Help! Civ 5 no longer Runs! (Solved) Updating Execuatable Bug & Sapiens Fix

Follow the instructions in this discussion board. You're welcome.
Be sure to press the play button at least 15 times before complaining the method doesn't work. Once again, you're welcome.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/8930/discussions/0/598515509750674270/

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Also, if you use the Gia and Sapiens mod and are angry with the current broken version, here's a link to a stable version. Just unsubscribe from the mods, and add this one into the mods folder for Civ 5

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/sapiens-v538-with-coremod-548.699530/