{
"body": "you commented just at the right time. Beautiful solution, thanks!"
},
{
"body": "i suck u d ty u a lot man have have this problmes since 2 years"
}
]
},
{
"body": "Thank you, kind stranger!"
},
{
"body": "thats insane thank you bro"
},
{
"body": "Appreciate it"
},
{
"body": "THANK U SOOOOO MUCH"
},
{
"body": "Hey mate, 2 years later and you're still helping people out - I just had this issue and searched all over found your comment and boom fixed.. thanks again hero."
},
{
"body": "YOU SOLVED THIS FOR ME THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!"
},
{
"body": "Saved"
},
{
"body": "oh god, i love you."
},
{
"body": "lifesaver"
},
{
"body": "Thank you"
},
{
"body": "niga nut cracker"
},
{
"body": "A year later u still the goat for this I had the same problem do you know why that fixes it"
},
{
"body": "WHEN I TELL YOU I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR DAYS!\n\nYou are now my superior i shall now address you as master reasonable."
},
{
"body": "i have none of those overclocking softwares installed"
},
{
"body": "thank good bro"
},
{
"body": "you sir are a hero , thank you"
},
{
"body": "worked, thx you"
},
{
"body": "your the best<3"
},
{
"body": "Bro, how did you manage to spot this? You are awesome."
},
{
"body": "i fuicking love you so much"
},
{
"body": "bro why is that a problem xD"
},
{
"body": "Yup, thanks man, this worked for me, I was using the Windows store version, works, but the mouse kept leaving the screen, and its not smooth at all, darm MSI afterburner lol"
},
{
"body": "WHY DOES THIS WORK"
},
{
"body": "I fucking love you man, im fighiting with roblox 2 weeks. I can pay you 1$ for this"
},
{
"body": "I really didn't think it would work how can msi afterburner disturb roblox you are a savior man"
},
{
"body": "I was going insane for an hour. THANK YOU"
},
{
"body": "i love you"
},
{
"body": "you sir, deserve my upvote"
},
{
"body": "you're so right it hurts how simple a fix this is"
},
{
"body": "Wait, MSI Afterburner and RivaTuner incompatible with Roblox?"
},
{
"body": "it was rivatuner"
},
{
"body": "youre a hero"
},
{
"body": "ty worked for me"
},
{
"body": "Yup worked here!! rivatuner/RTSS was the issue"
},
{
"body": "thanks so MUCH!!!"
},
{
"body": "omg you saved me"
},
{
"body": "actually the goat"
},
{
"body": "there's is a starrrrrrrrrrrrr mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn waiting in the sky"
},
{
"body": "my savior! Tysm! i almost reinstalled entire windows!"
},
{
"body": "this was my problem. thanks!"
},
{
"body": "bro....."
},
{
"body": "Working as of June 2024 thx"
},
{
"body": "Yeah it worked thank you man for your solution:)"
},
{
"body": "work for me"
},
{
"body": "This comment does not have enough upvotes"
},
{
"body": "Saved me!!!"
},
{
"body": "Agora ai sabe das coisas e não é pouco não ☝🤓"
},
{
"body": "Thank You very much"
},
{
"body": "yup it worked\n\n"
},
{
"body": "THANK YOU SO MUCH OH MY GOD"
},
{
"body": "I HAVE BEEN SAVED!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!"
},
{
"body": "this man must be recognized ... TRUTH SPOKETH - FIX ATTAINED"
},
{
"body": "thank you kind sir"
},
{
"body": "Tytytytytytytytytyyyyyy"
},
{
"body": "W BRO THX"
},
{
"body": "ur getting top"
},
{
"body": "still works after 1 year, thank you so much"
},
{
"body": "IT SOLVED LMAOOO ILY"
},
{
"body": "This worked nignig"
},
{
"body": "Thank you"
},
{
"body": "This worked for me, yes i'm a nerd"
},
{
"body": "I have windows 10 home and i can't find \"rivatuner\" in my pc i looked everywhere but there was no \"rivatuner\" . Help me i suffering from this illness 😭"
},
{
"body": "a year later, this still works! i hate rtss!"
},
{
"body": "this is such an oddly specific fix but it worked for me that is so strange. Thank you!"
},
{
"body": "ur goated"
},
{
"body": "should i press end task?"
},
{
"body": "s"
},
{
"body": "THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
},
{
"body": "WHAT LMFAO THIS MAKES NO SENSE THANK YOU REDDITOR"
},
{
"body": "This has saved me a lot of hassle, thank you!!!"
},
{
"body": "How does that even affect that is my question"
},
{
"body": "if i was rich i would award your comment! Thank you sir!"
},
{
"body": "IT ACTUALLY WORKED \nThank you so much 😭"
},
{
"body": "i love you"
},
{
"body": "thank you alot dear reddit user of the forums. you are forever in my gratitude.."
},
{
"body": "Wow, surprisingly it works! I didn't expect this to prevent Roblox from starting. Thank you!"
},
{
"body": "Thank you soo much dude, I have been trying for over 3 Months!"
},
{
"body": "its amazing that this is still an issue (i just had the issue)"
},
{
"body": "that was it :)"
},
{
"body": "Still working 2024, almost 25! Thank you - it was MSI afterburner for me 🍻"
},
{
"body": "BRO THANK YOU SO MUCH HOLY I'VE SPENT THIS ENTIRE YEAR (2024) LOOKING FOR A FIX THANK YOU"
},
{
"body": "https://preview.redd.it/07tfcd7valbe1.png?width=1230&format=png&auto=webp&s=aadfba9f5653d0c43ede04dac7ad6a5427bbd6ab\n\nU saved me"
},
{
"body": "ts worked"
},
{
"body": "2 years later and still helping people out"
},
{}
]
},
{
"body": "Yeah same here.",
"replies": [
{
"body": "For me it was something to do with secure boot in my motherboards bios. Here’s the solution to my problem: https://youtu.be/uuyRtvH4F0Y",
"replies": [
{}
]
},
{}
]
},
{
"body": "Solved!",
"replies": [
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"body": "[deleted]",
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]
}
]
},
{
"body": "i built a new pc and when i download and open roblox it just doesnt do anything. idk how to fix it and need some help",
"replies": [
{
"body": " fixed it, turns out NZXT software fucks your roblox up zzz",
"replies": [
{
"body": "dude what did you do to fix yours? i also just built a new pc and roblox wont open at all",
"replies": [
{
"body": "I had nzxt and it was causing it not to open Roblox for some reason",
"replies": [
{
"body": "so what did you do? change it?",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Wym? I realized it was NZXT when I downloaded it after re setting my pc again. If you downloaded nzxt already you have to reset your whole pc and not download it at all. Even deleting it didn’t help so you have to reset the pc no matter what",
"replies": [
{
"body": "nahhh"
},
{
"body": "wait but does resetting ur pc also reset ur drivers"
},
{
"body": "also does ur roblox work if u download roblox before ur apps for ur drivers and THEN download the app"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "bro same but i use AMD and their app to update my drivers, could that be it?"
}
]
},
{
"body": "Hey man, i got the same problem here and apparently the issue is with the ARM64 system and a new anti-cheating technology roblox has implanted."
},
{
"body": "Trying to add Roblox on steam which I did but doesn't launch when I click play.. is there a fix... I noticed that on property section on steam for game launcher options doesn't have any commands.. should this be blank..",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Its probably the steam overlay that making it not launch, the games seems to hate any kinds of overlays, I had the newer beta Nvidia driver stuff installed and the overlay was also making it not launch, but the old Geforce Experience its fine with."
}
]
},
{
"body": "I've personally managed to fix my issue by setting it to run in compatibility mode for windows 7.",
"replies": [
{
"body": "how do you do that",
"replies": [
{
"body": "right click roblox app \nopen properties \nopen compatibly tab \ncheck \"Run this program in compatibility mode for\" \npick windows 7",
"replies": [
{
"body": "It's ok I found my own fix by just running Roblox launcher in the Roblox folder 😂"
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "hi"
},
{
"body": "i cant play roblox"
},
{
"body": "Mm"
},
{
"body": "its taking 25 cpu and 66mb of memory its usually 800 mb of memory and about 50-65 i already stopped my overclocking and everything seems nothing works"
},
{
"body": "i cant find any solution on how to fix this issue ive restarded and uninstalled roblox over and over again still nothing i have watched ton of videos noone of them helped please somebody tell me what to do cuz im loosing my midn atm",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Anything that has an ingame overlay disable it and try it. Game don't like any kind of overlays."
}
]
},
{
"body": "THANK YOU SO MUCH U ARRE A SAVIOUR I APPRICIATE IT I WAS STUCK SINCE 1 MONTH IN THIS PROBLEM"
},
{
"body": "[https://www.reddit.com/r/ErrorForge/comments/1czyng2/error\\_starting\\_experience\\_on\\_roblox\\_fixes/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ErrorForge/comments/1czyng2/error_starting_experience_on_roblox_fixes/)"
},
{
"body": "Unplugging my goddamn racing sim wheel fixed it I am so confused but ig i can play now lol",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Oh my god I forgot to unplug my wheel too thank you"
},
{
"body": "HOLY SHIT THANKS SO MUCH"
},
{
"body": "i cant believe that actually pushed me back from playing roblox, thank you so much"
},
{
"body": "bro you are a life saver thank you so much. this was such an obscure fix lol"
},
{
"body": "Thnk you so much!"
}
]
},
{
"body": "thank you sir"
},
{
"body": "thank you even works in 2024"
},
{
"body": "WO DO U GUYS MEAN WICH SULUTION :(((((((("
},
{
"body": "I don't know how but it worked! After finding solutions for a week certain that the robloxplayerbeta.dll file was the culprit, I replaced the said file in app data with some old robloxplayerbeta.dll file from opendll and then click robloxplayerlauncher. It updated and replaced the file we replaced with the file we originally replaced and voila it works now. Crazy tech stuffy going on XD",
"replies": [
{
"body": "hi can you please help me I know nothing about computers but my laptop is doing the same thing Roblox won’t launch I’ve done everything and I just want to cry"
},
{
"body": "worked for me, thanks 👍"
}
]
},
{
"body": "WINDOWS 10 GHOST SPECTRE ROBLOX WORKS FOR THE FIRST TIME. BUT SECOND TIME WHEN I LAUNCH IT. IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE."
},
{
"body": "I actually just came here to say the same thing pls tell me if u find a working solution",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Yes I found a working solution, for me. My problem was that I enabled secure boot in bios and it prevented me from loading roblox so I had to manually allow roblox to be opened or acceded by the internet in the windows firewall.\n\nTry this if you have a similar situation with the motherboard bios: https://youtu.be/uuyRtvH4F0Y",
"replies": [
{}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "yeah it's probably a problem with roblox. i came here to say the same thing",
"replies": [
{
"body": "For me it was secure boot in bios (if you know what that is.) here: https://youtu.be/uuyRtvH4F0Y",
"replies": [
{}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "Frickin' hell, I didn't know all of you had the same problem as me, I think it may have smthn to do with the outage...",
"replies": [
{
"body": "I had the outage this morning but it was fine after, I just enabled secure boot in bios (if you know what that does) and that was the problem for me. I just had to manually allow roblox to windows firewall",
"replies": [
{}
]
},
{}
]
},
{
"body": "[https://youtu.be/gWw41aX0UK8](https://youtu.be/gWw41aX0UK8) this worked for me",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Hello, I tried this video before, but it never worked. I saw another video where you just have to navigate to the roblox local files or something and copy that to the windows firewall allow apps section and boom. This: https://youtu.be/uuyRtvH4F0Y",
"replies": [
{
"body": "no longer available "
}
]
},
{}
]
},
{
"body": "Thats because Roblox hasnt got any servers left from the region you're in wait sometime to get it fixed",
"replies": [
{}
]
},
{
"body": "I just ran roblox player as an administrator, and it loadedit in 20 seconds",
"replies": [
{}
]
},
{
"body": "I have something that worked for me, run the launcher as admin and install roblox again then open the player launcher and boom",
"replies": [
{}
]
},
{
"body": "same but instead it puts me in the app"
},
{
"body": "ive tried so many things to try and fix my roblox, and its still broken pls help",
"replies": [
{}
]
},
{
"body": "Exactly this is happening since like 3/4 weeks for me"
},
{
"body": "i dont have any msi afterburner or anything my pc is brand new and i have the problem does anyone know how to fix"
},
{
"body": "GUYS ROBLOX SUPPORT GIVED ME A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEME THIS WORKED FOR JUST FOLLOWS THIS STEPS :\n\n1. Open Roblox Studio\n2. Go to the options\n3. Now go to Network\n4. Under \"Diagnostics\", make sure these boxes are checked (If you dont have all this options checked what you have :D ):\n\nPrint events\n\nPrint instances\n\nPrint physics errors\n\nPrint properties\n\nPrint keys\n\n5. Now close Roblox Studio\n\n6. Do Windows + R\n\n7. Copy and paste or type the following without the quotation marks: \"% localappdata% \\\\ Roblox \\\\ logs\"\n\n8. Go to the logs folder and delete all files \n\n\n9. Reboot your computer \n\n\n10. Launch Roblox",
"replies": [
{}
]
},
{
"body": "just download roblox in microsoft store but uninstall roblox first ofc",
"replies": [
{
"body": "doesn't open either"
},
{
"body": "Windows store version is honestly pretty bad, laggy, mouse always leaves the screen. Randomly stops scrolling for some reason. Idk if its really a fix, butr more or a temp solution lol"
}
]
},
{
"body": "deleting avast anti virus fixed it for me"
},
{
"body": "i had the same or similar issue, when pressing play on a game itd load the launcher and then close to load the game itself but the game would never open, and when checking task manager it didnt show that roblox was even running.\n\nI tried to delete and reinstall it normally by pressing play on a game to get the prompt to download roblox - i did that a few times and restarted and was sure to delete everything (cache n passwords included) before restarting and it didnt work.\n\nive sat here for like 2 hours trying to figure out how to fix it n scouring google for an answer just to as a last resort try n install it off of microsoft store. and it worked. i dont know why it worked, and i dont know why it wasnt to begin with, but it did.\n\ntldr **delete roblox and all related files and then try downloading the app from the microsoft store.**",
"replies": [
{}
]
},
{
"body": "I have found another solution. It may be caused from ports.\n\nYou must to make sure that the ports UDP 49152 - 65535 are open (you can check it from doing the command \"netstat -ano\").\n\nIf they're not, you must to open them from Windows Firewall.",
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},
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]
},
{
"body": "Same Here! How To Fix?"
},
{
"body": "OMG OMG, finally it worked. i spent hours looking for this thing to launch. please give this video a try, i can finally play. \n\n\n [How to FIX Roblox not Installing and Crashing (2023) (100% Fix) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lBZUPW3eFI)",
"replies": [
{
"body": "bro this was actually the fix wth, I tried literally everything else and more on this fixed it, I feel so dumb"
}
]
},
{
"body": "If you have mcaffe, just delete the extension worked for me"
},
{
"body": "For those of you where you dont have rivatuner/nvidia it's likely you have a backround virus that scans for instances, in turn enabling byfron to not launch roblox, to fix this, simply download something like Malwarebytes, scan your pc, and you may or may not be good, but this worked for me."
},
{
"body": "delete roblox folder from documents :)"
},
{
"body": "This worked for me with an Intel core i5 12600KF:\n\n1) Type msconfig into the windows search bar and open it\n\n2) Go to the boot tab and press advanced options. \n\n3) Ensure that the number of processors box is checked\n\n4) Select the amount of cores you like, then press ok then apply. \n\nI would suggest using all cores unless U have 13 or more. If U have a 12 core CPU select 12 cores and if U have a 16 core CPU select 12 as well"
},
{
"body": "one solution i found is moving the robloxplayerinstaller file into appdata. \nwindows -> users -> \\[microsoft username\\] -> appdata -> roblox and then drag the file there"
},
{
"body": "My solution was to reinstall Geforce Experience. I had an old version and old drivers."
},
{
"body": "I had just had this issue and what I had done to fix it was just un plug my wheel. Idk if this will help anyone else but I hope it does!!!"
},
{
"body": "For people that still doesnt work after testing every awnser online, i found that my Logitech wheel was causing roblox to not open, so if you have a steering wheel connected, it might not launch",
"replies": [
{
"body": "LEGEND!!!!!"
},
{
"body": "thx bro"
},
{}
]
},
{}
]
}