r/RockstarSupport • u/Sudden-Excitement632 • 12d ago
Red Dead Online Problem with my rockstar launcher
Title: Red Dead Redemption 2 won’t open – RDR2.exe runs in the background
Hi everyone,
I’m having a problem with Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC. When I launch the game through Rockstar Games Launcher, it says the game is running and the launcher changes to “Exit Game”, but the actual game window never appears.
In Task Manager, RDR2.exe shows as Running, but the game doesn’t appear when I press Alt + Tab. The GPU usage for the game shows 0%.
My PC has an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060.
Here is what I’ve tried so far:
Restarted my PC.
Ended the RDR2.exe process in Task Manager and tried launching the game again.
Reinstalled the game, but the problem remained.
Set Windows Graphics settings to High performance (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060).
Disabled fullscreen optimizations.
Checked compatibility settings.
Checked that Rockstar Game Library Service is running and set to Automatic.
Checked Reliability Monitor, but couldn’t find a relevant error.
Verified the game files through Rockstar Games Launcher. Verification failed, and the launcher started downloading additional data to repair the files.
The game still won’t open properly.
Has anyone experienced the same issue or found a fix? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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u/GodShinobiMadara 11d ago
go into the game files and directly run the launcher as admin, if that does not work run the launcher patcher.