PZ crashes on startup (never opened)

[Maxx7181]

Hello fellow Forum Members!
I bought Project Zomboid 2 days ago and now I downloaded it and pressed start. After Steam said that the game is launching it said " X Stop" for 2 seconds before closing without even opening the game window. I already tried reinstalling and verifying 2 times as well as trying "novoip" and "noaudio". I already restarted my PC, updated Java, checked for new drivers and the 2nd startup option didn't work either. Startup as Admin didn't work.
I have a Windows 10 PC

16 GB RAM

RX 580

Ryzen 5 2600

My console.txt says: https://pastebin.com/ZMcXGyTR
I already deleted these User/Zomboid Files once after I uninstalled the first time

I hope someone can help me fix the issue!

Thanks!

[Yana M.D.]

The issue is that the folder's name contains a symbol "!": D:\Steam !\Steam\steamapps\common . Renaming this folder will help. 

[Maxx7181]

3 hours ago, Yana M.D. said:

The issue is that the folder's name contains a symbol "!": D:\Steam !\Steam\steamapps\common . Renaming this folder will help. 

Do I have to do something before changing the folder name? Because I don't know if that would destroy my Downloaded games because it can't find the folder (because of the name change)?

[Beard]

It should not, since Steam is launched from that folder, meaning once it launches it will find the local files.

[Maxx7181]

15 minutes ago, Beard said:

It should not, since Steam is launched from that folder, meaning once it launches it will find the local files.

Alright thank you! 

I will try it out when I get home 

Cheers!