Unable to start clod - blackscreen launcher crash

[mcdaniels]

Hi folks,
I recently completely reinstalled my Windows 7 x64 PC. I also reinstalled Steam and did a fresh download of CloD.

When I try to start CloD I get the yellow crosshair, then my screen turns to black and stays there.

I cannot use alt+tab to switch to Desktop. Only thing I can do is to use CTRL + ALT + Del -> start Taskmanager, which instantly causes lauchner.exe to crash.

My next approach was to play with compatibility settings of launcher.exe Only thing I managed using this is that I instantly run into a launcher.exe crash after starting CloD (no blackscreen - just crash).

Reinstalling DirectX, .NET Framwork 4.0 (from the redist-folder of the game) did not solve the issue.

Now I am pretty helpless.

Details of my rig:
Phenom 2 X6 1095T @3.2Ghz
8GB DDR Ram Corsair
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2
AMD Saphire Radeon 9750 3GB
Windows 7 x64 Pro

Any suggestions?

Greetings!