
Free up your PC’s RAM by force-stopping unwanted applications through the Task Manager. Install the latest updates for your Windows. Scan for and repair any corrupt files on your computer. As such, check if there are remaining BlueStacks folders that need. There might also be some leftover folders for BlueStacks. In addition, right-click the BlueStacksGP key and select Delete. Now you can easily launch the installed app and run it. Then right-click the BlueStacks key on the left off the window and select Delete. Once the installation is finished, the app or game will appear in the My Apps tab.
In the Play Store, give the name of any app or game you want to search. Update your GPU drivers to the latest version. In that section, click on your Play Store icon which you will find in the taskbar at the bottom.
Configure your antivirus correctly as it may be interfering with BlueStacks. It may be due to some incompatibility with your computers hardware, or the setup file. Increase the allocated CPU cores and RAM to BlueStacks. BlueStacks installation on Windows can fail due to multiple reasons. Ensure that your PC fulfills the minimum system requirements.
If you see a message after launching BlueStacks 5 stating that some minor repairs are needed, you can resolve it by clicking on "Repair now". The images below show the pop-ups that you may see when BlueStacks 5 fails to start.
I actually tried both with the directly downloaded file, as well as unzipping it and trying the second executable and it seemed to have the same effect. In the event that BlueStacks 5 cannot start or if you see "Error code: -1101" at the time of launching BlueStacks 5, please follow the steps listed in this article to resolve this. Thanks for that - i somehow failed to look in AppData when looking for the logs, i will give them a lookover tomorrow when im back at work.