Hello all. So my issues is this. Every time I open the skyrim launcher and click play an error message comes up saying "Skyrim has stopped working."

I have no idea why it does this... I have reinstalled the game about 5 times, validated my steam cach about 60 times, and I have the latest drivers on my HD Radeon 6850 installed. Infact funny enough the only way I can get my skyrim to play is if I reinstall the newest drivers and dont reboot my computer. It plays but I have to reboot my computer and then the issue is still there again and I just cant play.

Does anyone know how to fix this!? I realy need help....

Tried deleting your ini files?

Are you using skse or script dragon?

I am not using any mods if thats what those are.... and where exactly do I find the ini files? in my steam folder or some place els?

(My )Documents/(My )Games/Skyrim

INI files are stored there.
The ones in the Skyrim directory in Steam/steamapps/common/skyrim are templates and/or defaults and shouldn't be touched under normal circumstances.

Ok, well I deleted my skyrim folder in my games and then redownloaded skyrim, but still have the same issue...

You only needed to delete the INI files.

Have you tried rolling your drivers back to see if that resolves the issue?

Also, when did this start happening? As in, what event caused it?

Hm... in the skyrim folder I dont even see anything that says INI... unless it is named something els? So I just deleted the whole folder....

This started just yesterday. The night before the game worked fine then I came home the next day and this started happening I am not sure... Every time I download the latest 12.3 drivers from amd tho it seems to work, but after I reboot my computer it stops working....

You have "Hide Known File Extensions" turned on in the Folder Options, then. They show up as Configuration Files.

Try the 12.1 drivers and see if it continues. Make sure to do a clean driver install by wiping out the other drivers first.

Try running the game as administrator.

Ok I will configure my files when I return home from work deaths_soul and I will let you know how that goes.

Thoth, I have tried that and it doesnt work either.

Meh figured it was worth a mention....my game only runs in admin when I use SBW and it used to crash pre 1.3 if it wasn't run that way as well.

OK IT SEEMS I FIXED IT! I had to uninstall the 12.3 CAP1 and now it runs again. Thank you all for your help! So much more helpful here then the nexus forums...

congrats