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Problem #1 : The game hangs after a few minutes of playing minutes of playing Empire total war”. Rebooted my PC but then got the error message “failed to run install script” (as posted by deConteville)

Solutions : Reinstall the game or redownload the game from Steam if you bought it from Steam. If you bought the game from a vendor, reinstall Steam.

Problem #2 : Empire Total War BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) when launched

Solution A: Update your video card drivers to the latest version.
Solution B: Try solution to Problem #1
Solution C: A lot of people seem to get this problem. Wait for a late-zero day patch for Empire Total War.

Problem #3 : Bought Empire Total War game from Steam, Downloaded the game and Steam automatically updated. But the game wont start

Solutions : the percentage is not correct…….DONT restart steam and don’t click launch game because you’ll have to start again…. ( as posted by mr_mega_drive)

Problem #4 : when I go to install it(Click “install empire: total war” i get
Steamservice.exe – Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or, file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item. (I click OK)
Setup Error- Failed to start install script
I have steam installed up-to-date and running, also, steamservice.exe is a file on the disc. (as posted by Dragon239)

Solutions : Good ol’ restart. And I was able to install Empire Total War. (as posted by Dragon239)

Problem #5 : Empire Total War (CTD) crashes to desktop. Crash error message is something like “Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: Empire.exe “

Solution: Try playing Empire Total War in windows xp sp2 compatibility.
Solution: Try running the Empires executable in the Empire Total War steamapps directory

Problem #6 : Empire Total War white screen error. Im using an integrated Intel graphics card to play Empire Total War

Solution: Updating the drivers from Intel.com MIGHT get the game running, albeit slowly. The game requires a dedicated graphics card to run properly/at all. (As posted by DarKTW)

Problem #7 : Empire Total War wont start, “This Game is Currently Unavailable” error message from steam.

Solution A: Restart Steam
Solution B: Change the Steam download location, restart Steam and try again. (as posted by DarkKtw)

For errors running the demo version of Empire Total War. check out the guide posted by badguy on GNL’s sister site, gamebrood