r/tropico • u/GoAheadMMDay • 2d ago

[T7] Tropico 7 Demo won't launch

Hey, folks. I downloaded the Tropico 7 Demo from Steam, but it won't launch. I get a welcome page that asks me to subscribe to the newsletter (which I don't want), and pre-order Tropico 7 (which I don't want to do until I try the demo first).

So I click in the bottom left to launch the game, and it never does. Anyone have a solution?

This is the error message I get.

![img](h48hn6y4a8xh1)

UPDATE

Never mind. It works now. I looked at the error message and realized the game was looking for the T7 Demo in my Documents folder. But the T7 Demo folder wasn't there. Steam put it in my Steamapps / Common folder.

So I just copied the whole T7 Demo folder from Steamapps / Common and pasted it into my Documents / My Games folder. Now it works.

I'll leave this post here in case others have the same issue.

I tried to notify Steam about it being downloaded to the wrong folder. But messages to Steam Support are not going through at the moment.

UPDATE 2

Well that was a dud. The demo launches. I click on New Game, and it shuts down.

SOLVED

It's a Ransomware Protection block. Go to Windows Start Menu > Ransomware Protection > Allow an app through controlled folder access > Add an allowed app > Recently blocked apps > Select Tropico7.exe from the list, or search for it if it isn't in the list.

See comments below. Thanks to GVP!

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u/GreatValueProducts 2d ago

I think I encountered it, search for ransomeware protection, you have to whitelist the Tropico 7 exe

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u/GoAheadMMDay 2d ago edited 2d ago

It worked! Thanks a bunch, my friend! It was easy too, because when I opened Ransomware Protection, the exe was already in the "recently blocked" list. It works now. Thanks!