Forza Motorsport crashes on launch from PC Gamepass with Error Code 0xc0000409

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Since you have exhausted so many troubleshooting tips without any success, can you try reset your PC. Resetting your PC lets you perform a clean reinstallation and update of Windows while keeping your personal data and most Windows settings intact. In some cases, a clean installation may improve your device's performance, security, browsing experience, and battery life.

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I hope this helps resolve your query.

Did all that. However upon contacting Forza Support They keep on sending me here.

"Hello,

For troubleshooting tips on game crashes or failure to launch, please see our article here: https://support.forzamotorsport.net/hc/en-us/articles/360007593074-My-Game-is-Not-Launching-or-is-Crashing-on-PC

If you are crashing and receive no error or windows pop up directly from the game, please use this guide to diagnose your PCs issue for the Crash event that may be occurring,

Open Event Viewer by pressing the Windows key and type "Event Viewer"
Click on the "Windows Logs" folder
Click on "Application"
Click on the "Date and Time" column to sort and look for "Application Error" around the date/time your crash happened.
After you find the Application Error for the game, you will notice "Information" on the right.
In this tab there will be a ton of information listed. Please check the error code to see if you have anything related to these examples below

Examples of Coded issues:
0xc0000005
0xc000001d
0xc0000409
0xe06d7363
0xc0000374
0xc00000fd
0x80000003
0xc0000096
0xc0000094
0xc0000006

If you are seeing codes close to or exactly these codes, please report these codes to Official Windows support as they will be able to diagnose and resolve these issues for you,

WINDOWS: https://support.microsoft.com"

Hello Michael,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

Based on your description, you are unable to launch Forza Motorsport after an update. There is a list of troubleshooting that you can try to perform below. Before that, please let us know details about your concern:

• May we know if Forza Motorsport is installed from Xbox app?
  

If you are experiencing issues launching Forza Motorsport on PC after the 3.0 update, there are a few things you can try:

1. Restart your PC and try launching the game again.

2. Check to see if there are any pending updates for the game in the Microsoft Store app.

3. Try resetting the game by going to Settings > Apps > Forza Motorsport > Advanced Options > Reset.

4. If none of the above steps work, you can try performing the steps from this link: My Game is Not Launching or is Crashing on PC – Forza Support (forzamotorsport.net)

5. Try installing other games to see if issue persists to all games.

6. Lastly, you may try uninstalling and reinstalling the game.

We look forward to your response.

If you have other clarifications about this matter, you can get back to us by replying to this post.

Sincerely,



Microsoft Community Moderator

Forza motorsport unplayable on series s, Darktide unplayable on series s, starfield unplayable on series, Gotham knights unplayable on series s... All these day one release from gamepass crash with in a couple mins and are unplayable please fix.

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are experiencing issues with Forza Horizon 5 crashing and losing your progress. That is definitely frustrating. Was this on PC or an Xbox console?

You can check the Forza Horizon support article which offers steps you can take, including submitting a ticket. I've lost all my progress, what do I do? – Forza Support (forzamotorsport.net)

Additional Support articles:

My Game is Not Launching or is Crashing on PC – Forza Support (forzamotorsport.net)

Forza Horizon 5 – Forza Support (forzamotorsport.net)

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For Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon forums and community support, visit:

Forza Motorsport forums