Path of Exile has stopped working - 0xc0000005 crash at startup

HELP! I can't load PoE!!!!

Path of Exile (and the Beta too) are giving me the following crash errors.
I've tried to uninstall and reinstall, but same error.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: PathOfExile.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 5550425e
Fault Module Name: unknown
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: cf6f3fd8
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 00000008
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

What is this message? What can I do about it?

--- Everything was working fine before.
I recently installed an SSD, that's the only change.
(Same path, etc...)


I'm running Windows 7 64 bit.
Last edited by yazzlecat#6066 on May 22, 2015, 3:10:17 PM
Hi there!

I'm sorry to hear that you have encountered this issue. In this instance, have you recently queued or installed any Windows Update downloads?

BEX can indicate a buffer overflow (/GS) or DEP exception on 64-bit versions of Windows.

BEX refers to Buffer Overflow Exception. For more details on BEX, you can visit http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738483(WS.10).aspx

Should you have an uninstalled update, please consider reinstalling it and/or any related graphics card drivers. I hope this helps!
✮ Please contact support@grindinggear.com if you need any help!

Thanks, I already tried DEP as Optin (for sys files only) but it's not helping. Same issue.
I have no windows updates available for in the queue.
I just tried reinstalling the graphics drivers. No luck.

Any other ideas?
Hi there!

Thank you for providing that information. In this instance your game files may have experienced a corruption recently. Please perform a Pack check as detailed here.

Please contact us back should this not resolve the issue and we will investigate further on your behalf. I hope this helps!
✮ Please contact support@grindinggear.com if you need any help!

This was resolved via a system repair. I don't know exactly what the cause was, but after repair applied it's fixes, upon the next reboot I was able to get into PoE without issue.

Thanks Tom & GGG for being so responsive!

You never really know the hold PoE has on you until your client goes down. :-)

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