help Can't Start Game Normally

[NikTBS]

I've been playing this game for quite a long time and have never run into any issues of crashing, corrupting, or stuff like that. Last week, a Windows 10 update gone wrong caused me to reinstall most things. I haven't had any trouble with it, even regarding other Steam games. I've launched plenty of them regularly and they all run well enough. However, Project Zomboid refuses to start normally at 64 bits. I'm not a computer guy at all, but I have done the following
Reinstalled the game
Verified all game files
Reinstalled NVidia geforce driver

Checked that all PC systems are up to date
Launched the game alternatively 

The game works fine at 32 bits and when launched alternatively, but I still want to fix this issue. I don't believe I have anything broken on my PC, because other things aren't affected, but again I am not at all a PC guy. If anyone wants to help me out, that would be epic.  

[Beard]

You are likely missing the Windows Redistributables, Steam and latest versions of Windows should have them installed, Windows 10 will become deprecated soon.
You can download them from here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

 

[NikTBS]

it seems to be working now, but my mods and past saves are gone seemingly. thanks for the help though.

[Beard]

Saves are located on your hard drive, you mentioned that you reinstalled your Windows, right? It is likely you deleted them at that point, unless you made a backup beforehand.