game crashes every time i hit "play"

[Akkrem.8157]

windows updated itself the day before yesterday and since then gw2 has always crashed every single time i click "play". i've tried repairing, running as an administrator, updated my video card drivers, basically everything i've seen suggested BUT NOTHING WORKS!!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( my wintersday wonderland :s

//EDIT: i managed to reverse the windows update and everything works! <3<3<3

[LordKage.9135]

I'm getting the exact same problem but I haven't done a reverse on the windows update.

Were you getting error:

--> Crash <--Exception: c0000409

By any chance?

[Mosh.9306]

maybe you can clear your cache. Who knows this might fix it

[Inculpatus cedo.9234]

Check for any graphics cards applications, and disable/remove them. Or other 3rd party applications.

Good luck.

[TechAssist.4635]

Seem to missed that you downgraded.. Ah well... Here is what I would have suggested... =)

Try the following command line argument:

First, please navigate to your Guild Wars 2 folder. By default, this will be C:\Program Files(x86)\Guild Wars 2.

Right-click on "Gw2-64.exe" and select "Create Shortcut."Rename this shortcut to "Guild Wars 2 Windowed."Right-click on this shortcut and select "Properties."Edit the "Target" line to include -windowed at the end. Note: Please make sure -windowed is outside of the quotes-- Correctly Formatted Example: " C:\Program Files (x86)\Guild Wars 2\Gw2-64.exe" -windowed -- Incorrectly Formatted Example: " C:\Program Files (x86)\Guild Wars 2\Gw2-64.exe -windowed "Once completed, click "Ok" to save your changes. 

If you get an error trying to save, your target line may not have the correct format. Please try Step 5 again.

Once completed, try starting Guild Wars 2 again by using this new shortcut.

[Napo.1230]

@"TechAssist.4635" said:Seem to missed that you downgraded.. Ah well... Here is what I would have suggested... =)

Try the following command line argument:

First, please navigate to your Guild Wars 2 folder. By default, this will be C:\Program Files(x86)\Guild Wars 2.

Right-click on "Gw2-64.exe" and select "Create Shortcut."Rename this shortcut to "Guild Wars 2 Windowed."Right-click on this shortcut and select "Properties."Edit the "Target" line to include -windowed at the end. Note: Please make sure -windowed is outside of the quotes-- Correctly Formatted Example: " C:\Program Files (x86)\Guild Wars 2\Gw2-64.exe" -windowed -- Incorrectly Formatted Example: " C:\Program Files (x86)\Guild Wars 2\Gw2-64.exe -windowed "Once completed, click "Ok" to save your changes. 

If you get an error trying to save, your target line may not have the correct format. Please try Step 5 again.

Once completed, try starting Guild Wars 2 again by using this new shortcut.

I was having this exact problem.This worked!!!

Thanks alot

[TACTICALxBACON.8246]

Akkrem, what update did you uninstall? I tried TechAssist's idea but it keeps saying the -windowed target is not valid.

NEVERMIND ITS WORKING THANK YOU SO MUCH ILY

[JDjitsu.7895]

If you want to go back to Fullscreen and use Rivatuner Statistic Server, try shutting RTSS down and try Fullscreen again. The FPS overlay/OSD part of RTSS is making a few games crash. I had the same problem as you but windowed mode kills my game performance so for me that wouldn't be a fix. Either way, glad it's working.