# Unreal Editor Launcher won't launch Editor

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-editor-launcher-wont-launch-editor/301805>\
**Category:** Getting Started & Setup\
**Tags:** launcher, unreal-engine, editor, question\
**Created:** [December 17, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-editor-launcher-wont-launch-editor/301805 "2014-12-17T01:48:35Z")\
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Hi Jimonions,

If you try opening the UE4Engine.exe file directly, will the editor launch then?

C:\Program Files\Unreal Engine\4.6\Engine\Binaries\Win64\UE4Engine.exe

Afterwards, follow the link below and post your dxdiag along with any logs files if they were generated.

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