Fix League of Legends Won’t open on Windows 10

League of Legends launcher won’t launch on Windows 10. You’re not alone Many users complain that the League of Legends launcher does not launch. You might be wondering you’re wondering why League of Legends doesn’t start? 

The game’s shortcuts aren’t working, the game’s files getting corrupted or not present, old Graphics Card Drivers, other issues with the application, or that it requires administrative rights are a few frequent reasons behind why League of Legends not opening. 

Furthermore, Internet Connection issues, Firewalls, or LOL(abbr. for League of Legends) Server Problems can cause this issue.

League of Legends will not open

If you’re having the issue, where the League of Legends Launcher doesn’t open, we have a few options to resolve these issues and enable the game.

Run the game as an administrator

Before you apply any solution before applying any solutions, start prior to applying solutions. Open the File Explorer and go to folder “C:Riot/Games/LeagueofLegends”. Find the application file named LeagueClient.exe Double click it and confirm that the game has started without issues.

Furthermore, right-click in the LeagueClient.exe file and select Run in Administrator mode.

If the game is running properly, click on the right button to LeagueClient.exe to create the shortcut. Remove the shortcut you created previously and then try running the game.

Delete League of Legends Processes from the Task Manager

• Use the Ctrl, Shift and Esc keys simultaneously to open Task Manager.
• In the process, click on tabs to search for the LoLLauncher.exe as well as LoLClient.exe processes. Close these processes.
• To do this, select the process you would like to close and select the option to end Task on the left menu.
• After removing the necessary processes, attempt to start the game over again, and then check whether the issue recurs.

Change user.cfg and then delete LeagueClient.exe

Sometimes, a problem with the “user.cfg” file stops League of Legends to open on Windows 10. We need to make some adjustments in the League of Legends Client to can help users with the issue.

• Press the Windows button + E, to launch the file explorer.
• Go to C:\Riot Games\League of Legends and go to \RADS\system.
• Right-click on the user.cfg file, then use Notepad to open it.
• Change leagueClientOptIn=yes to leagueClientOptIn=no and save the file.
• Start the game again and then go into the directory folder to erase this LeagueClient.exe file.
• Double-click launcher.exe to start LOL in the installation directory. If it’s not working start it by running launcher.admin.exe.

Force-Update LoL Client

There’s a chance that League of Legends not launching due to some “.dll” files have been corrupted in the Game directory. Also, updating the game can help fix the problem.

• Visit the installation directory, and then go through projects in RADS.
• Here locate the folders league_client and LOL_game_client and then delete the two folders.
• Go to the solution folder remove league_client_sin and lol_game_client.sin.
• Restart your computer, start LOL again, and it will cause that the game update itself automatically.

Reinstall lol game

Still, in need of help Try reinstalling the game by following the steps below. This could help to fix the issue.

• Press the Windows keys + x to select Applications and Features.
• scroll down to find League of Legends, click it and then click uninstall.
• Follow the on-screen directions to uninstall the game from your computer and then restart your computer.

• Then download the game from the official website of lol right here and install it.
• Once you have finished, try opening the game and see if there’s no issue opening the game.

Reinstall the drivers for your graphics card.

Additionally, graphics cards are essential to gaming If there’s an issue with the drivers for your graphics card then you may not be in a position to play League of Legends at all.

• Press the Windows keys + X to select the device manager
• This will show all drivers devices with driver drivers installed Find the display adapters and then expand them.
• Right-click the installed graphics driver and select uninstall device , then follow the on-screen directions to remove this driver off your computer after which you can restart Windows.
• Go to the website of the manufacturer of your graphics card like NVIDIA as well as AMD in order to install and download the most recent graphics driver for your computer.

Do these solutions work to fix the League of Legends that won’t play on Windows 10? Tell us in our comments section below.