Some players may attempt to jump into Sea of Thieves and find themselves faced with the error that they are stuck on a screen that says show up for work. The loading screen will continuously load without a clear sign of when it will stop until an error code appears. The game will not launch and players must choose between waiting for it or closing the app. Here are some ideas of what is going on and you can fix it.
For those who are having the problem, a great way to work around this error is to close the app, make sure you have administrator access to the app, and then load it again. To find the app on your desktop, you can search for it on your toolbar or drag it to the main desktop area. Right click on the app and grant yourself administrator access. Once you've done that, try loading the game again, and it should give you access to Sea of Thieves.
If you continue to experience this issue, you can check the game files on Steam. To do this, scroll to the game app in your library, right-click it, go to properties, and click the local files tab. From there choose 'Check Integrity of Game Files' which will go through all game files to make sure they are all properly installed. If this continues to not work, you might want to go through the uninstall and reinstall procedure to see if that fixes the error code issue.
You can also make sure that your computer registers you in the correct region. Press the Windows key and type Region & Legion, then change your language and region to English (United States), then restart your computer. If it is already set to this option, try setting it to English (UK) and restart your computer.
For those who play Sea of Thieves through the Microsoft Store and multiple associated accounts, you can delete all of those profiles and use only the one you want to play on. The different accounts could take the software out of service.
If none of these solutions resolve the issue, you may need to contact the Sea of Thieves support team to try to find a more personalized solution. You can contact them on their Support page to submit a ticket or browse the various support articles they have created to help struggling players.
