hl2.exe has encountered a problem

[ondasbelas]

spent 5 hours last night installing everything on the Counter Strike: Source 4 disc pack, and when i try and run CS i get a message saying 'hl2.exe has encountered a problem' and nothing happens....

any help would be majorly appreciated.

[l0new0lf1989]

i had sort of teh same problem execpt everytime i quit a server i get the error.
heres what you do.

1.Uninstall steam, this should uninstall all your steam games.
2.Then re-install steam and log-in.
3.Through steam install the games u play by clicking my games and clicking on the game of you choice in steam and press install in the bottom right hand corner.
hope this works it did for me

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Steam Username - Same as Counter-Strike.com Username - l0new0lf1989
In-Game CS:S Name - Ghost

[02abarks]

i know how to fix the hl2.exe error on steam source engine game on vista system
1. Right click on your game in steam
2. Click "properties"
3. Click "set launch options"
4. enter the cmd "-dxlevel 81" (without ")
5. click "ok" and close properties
6. launch the game
7. if the game is not working properly try the cmd "-dxlevel 70"

setting the direct x level worked for me
the fix can be found under steam troubleshooter under game crashes section allthough steam also tell you to type the cmds
-nosound
-window
and +mat_forcehardwaresync 0
and these can also fix some games problems
but it seems direct x is the only thing you need to change on gmod10

[-Sg-Silence]

delete hl2.exe then run cs it shud be good then

[02abarks]

deleteing the actual aplication to the game (hl2.exe) will not solve anything hl2.exe is not at fault its just pc lag that the pc see's as the program not responding direct x was responsible for this lag on my vista laptop and lowering it to v 8.1 (-dxlevel 81) solved my problem and . i am enjoying all my steam games at anytime :P