Need Help

i just bought a new laptop which easily meets the game's requirements i installed the game successfully but when i start it it wont load and this message appears "the game is missing essential files or not installed properly " i googled the problem and tried every solution but i think iam missing a program or something since its a new laptop and iam not a computer expert so your help will be appreciated i have been trying to solve this problem for nearly a week

Uninstall Football Manager. Do a search for any Sports Interactive folders, then delete...

Re-install Football Manager.

done that many times but still same problem

There might be something to help here: http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/233554-Football-Manager-2011-FAQ-and-Manual

I would recommend a complete manual un-install as below and then reinstall and see if the problem persists:

How to Carry out a Manual Uninstall on a PC

To Remove the Game files follow these steps:

Windows XP

1: Open “My Computer”

2: Navigate to “C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1: Click “Start”

2: Click “Computer”

3: Navigate to “C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive

If you have more than one version of the game installed (For example, you have FM2009 and/or FM2010 installed) and only wish to remove one then go into the Sports Interactive Folder and delete the folder of the game you wish to remove.

Next you need to remove save games and other content, before following this step we recommend you back up any content you do not wish to lose, you can do this by copying your saved games to another location on your system.

Your saved games are located here in the 'Games' folder.

Windows XP:

1: Open 'My Computer'

2: Navigate to 'C:\Documents and Settings\<Name>\My Documents'

Windows Vista and Windows 7:

1: Click on 'Start'

2: Click on 'Computer'

3: Navagate to 'C:\Users\<Name>\Documents'

Look for the Sports Interactive Folder and follow the same steps for the game files.

Next remove your Cache and settings files:

First of all you need to turn on hidden files and folders.

Windows XP:

1. Click on 'My Computer'

2. Select 'Tools'

3. Choose ''Folder Options'.

4. Once there go to the 'View' tab and select 'Show hidden files and folders'

Windows Vista and Windows 7:

1. Click 'My Computer'

2. Select 'Organize'

3. Next Click 'Folder and Search Options'.

4. Once there go to the 'View' tab and select 'Show hidden files and folders'

When you have followed these steps you need to follow the instructions below:

Windows XP:

1. Open 'My Computer'

2. Navigate to : 'Documents and Settings\<Username>\Application Data\'

3. Go into the 'Sports Interactive' Folder.

4. Delete the 'Football Manager 2011' Folder.

Wndows Vista and Windows 7:

1. Click 'Start'

2. Click your username on the start Menu

3. Click on 'AppData' and then 'Roaming'

4. Go into the 'Sports Interactive' Folder

5. Delete the 'Football Manager 2011' Folder.

Finally you will need to edit your registry to remove information Sports Interactive stores there.

Windows XP

1. Click on 'Start'

2. Click on 'Run'

3. In the text prompt box type 'regedit'

4. Navigate to: 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\'

5. Delete the 'Sports Interactive Ltd' Folder.

Windows Vista and Windows 7

1. Click on 'Start'

2. In the search box type 'regedit'

3. Navigate to: 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\'

4: Delete the 'Sports Interactive Ltd' Folder.

Note: Please do not tamper with anything else in this folder, your registry is very sensitive and changing something could cause your computer to malfunction.

Once all the steps above are complete your game will be completely uninstalled.

it started once but just before i click start a new game it crashed and this message appeared " football manager has stopped working" tried to open it once more but it wont load and missing essential files bug is back...but thanks for the advice so much

Sorry to hear you are still having problems, might be best to wait for SI to reply to this thread and see if they can offer some advice as to your problem.

Are you installing from DVD or Steam?