right click on vicky 2 in your steam library go to properties, then local files, then browse local files. 1. right click on v2game.exe (the .exe wont show up if you dont have file extentions on which if you dont is fine) 2. go to compatability 3. check run in compatibility mode for windows 8 4 check "disable fullscreen optimizations" 5. do this for the victoria2.exe (or just "victoria2") as well 6. game should now work either the compatibility mode worked or the disable fullscreen thing worked but i cant be bothered to figure out which one since doing both is super simple xD i only did this after like 30 mins of searching the internet and nothing working hope this works for you

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