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Base DoW2 and Elite crashing on start up
Posted: Tue 22 Mar, 2022 1:29 am
by solarFury
I recently installed dow2 and elite on my pc and whenever I try to start either the game crashes with the error message DOW2.exe caused an Access Violation in module Shark.dll
I did not see anything in the FAQs or on the forum, but is there a fix for this issue?
Re: Base DoW2 and Elite crashing on start up
Posted: Tue 22 Mar, 2022 4:41 pm
by Impregnable
- You will get an answer faster by asking at the technical-discussion section of the main Elite Discord.
https://discord.gg/jKVfpj3- Also, found this in a quick search. Not sure it will help though.
https://www.registry-programs.com/proce ... k.dll.html
Re: Base DoW2 and Elite crashing on start up
Posted: Wed 23 Mar, 2022 5:41 am
by Paranoid Kamikaze
Never had that error. Some things to check:
- DISM. Type 'CMD' into search and open as an admin. Type in 'Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth'
- Verify system files. Go to command prompt under admin and type in 'sfc /scannow' and press enter
- Verify Steam files. Library - Right click DoW 2 - Properties - Local Files - View integrity of game files
Re: Base DoW2 and Elite crashing on start up
Posted: Wed 23 Mar, 2022 2:57 pm
by solarFury
I followed all those steps to no success and then I started shutting down programs.
Eventually I got to shutting down voicemeter, and the crashes stopped, so there is some shared resource there that the game does not play nicely about. The crashes stopped and I was able to get a few AI games in.