Crash on Startup - New Windows10 install

[Poniat]

Game crashes before I even log in.

I just freshly installed Windows 10 on a new hard drive, check Nvidia driver, updated sound card driver, download DCS... crashes shortly after it check for updates.

In general troubleshooting it says "Release C:\Users\Darek\Saved Games\DCS"

What is that mean?

It seams that windows or my antivirus is stopping DCS from writing to files...

 

My System:

Windows 10, lattes build

Intel® Core i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB; Driver from Dec 2018: 417.35

32 GB Ram

ASUS Prime B250M-A with lattes Bios

 

=== Log opened UTC 2019-01-26 12:46:53

2019-01-26 12:46:53.343 INFO DCS: Command line: "bin/DCS.exe"

2019-01-26 12:46:53.343 INFO DCS: DCS/2.5.4.26552 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.17763)

2019-01-26 12:46:53.383 INFO DCS: Hwid: nBNqwykLPX5P0dk6qs0uBOS9uEfpl1cUrKUQ9A

2019-01-26 12:46:53.383 INFO DCS: DCS revision: 146545

2019-01-26 12:46:53.383 INFO DCS: Renderer revision: 18383

2019-01-26 12:46:53.383 INFO DCS: Terrain revision: 18529

2019-01-26 12:46:53.383 INFO DCS: CPU cores: 4, threads: 8, System RAM: 32716 MB, Pagefile: 37836 MB

2019-01-26 12:46:53.392 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:0

2019-01-26 12:46:53.397 INFO Dispatcher: 2019/1/26 07:46 V1803061700

2019-01-26 12:46:53.406 INFO INPUT: Device [Keyboard] created deviceId = -1

2019-01-26 12:46:53.435 INFO INPUT: Device [saitek Cyborg Evo Force {39847520-20F1-11e9-8006-444553540000}] created deviceId = -1

2019-01-26 12:46:53.435 INFO INPUT: Joystick created[saitek Cyborg Evo Force {39847520-20F1-11e9-8006-444553540000}], ForceFeedBack: off, guidFFDriver: {EEC6993A-B3FD-11d2-A916-00C04FB98638}

2019-01-26 12:46:53.435 INFO INPUT: Device [Mouse] created deviceId = -1

2019-01-26 12:46:53.445 INFO SOUND: Using driver: xaudio29

2019-01-26 12:46:53.457 INFO SOUND: Found 3 available audio device(s):

2019-01-26 12:46:53.457 INFO SOUND: 0: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{80d95467-d3eb-4414-882c-d122d0c1007f}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "Realtek HD Audio 2nd output (Realtek High Definition Audio)"

2019-01-26 12:46:53.457 INFO SOUND: 1: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{6655a812-10ba-4061-a1a1-4d702a667e39}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)"

2019-01-26 12:46:53.457 INFO SOUND: 2: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{629b9a24-ed99-44a8-9e75-121b2db92449}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)"

2019-01-26 12:46:53.495 INFO EDCORE: try to write dump information

2019-01-26 12:46:53.497 INFO EDCORE: # -------------- 20190126-124654 --------------

2019-01-26 12:46:53.498 INFO EDCORE: C:\Windows\System32\pid.dll

2019-01-26 12:46:53.499 INFO EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 1645654F 00:00000000

2019-01-26 12:46:53.501 INFO EDCORE: SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World;C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 530, UserName: 'Darek'

2019-01-26 12:46:53.502 INFO EDCORE: OS-Version: 10.0.17763 () 0x300-0x1

2019-01-26 12:46:53.540 INFO SOUND: loaded 1318 sdefs from "sounds\sdef"

2019-01-26 12:46:53.540 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from Sounds\Sounders

2019-01-26 12:46:53.778 INFO EDCORE: 0x00007FFF1645654F (pid): PID_GetFFEffectSettingsFromMemory + 0xC1F

2019-01-26 12:46:53.779 INFO EDCORE: 0x00007FFF3C08329E (ntdll): KiUserApcDispatcher + 0x2E

2019-01-26 12:46:53.780 INFO EDCORE: 0x00007FFF38CB9904 (win32u): NtUserMsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx + 0x14

2019-01-26 12:46:53.780 INFO EDCORE: 0x00007FFF393CF5CD (USER32): MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx + 0x9D

2019-01-26 12:46:53.780 INFO EDCORE: 0x00007FFF16456790 (pid): PID_GetFFEffectSettingsFromMemory + 0xE60

2019-01-26 12:46:53.780 INFO EDCORE: 0x00007FFF393081F4 (KERNEL32): BaseThreadInitThunk + 0x14

2019-01-26 12:46:53.781 INFO EDCORE: 0x00007FFF3C04A251 (ntdll): RtlUserThreadStart + 0x21

2019-01-26 12:46:53.840 INFO EDCORE: Minidump created.

2019-01-26 12:46:53.842 INFO DCS: try to write track file

2019-01-26 12:46:53.843 INFO DCS: 'C:\Users\Darek\Saved Games\DCS\Logs\dcs.20190126-124654.crash' deleted successfully

2019-01-26 12:46:53.891 INFO DCS: 'C:\Users\Darek\Saved Games\DCS\Logs\dcs.20190126-124654.dmp' deleted successfully

2019-01-26 12:46:53.891 WARNING DCS: track file empty

2019-01-26 12:46:53.891 WARNING DCS: mission file empty

=== Log closed.

[FragBum]

2019-01-26 12:46:53.499 INFO EDCORE: # C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 1645654F 00:00000000

2019-01-26 12:46:53.501 INFO EDCORE: SymInit: Symbol-SearchPath: '.;C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World;C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32;SRV*C:\websymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;', symOptions: 530, UserName: 'Darek'

 

Huh!

[Rudel_chw]

It seams that windows or my antivirus is stopping DCS from writing to files...

 

I agree that it could be an Antivirus issue, as PID.dll is not a DCS process ... you should try to exclude DCS locations from the Antivirus.

 

I use MS Defender and have excluded my Saved Games, Program Files (drive L, only has DCS) and OneDrive (I store my DCS configuration there), like this:

 

 

In spanish, but other languages should be similar.

[Poniat]

It's FIXED - it was the Antivirus! I did what Rudel suggested and placed the : I placed the C:\Users\Darek\Saved Games\DCS in the exclusions for my Bitdifender antivirus and game runs like a champ! Thank you Rudel! Thank you all!

[Rudel_chw]

You are welcome, glad that the problem got solved :)