Another "SDK Not Working" Thread

sniprpenguin

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The Source SDK is not working for me, and yes, I've looked at the other SDK not working threads and my problem's different.

Everytime I click on Source SDK, the window saying "Preparing to launch" appears for a brief second and then goes away immediately. The sdklauncher.exe process does not even appear. This is annoying.

Steps I have taken so far:

*Played Team Fortress 2
*Verified integrity of cache
*Searched Google for solutions-- none found
*Uninstalled and reinstalled Source SDK
*Deleted ClientRegistry.blob


It's still doing it. Help???
 

Terr

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Makes me think of the problems I have with steam whenever my computer enters/exits sleep mode. I keep needing to close it, sometimes giving steam.exe the three-finger salute.

You could use Sysinternals procmon to tell whether it starts up really really briefly and disappears, but I'm not sure how useful that knowledge would be.

Did un/re-installing also include wiping out the folders on-disk?
 

sniprpenguin

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Makes me think of the problems I have with steam whenever my computer enters/exits sleep mode. I keep needing to close it, sometimes giving steam.exe the three-finger salute.

You could use Sysinternals procmon to tell whether it starts up really really briefly and disappears, but I'm not sure how useful that knowledge would be.

Did un/re-installing also include wiping out the folders on-disk?

I honestly don't know WHAT I should delete if I do that.


Have you tried verifying the TF2 cache?

Didn't work.
 

RavenStryker

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You would delete this folder here:
64bit - C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\[yourusername]\sourcesdk
32bit - C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\[yourusername]\sourcesdk

You may want to delete this one as well just for shits and giggles:
64bit - C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\[yourusername]\sourcesdk_content
32bit - C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\[yourusername]\sourcesdk_content

Also, is this the very first time you're trying to open SDK or has it worked before and now for some reason it just has started doing this?
 
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sniprpenguin

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I last used it on May 14th, when I was working on fixing Metalwood for the contest. It's still acting up, so I'll uninstall, delete those, and reinstall...
 

sniprpenguin

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It's up and running now, after deleting those folders.

Thanks, guys!