How to fix Company of Heroes 2 not launching

Company of Heroes 2173 views1 min readby poneoulaakaUpdated Dec 3, 2024View on Steam ↗

Installing Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable

First, go to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170
The website should look like this:

Scroll down and download one of these two depending on your operating system:

After downloading go to your file explorer and open the installer, it should look like this:
Opening the installer should look like this:

Agree to the terms of service and press the install button.
After installation it should look like this:

Now try to run the game, I hope this helped.

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