Windows 8 and CloD (Merged Threads)

[HeavyHemi]

Originally Posted by PopBot

I don't think that's actually the cause of COD's failure to launch. I have never gotten that error on Windows 8 when I have tried to install COD. I have gotten messages from Steam when launching other games that state that they will install the VC++ redist every time I launch them, but those games still work fine.

This specific redistributable is called for by the launcher via 63950_install.vdf when you first try to launch the game after the initial install. There are of course different C++ redistributables. This particular one is not currently compatible with Win 8.