This year a couple of strategic role-playing games has been launched and Empire of Sin is one of them. It has been developed by Romero Games and published by Paradox Interactive. The game is available for Microsoft Windows, PS4, Xbox One, macOS, Nintendo Switch platforms. Although the game has received mixed reviews on Steam, some of the players are experiencing the Empire of Sin Bootstrap Couldn’t Start the Launcher Error. Now, if you’re also encountering the same, check out this troubleshooting guide.
According to the affected players, the black screen issue and the problem with saved game data is also present apart from the bootstrap error. As this is one of the most common issues for PC gamers, it can be fixed quite easily. There may be some of the reasons behind this particular error like not running the game with admin access, cache issues with the game, etc.
Fix Empire of Sin Bootstrap Couldn’t Start the Launcher Error
As we have now know what can be the reasons, just follow the steps below.
1. Allow Admin Access
- Just right-click on the Steam.exe file > Go to ‘Properties’.
- Click on the ‘Compatibility’ tab > Enable ‘Run this program as administrator’.
- To save changes, click on ‘Apply’ and then ‘OK’.
Once done, restart your computer, run the Steam client, and launch the game to check if the problem persists or not. If the error is still there, try giving the admin access to the game executable itself.
2. Delete the Saved Game Folder
- Close the Steam client > Go to Documents.
- Delete the Paradox folder > Open Control Panel – Uninstall a program – Remove the Paradox Launcher.
- Now, head over to the following paths and delete the folders: [If you’ve installed the game to a different drive or folder, just search for ‘Paradox Interactive’ folders]
- C:/users/’your username’/AppData/Local/Programs/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users/’your username’/AppData/Local/Paradox Interactive/
- C:/users/’your username’/AppData/Roaming/Paradox Interactive/launcher-v2/
- Once all done, restart your PC and run the game via the Steam client to check for the issue.
That’s it, guys. We assume this guide was helpful to you. Feel free to ask in the comment below.