@s5yn3t I run it directly from Connect/UPlay. I do not have it on Steam. I thought I had purchased it directly from the Ubsoft store, but it looks like it was a Humble Bundle store key for UPlay.

I uninstalled and reinstalled and it claims not to find MSVCP110.dll and MSVCR110.dll now. This is new.

Please note I played Crew2 for ages, and play ACValhalla frequently with no issues.

I will pull copies of the MSVC*.dll files noted from other spots (I see it in Anno 2205, for example), to see if that fixes it.

Thank you @UbiSushiVamp and @S5yn3T for your taking the time to help.

I bought the Crew 1 a couple months ago, and it has yet to launch. I bought it here, installed it, and it didnt launch. Retried recently, same issue. I uninstalled and reinstalled, to no effect. Validated the files here on Connect. Still does not launch. I get the popup after hitting play and it just spins the little circle in the upper right corner.

Launching directly from Connect, have had no such issue with this game or others in the past.