Failure to initialize renderer

Question

I AM GETTING THIS ERROR MESSAGE WHEN TRYING TO RUN STEAM/SKYRIM.  WIN 7 OS, ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO MOTHERBOARD WITH CURRENT DRIVERS.  What am I not getting right?  It was working on the previous load, same system, same OS.......

Answer 1

" What am I not getting right? It was working on the previous load"

• Previous load (installation ? ) of what, the OS, the game, or both ?

It's impossible to tell what you may not have right, you didn't give much information.

There are a number of potential sources for you error message.

• Have you installed or removed any mods ?

By 'load', if you are referring to a game save, try using an earlier save. The most recent save may be corrupt. Saves do get corrupted at times with Bethesda games. The potential is greater if you

remove a mod, or mods.

• If you reinstalled the game after using mods did you delete any folders that may have

not been uninstalled (such as the Data folder with the mods) before reinstalling ?

Are you using the same game saves and .ini files from the previous install ?

• Are you using multiple monitors ?
• Which graphics card, and which driver version are you using ?

If you have reinstalled Windows -

Have you updated DirectX  ? -

Download DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer from Official Microsoft Download Center

Have you installed the 'important' Windows Updates ?

• If DX, drivers and Windows updates have been done and there seems to be an issue relating

to Steam you should post on the Steam forums.

Read any relevant Steam troubleshooting information, or forum threads first -

https://support.steampowered.com/

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