Windows 11, games crash after playing for a while.

AzoraHusky · Dec 11, 2021

Hi, I am using Windows 11 and I have been having an issue where after about 10 to 30 minutes of playing a game, it happens when I do something that causes an event, the game would freeze, the audio stutters a bit, and then the game closes itself with in some cases no window saying there was a crash.

The games that I played that did this was Forza Horizon 5, Sea of Thieves, Fortnite, Dota 2. The only game that gave a window saying it crashed was Fortnite, which I was able to check the minidump, and the error it gave was an Access Violation with the code c0000005. The way I was able to prevent it from crashing was to run the game in admin mode.

I am wondering if there is a way to fix this in Windows 11, I have tried turning Game Mode on and off already, doesn't change. And I am not sure if adding an exclusion would work. Would appreciate some help or insight into this.

Note: Forza Horizon 5 is downloaded from the Xbox app and the others from from Steam and Epic Games Launcher.

Thank you.

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AzoraHusky

I already ram MemTest86, it came up with 0 errors, most other games are fine, and the others run fine when in admin mode. All drivers are up to date and GPU and CPU are functioning properly. And I have tried repairing and reinstalling the games, and Forza Horizon 5 was a fresh install. I already checked the Drives and all functioning properly. I haven't tried doing a clean install of Windows, but I would rather not take a drastic solution, since I would prefer not to reinstall all the software I need for work.

Edit, I have also made sure Windows 11 was running correctly by running SFC and DISM

SammyVS

I'm Samy an independent advisor. Welcome to the Xbox community. How are you?

This error code relates to Windows, drivers, and even your hardware. If I were you I would do a clean install of Windows and format hard drives to rule out software issues. If the problem persists, there is a problem with your hardware and most commonly the problem is with the RAM or GPU.

AzoraHusky

I just decided to downgrade to Windows 10, and test it, and I am still getting the same error, I have ran SFC, and DISM. I also tried disabling TPM and Secure Boot, but I have no idea what could be causing it. I have been using Divinity Original Sin 2 to test it.

SammyVS

It is not just because the software has failed to find problems that there is no defect in the hardware or software.

So I don't have anything else to recommend besides taking your equipment to a shop that specializes in technical assistance in your city.

Lone Wolf kk

ok found the world save files copied them. Uninstalled and re-installed Minecraft for windows 10. After installing and updating created a new world, after 10 minutes of playing the game crashed while digging dirt. So this is the 3rd instance of the game
crashing while mining/digging... I would say in total in the last 3 days my game has crashed probably close to 300 times.

Windows 11, games crash after playing for a while.