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This has allowed me to launch FM24 via Steam which I was previously unable to do.

@HurriKANE and @studeacon89 I'm really glad a couple of you have had results! Enjoy!

Apologies, I meant inbound rules! Edited earlier post to reflect. Thanks, hoping SI can get to the bottom of this one soon for all who are having these issues. It's seem like an odd environmental problem! I've been playing every beta since they've been a thing and this is first time I've ever ran into problems so I cannot complain.

I managed to get mine running without re-install of windows, but I cannot 100% say/confirm steps to resolve. In between the last time I was not able to launch it and the first time I launched it successfully I: -disabled the inbound firewall rule for fm24.exe in windows firewall. Then tried to launch it via Steam and also direct via the fm24.exe (via right click + run as admin) which didn't work. -after that I re-enabled the inbound firewall rule for fm24.exe and then tried again to launch via Steam which again didn't work. However, when I then tried to run again direct from the fm24.exe with right click + run as admin, the game booted for the first time! I'm still unable to start the game via Steam or via a desktop shortcut, if I do I see the same symptoms as before. However the game does now boot every time from the fm24.exe and right click + run as admin. Unsure if this works for anyone else or helps, but wanted to share none the less just in case.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 2024 DxDiag.txt console_log.txt content_log.txt