Ok, so....I've read all these posts and the same thing is happening to me. Double clicking the game icon, the game starts to load, screen goes black for 2 seconds and then returns to the desk top. I've tried everything. Updating the video card, the graphics driver, going into compatibility mode, nothing works. I've been playing EM4 for about a year now and my computer recently crashed. My windows XP has been restored, the game redownloaded to my computer and now I cant launch it. Any help would be good help. Thanks!!!