S.> the only reason I thought of doing this is because my Skyrim game had the same problem, and I found a walkthrough for Skyrim that basically said the error will occur for System. I hope this works guys, I'll post this is the other forums.- Naz. If it does not, then you have other problems. There should no longer be an error, and steam should open up automatically, and then select run arma. RUN the setup, it should restore any missing files. BUT you also have this same file in the Sys. If you try and launch Arma 3, and nothing happens, go to the Arma. Here is what he posted, and hopefully everyone else encountering this problem finds this thread.'I'm posting because I found the REAL reason this is not launching. But then, lo and behold one person figured it out. I also tried deleting/replacing loads of directx files in system.

If that doesn't work, keep reading.)I tried every fix, did 3 fresh reinstalls of the game, a reinstall of every single audio and graphics driver on my PC, probably 5. If you haven't tried it yet, uninstall Zone Alarm completely and disable FRAPS. Alarm or any other obstructive programs installed (Zone Alarm and FRAPS are the main ones. When I would try to launch the ARMA 3 alpha from Steam, it would open the 'launch game in windowed mode?' window and then immediately close upon choosing. I have been having this problem for probably about two weeks now since I did a fresh install of Windows 7 x.

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