ScottHope:
Perhaps some part of the download is being blocked by your firewall/antivirus/security.
Try booting into safe mode and running the game again.
To boot into safe mode on Windows 11...
- Click taskbar start button.
- At the bottom right of the app menu click the power button.
- Hold down your shift key and click restart from the power button menu, then release your shift key.
- Allow your PC to restart then select Troubleshoot from the options.
- On the next screen select Advanced Options.
- On the next screen select Start Up Options.
- On the next screen click Restart.
- On the next screen press the number on your keyboard that corresponds to Enable Safe Mode With Networking.
Once you are up and running in safe mode try launching the game again.
To get out of safe mode just reboot your PC.
Well, I don't have windows 11,and this game worked fine for 12-14 years with my security/firewall/antivirus on. I would think purging WGT from my system and reloading would be enough. It is on WGT's end as there are too many people that have the same exact problem. I have not heard back from WGT, and I wrote them 5 times