The hotfix for now is indeed to move the system32>drivers files, this can mess things up though(my dropbox stopped working etc)
I managed to single the problem down to a file called Tpkd.sys however.
This is the only file I needed to remove to get the game working (make a backup until the game is fixed).
Hope this helps someone.
Removing mtihint.sys and mticache.sys in C>Windows>System32>drivers worked for me.
High probability the anti-cheat is blocking the launch based on the files in drivers folder, the files need to be deleted/moved could differ based on the software's you have installed on your system.
I followed @lasop123 solution and then restored folders and files back to the original directory (C>Windows>System32>drivers) one at a time and kept relaunching the game till I found the exact files that were causing the issue.
Hope this helps 🙂
@deaddxrk
Its possible some other file is getting flagged, best case is to do trial and error. I tried to search the files which others suggested but none of them were there in my folder. So I had to move bunch of files and figure it out.
@k10FA > "Removing mtihint.sys and mticache.sys in C>Windows>System32>drivers worked for me"
OMG...that worked...for me. Your mileage may vary.
This did work for me
@k10FA This worked for me. Thanks!
Removing mtihint.sys and mticache.sys in C>Windows>System32>drivers worked for me.
I created a new folder, moved those two files into the folder, while still in the DRIVERS folder and Apex started right up, gonna do some test runs and see if its stable
===This fix was stable on my PC, I played about 10 games, some long some short, no hiccups, stuttering or killing to desktop+++
I didn't have these, but I was also able to solve my issue by making another folder in my windows/system32/drivers folder, and copying all allowable files into that folder. I will leave them there till this is patched I guess, I have no idea what the damage of doing this would be?
