Critical Error When Starting Valorant Windows 11
Looking for help on how to get rid of critical error when starting valorant. Ive tried everything ive seen on google and nothing has worked
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Open task manager
Performance
Show ss
how do i ss on windows 11 with no prnt button?
nvm figured it out
The 2nd tab on the left
Show ss
press windows key
Type installed apps and open it
Look for amd software and delete it
.
https://www.amd.com/en/support/download/drivers.html
then go here^ and download it
And make sure all drivers are selected during installation
did that, still getting error message
Open task manager
Then details
Close evry valorant,riot client and vanguard related apps/services
Open control panel
Uninstall programs
Uninstall riot vanguard
Open cmd as admin and type these commands:-
1) sc delete vgc
2)sc delete vgk
Navigate to ur C drive then program files and find vanguard folder and delete it.
Then open riot client and click update
Restart ur pc after the update.
it says those specified services do not exist on installed service on cmd
also i dont see riot vanguard or vanguard file in my C Drive
It’s fine, go next
Open riot client and click on update
okay its updated and installed vanguard
Restart pc and try the game
no luck
Press windows key
Type event viewer and open it
From there click on windows logs
Then click on Applications
Then from the top click on latest error and show ss
filtered it to only errors
Run valorant again, after it crashes, go back here and show ss
nothing shows up
it doesnt really crash, just pops message
It still shows the same
Close and reopen event viewer
reopened and still nothing
@AbhimสŇyu
Open system logs and show ss
errors? or everything
Open valorant again
i just reinstalled riot and valorant and about to check if it works
Once it crashes go look in event viewer
it does not crash tho
@Metamorphosis pfp changed 👀
just brings up that message
TYPE SHI
Can u play game with that error?
Same thing
U get error and game crashes 💀
nope wont even start the game, as soon as i try to start valorant it just brings up the message
Game doesn’t start
no loading or nothing
Straight up error
Make a video
okay its installing back right now ill send it when its finished
idk why quality is so bad
@AbhimสŇyu is it just me or the video not working
It's just you
Jk
It's not
😭
Send video again
hmm
When u get that error open event viewer
want another video? i doubt youd be able to read anything cause the quality
very critical
change the wallpaper please
then it will work
:ChillBar_facepalm:
o
try this
netsh int ip resetipconfig /releaseipconfig /renewipconfig /flushdnsnetsh winsock resetnetsh advfirewall reset
what is that? windows + ?
i
okay well ig ill be back when my router is done resetting lol
still no luck, just errors
Open windows settings
Apps and programs
Search for "nvidia"
Delete EVERYTHING it lists there nvidia related (even the nvidia control panel)
Then open Microsoft store
Download nvidia control panel from there
Then go to the nvidia website and download the drivers for ur EXACT gpu model
Install the drivers
Select clean install when installing the drivers.
cant seem where to find apps and programs
Uh it will just be called apps on win11 ig
unless you mean this
Yep..
Where tf are ur drivers
wdym?
you mean the nvidia app?
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/&ved=2ahUKEwjdmu68kruLAxVoUGwGHWLzHnsQFnoECCAQAQ&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw0HTgolC3_bHQ07z45pbE4c
Go here
Download drivers for ur gpu
What gpu u got btw?
4070 super
Go here and select 4070 super
delete nvidia control panel first correct?
Nah no need
okay
Select these values
game force ready driver?
Yes
express or custom installation
Custom
perform clean install?
Yea check that
everything checked?
Yes
okay its done
Restart ur pc
Try the game
unfortunately did not work
Open the nvidia app
Then the drivers section
Show photo
Good
Now play game
game no work 😦
Launch the game then when crashes open event viewer and check the error log
apps or system
well no error messages for either of them
Eh
Try a clean boot with vgc checked
He doesn't know clean boot
Press windows key
Search “msconfig”
And open “System Configuration”
Head to “Services” tab
Click on “Hide all Microsoft services”
And then “Disable all”
And find “vgc” and enable that only
ive done that
Now he does
Oh
I think you should play minecraft
Or Roblox
all the good servers on mc are gone
Play with friends
only reason im trying to play val again is to play w my gf tbh
Hahahaha same frrr
Play minecraft or Roblox with her it's more fun trust
Play on 15th feb
14*
and she cant play rivals w me anymore
so my only option rn is valo
Why
i played without her and we are too far in ranks
Make new account ez
already done that but the rank reset brought her back down and she doesnt want to play it
Bro there are more games than valo tbh
Rn we can try a full windows reinstall
Like clean one going advanced
she only plays val tho. ive tried sim games n like weird ass games on steam but she likes the "competetive" scene
Go cs then
tbh this happened once before and i reinstalled windows and thats what worked. but i dont wanna download everything again
she has dumped too much money on val to switch to cs
You gotta do it for her
And other than that there are no options left
oh ive asked already. she dont want to. she likes her kitty gun on val
Uh I said about reinstalling windows
oh. is there a way to reinstall windows without it deleting everything? haha
There is
But most likely it won't fix the issue
But we can try if you wanna wait
i mean i could try and if worse comes to worse then fk it
Alr
Download iso from the microsoft website
And then mount it and install by keeping your files
mount it?
Right click on iso it will say mount
this one right?
Yes
alright
@AbhimสŇyu let’s try sum else first
If that doesn’t work
@dragxnite. Open control panel > uninstall a program and show all apps installed
this is essentially everything. jus wallpaper engine at the bottom
L connect
Hm
Delete the amd chipset software
alright
He did that tho
Then go here and click download for windows
He said didn't work
Nope
He did only amd software
uninstall all?
Yes uninstall
.
That's different nvm
Imma be honest, i don't trust people
😭
Fair
After opening the link show ss
Download windows driver
After opening the program show ss
Next
Click install
Install
and then restart and try starting val again?
Yes
Did u do all this before?
not the chipset install
first time that screens popped up
Hmm
okay its done installing
Click on Restart pc
and try starting it now?
Yes
..error :/
yeah been scratching my head like that for 14 hours now
Check for windows update rq
just this one but i h ad some microsoft try to download it- he couldnt and then told me it didnt matter since it was only a preview
Also send the crash dump here
how do i get the dump
Open the game
Show ss of the error
Click no
Go to that path
And copy paste that file here
tbh cant find it in my c drive
U can't find which folder exactly
appdata n beyond
i can search app data in the bar but wont show me local\temp
Click on view at the top left of ur file explorer
Then options
Show ss
%temp% in win plus r
Type this
Hidden options are on
Prob just has the appdata folder hidden
Thats what i am making em disable :val_CAUGHT:
If u disable it the app data will be hidden 💀
some ancient ass language
:val_HUH:
Uk what i mean bro calm down
I can't even open the log file on my phone
ancient language
Need the debugging tool
i have windbg if that helps lol. i used to for minidumps . not sure if itll work for this
Sure try it
didnt work, parameter is incorrect
Whole internet says to open it as just doc or text
No actual method to access tmp filed
nice. so i gotta find someone that speaks this foreign language
Ain't no one reading that
u might be right
Open it
Show a ss of the file itself rq
Opened it
But too much info
Can u just look for the source
how did you open it
Or image name
Get here again
And click yes this time
That's gonna be a large file
He will be able to decode it with windbg
As it will be a dump file and not a temp file
:val_HUH:
if i can even find it
not showing up where the other ones were
What did it say after u clicked yes
It said the same thing as before?
nvm i ofund it
Eg
Whats the size of the file
479mb
Try opening it
Also in the old file i was seeing some msi stuff running
whats the app he used to open it
Do u have any msi software installed
i have msi center that auto downloads with my drivers
Is ur pc a pre built
nope i built it like 2 months ago
So a msi mobo?
yea
Open task manager
Startup
Show ss
also i tried opening the new dump and my app isnt responding anymore lool
Click on the little upward arrow on ur taskbar
Show ss
nvm it loaded but i cant read it again
@AbhimสŇyu what did u use to decode it the last time
The arrow on ur taskbar
And the bottom of ur screen
o
Not ur task manager
my fault
Is that the rgb app
top right yes. i uninstalled it tho and tried starting val but still didnt work
Right click on it
Show ss
Quit
done
Try the game
error
Try running it as administrator
no good
Download auto runs from the system internal suite
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
When you have it open press file, and then run as administrator
Then uncheck anything that is red or yellow
Except Vanguard and anything that fails to be unchecked
Restart your computer and then try the game again
Autoruns - Sysinternals
See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login.
which app
First app
a lot of yellow ones im unable to uncheck
If you can’t uncheck then leave it as it is
still an error
Press windows key + r
Type msinfo32
And show ss rq
im trying to decode the larger dump but it sends all the pages unresponsive :\
hi all, after a grueling last couple hours ive finally got it to work. thank you for all your help
Good job
How’d you do it
went into window settings - system - recovery and then hit "fix problems using windows update" - waited for it to reinstall windows, which took forever might i add. and when i woke up valorant stared up lol
was only in this tab because i was going to hit reset this pc. but then saw that other option and decided to try it lol
Reinstalling fix most of the things
It's the last resort after no options are left to try