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Please provide more context
yesterday after i finished a game my game crashed and when i tried to get back on valorant wouldnt open so i tried to open it from the riot client and it said this
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ive uninstalled the game 3 times restarted my pc like 10 changed my dns settings disabled my firewall uodated my drivers and nothing fixed it
Are you using a vpn?
no
So no to any proxy or there anything else?
no
You also uninstalled riot client correct?
yea
and vanguard
Are you using a wired or wireless connection
wireless
?
Sorry
Go to C:\Riot Games\Valorant\Live\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ And run the file Valorant-Win64-Shipping.exe
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Are you running the game as an admin?
do i need to open the game before doing that
It is a question?
Are you running the game as an administrator?
i have to run it as admin to even get it to open but when i do it gives me the val 43 error code
Please press win + r. Then, enter msinfo32. Then, send a photo of the app that opens
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open cmd as admin
and enter:
sc query vgk
and then: sc query vgc
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Win + r
enter:
%localappdata%\Riot Games\Riot Client\Data
Then delete this file
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now what
Try opening the game again
still not working
You're still getting the val 43 error?
yea
Are you able to use the different account?
nope