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game stops working when trying to load

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hi. my game will not boot as soon as i run the launcher both in and out of admin mode. it instantly comes up with programme not responding

This is a new install. used to work fine before upgrading to windows 10. with same spec's

spec's
I5 4570
8GB ram
msi gtx 970
windows 10 64bt

cant seem to find a crash log for it sorry

thanks
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Crash log is in %appdata%\Factorio

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Please post a crash log. Try running it in administrator mode, and/or compatibility mode for xp.
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What version of Factorio are you using? The stable is NOT compatable with windows 10, you'll need to use the latest experimental (0.12.19) for it to run on windows 10.
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or use compatibility mode
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