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===Game doesn't launch===

===Game doesn't launch===

The game doesn't open when you try to launch it. (If you use Steam, it might show 'running' for a few seconds.) Here are some common fixes:

The game doesn't open when you try to launch it. (If you use Steam, it might show 'running' for a few seconds.) Here are some common fixes:

# Restart your computer.

 

# Make sure you have speakers or headphones plugged in. (They can be muted, but the game needs a working audio device.)

## Sometimes this will cause an error like <tt>Game.Initialize() caught exception initializing XACT:System.InvalidOperationException: This resource could not be created. at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Audio.AudioEngine..ctor(String settingsFile, TimeSpan lookAheadTime, String rendererId) at StardewValley.Game1.Initialize() in C:\GitlabRunner\builds\Gq5qA5P4\0\ConcernedApe\stardewvalley\Farmer\Farmer\Game1.cs:line 1805</tt>.

<li>Restart your computer.</li>

# If you play on Windows:

<li><p>Make sure you have speakers or headphones plugged in. They can be muted, but the game needs a working audio device. (This may lead to an error like "''Game.Initialize() caught exception initializing XACT: System.InvalidOperationException: This resource could not be created.''".</p></li>

## Install (or reinstall) [https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework-runtime/net452 .NET Framework 4.5.2] and [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27598 XNA Framework 4.0].  You may need to [https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-remove-and-reinstall-the-Microsoft-NET-Framework.html remove .NET first.]

<li>If you play on...

## Restart your computer.

# If you play on Linux:

## Your default terminal might not be compatible. Try installing the xterm terminal.

# If that doesn't fix it:

## [[Modding:Installing SMAPI on Windows|Install SMAPI]] (if you don't already have it).

| Windows

## Launch the game.

| Reinstall [https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework-runtime/net452 .NET Framework 4.5.2] and [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27598 XNA Framework 4.0] (you may need to [https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/learn-explore/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-remove-and-reinstall-the-Microsoft-NET-Framework.html remove .NET Framework first]), then restart your computer.

## [[#Ask for help|Ask for help and attach your SMAPI log]].

| Linux

| Your default terminal might not be compatible. Try installing the xterm terminal.

<li>If that doesn't fix it:

# [[Modding:Installing SMAPI on Windows|Install SMAPI]] (if you don't already have it).

# Launch the game.

# [[#Ask for help|Ask for help and attach your SMAPI log]].

===Game freezes or crashes while launching===

===Game freezes or crashes while launching===