Why no games start after successful installation?

I have recently completely reformat my hard drive and reinstall XP SP3 - since then no games will start for example. Crysis2, Borderlands, Far Cry, etc. Most of them just install apparently successfully, but when I run get them the hourgalss for 10 seconds and then nothing. The only exception is Borderlands that comes up with the following error message:

C:\Program Files\2K Games\Gearbox Software\Borderlands\Binaries\Borderlands.exe

This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

>>

All of these games used to run fine, my material has not changed, and since reinstalling XP SP3, I have downloaded and installed the latest NVIDIA drivers Creative etc.

Most graciously accepted ideas

Fraser

Hi fraserwood,.

·         You have an installed antivirus program?

Method 1: Temporarily disable the antivirus on the computer program and check if it helps. If it works, you may need to check the settings of the program.

Note: Check that you activate your anti-virus protection on the computer back after you complete these steps. It is not recommended to disable these settings on the computer. It's just to solve the problem.

Method 2: Make sure you have the latest updates of Windows installed. To update the most recent and then try to install the games.

Windows Update

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