I can't get past the opening splash screen when I try to start playing Skyrim

I just tried to run Skyrim and once the splash screen appears, I hit "Play." The splash screen blinks and pops up again. Nothing else happens, and the game does not open.

I'm stuck in a endless loop :)

It's not the first time I've run the game. I have 28 hours of gameplay already.

I have tried:

• Restarting my PC
• Running Steam as Administrator (if I don't, I get an error message I can't completely remember, something along the lines of "Skyrim will... Modify your data")

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4 Answers

I've fixed it. Steps for those who are having the same problems :

1. Close steam (right click on the system tray icon and choose exit)
2. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\ or whatever folder your steam is installed
3. Go to Steam/steamapps/common/skyrim/Skyrim
4. Delete (or move to desktop to avoid issues if it does not work) the SkyrimPrefs.ini file
5. Open Steam and go to : Library > Skyrim > Right Click > Properties > Local Files > Verify Integrity of Game cache
6. It will download a "missing" file, 22MB or something
7. Ready to play

I hope this helps other people with the same problem!

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I tried all of the above plus removing any mods I could find but still no joy. In the end I had to uninstall, delete the Skyrim folder with any mods in it and reinstall. It's working fine now - minus the mods of course. It had been working fine previously with the mods, but the update must have conflicted with some files.

Deactivating the Steam-Community feature solved the problem on my system.

I've had this problem too. I just forgot to install service pack 3 for windows after reformating, so check if you have it :)

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