Open Steam by double-clicking its entry on the Desktop or by searching for it in the Start menu.

It causes it to crash for some users who have purchased and installed the game through Steam. It’s a strange problem as this overlay is sometimes quite useful for in-game features but you might want to consider disabling it for this game only. There is something about Steam Overlay which makes BioShock simply want to crash.

Make sure you confirm any prompts which may appear which should prompt you to confirm the choice with admin privileges and the game should launch with admin privileges from the next startup.

Navigate to the Compatibility tab in the Properties window and check the box next to the Run this program as an administrator option before saving the changes by clicking OK or Apply.

Right-click on it and choose the Properties option from the context menu which will appear.

Locate the BioShock Remastered executable file in the BioShock Remastered folder.

Right-click the game’s icon in the library and choose the Properties option from the context menu which will open and make sure you navigate to the Local Files tab in the Properties window straight away and click the Browse Local Files.

After the Steam client opens, navigate to the Library tab in the Steam window at the menu located at the top of the window, and locate the BioShock Remastered entry in the list.

If you have installed the game via Steam, open its shortcut on the Desktop or by searching for it in the Start menu simply by typing “ Steam” after clicking the Start menu button.

Locate the game’s installation folder manually by right-clicking the game’s shortcut on Desktop or anywhere else and choose Open file location from the menu.

Make sure you follow the steps below to run BioShock Remastered as an administrator. It worked for crashes which have appeared since day one and it still works with the newer versions of the game. Providing administrator permissions to the game’s executable seems to have resolved the problem from many users. Solution 1: Run the Game as an Administrator

Overclocking – If you are constantly struggling with BioShock Remastered crashing on Windows, you should try to stop overclocking your GPU, CPU, or memory.

Make sure you try using the DirectX 9 version.

DirectX 10 incompatibility – Users have reported not being able to run the game on DirectX 10.

This can be resolved by editing the configuration file.

CPU cores – Sometimes the game struggles when trying to run the game’s engine on multiple CPU cores.

Steam Overlay – Steam Overlay is generally known to cause issues with quite a few games and BioShock games are incompatible with this feature.

Lacking administrator permissions – Some games require that their main executable has administrator permissions so make sure you provide them to resolve the problem.

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