Hi everyone, my Skyrim has stopped working after the latest update was installed (1.6.89 I believe) and I've tried a bunch of stuff, but none of it has made a difference.

Basically, what happens is I'll run Skyrim either through Steam or the TESV.exe, the splash launcher screen will show, I'll click Play, and then a window will open and immediately close again.

I've:
1. Deactivated all mods and tried running Skyrim with and without SKSE and ENB
2. Renamed skyrimprefs.ini and tesv.exe and then verified local content and tried to run skyrim.
3. Updated my Nvidia drivers to the latest (301.42)
4. Run the dxsetup, dotnetfx and vcredist programs in the skyrim folder
5. Deleted local content, reinstalled from disc and redownloaded updates.

When doing step number 2 I noticed that new skyrimprefs.ini were made after running the game, so it would seem as if it gets beyond that preliminary stage before crashing.

Here are my specs, tell me if you'd like any diagnostic output from programs or what have you:

CPU: AMD Phenom X4 955
GPU: Nvidia GTX 550 Ti
RAM: 4GB Corsair DDR-1600
OS: Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate Edition
Newest DirectX and Nvidia drivers

Has anyone had any success with similar problems?

Ya iv been having the same issue iv tried absolutely everything iv updated everything and uninstalled and re-installed, etc. I haven't been able to find any solution yet. i hope some one does very soon!!

I know, I see both you and me have probably joined the forums just to sort out this bug lol

anyone? I'm really itching to play skyrim again

In my experience, this is caused by video drivers.

Try installing older video drivers.

Tried older drivers and beta ones (304.48) and my Skyrim is still broken