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Seasoned Novice

21 days ago

BF6 PC Crash Persistent c0000005 Access Violation

Battlefield 6 consistently crashes or stalls pointing to an Access Violation (c0000005). After extensive troubleshooting and analysis of multiple Crash Dumps via WinDbg, the issue appears to be a conflict between the Windows 11 24H2 Kernel (Build 26100) and the game engine/Anti-Cheat, which triggers system-level mitigations (APPLICATION_VERIFIER_LOADED: 1) that cannot be disabled by the user.

System Specifications:

CPU: Intel Core i9-9900KF

GPU: Nvidia RTX 4060 (Latest Drivers, Clean Install via DDU)

RAM: 64GB DDR4 3200MHz

OS: Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2 (Build 26100.1)

Storage: SSD formatted in NTFS (Clean install verified)

Technical Analysis (WinDbg): Despite a clean installation on an NTFS drive and a full registry reset (verifier /reset), every crash dump consistently reports:

Exception Code: c0000005 (Access Violation) inside ntdll.dll or bf6.exe.

Verifier Flag: APPLICATION_VERIFIER_LOADED: 1 is ALWAYS present in the dumps, even though I have manually reset Application Verifier and cleared all Image File Execution Options registry keys. This indicates the OS Kernel is enforcing it automatically.

Fault Type: INVALID_POINTER_WRITE attempting to write to address 0x00000000.

Recent Behavior: Even when the game stalls (GameStall_2026.01.17...), the underlying error remains c0000005 triggered by memory protection violations.

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Troubleshooting Steps ALREADY TAKEN (Please do not suggest these):

-Clean Install: Game uninstalled via Revo Uninstaller (Registry scrubbed) and reinstalled on a freshly formatted NTFS SSD (ruling out exFAT issues).

-Drivers: GPU drivers wiped with DDU and reinstalled.

-OS Integrity: sfc /scannow and DISM commands run (no corruption found).

-Boot Environment: Performed a Clean Boot (disabled all non-MS services).

- Registry: Manually checked Image File Execution Options, AppCompatFlags, and FTH keys. All are clean.

-Hardware: RAM tested (XMP on/off makes no difference, this is a software violation, not hardware instability).

Conclusion: The persistence of the APPLICATION_VERIFIER_LOADED flag on a clean, registry-reset system strongly suggests that Windows 11 Build 26100 (24H2) is automatically applying a compatibility shim or mitigation policy that breaks the game. I request this be escalated to the dev team to investigate compatibility with the Germanium (24H2) kernel.

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17 Replies

OskooI_007
Legend
21 days ago
Monnezzarolvlmax the question is why are you experiencing this issue while most people are not.
The BF6 and Win11 software code is the same for everyone. Most people are not experiencing this issue which points to a hardware issue.
Monnezzarolvlmax
Seasoned Novice
21 days ago
You're wrong. A lot of PC users are experiencing these crashes at launch. Many probably don't care or don't want to troubleshoot a solution, knowing that it might be giving you this exact error code. But I assure you, there's nothing wrong with my build, not even my configuration files, and after trying countless solutions, the problem persists. And I'm 100% sure the devs are aware of this by now. I'm just trying to help find a solution to a huge problem on PCs: these crashes at launch.
OskooI_007
Legend
20 days ago
Monnezzarolvlmax if there's an issue with the game code, wouldn't everybody's game be crashing with the same error message?
Monnezzarolvlmax
Seasoned Novice
20 days ago
The Error is Silent: The c0000005 (Access Violation) code does not appear as a pop-up message for the user. To the average player, this crash just looks like a sudden 'Crash to Desktop' or a freeze (GameStall) with absolutely no explanation. Unless users actively analyze their internal .mdmp dump files with debugging tools (like WinDbg), they have no idea they are suffering from this specific error code. They just think 'the game crashed'.
OskooI_007
Legend
20 days ago
Monnezzarolvlmax do you think everyone is crashing to desktop in BF6?
Monnezzarolvlmax
Seasoned Novice
20 days ago
bro you just dont get it.
OskooI_007
Legend
20 days ago
Monnezzarolvlmax I'm trying to help find what's causing the crash.
Since everyone is running BF6, EA anticheat, Win11, but everyone isn't crashing to desktop. Then something besides these three things must be causing the crash.
A unique hardware or software configuration perhaps?
From my experience error c0000005 is usually caused by memory errors.
Dallemann90
Seasoned Newcomer
20 days ago
I have the same problem after a update in December. Looked into it a found there was some problem with the anticheat.
Everytime after a crash i can go in to verify integrety of game files and there is always 3 files that needs to download again. This is on steam. Many people have the same issue, and have tried some sort of fix but nothing works. Hard crash to desktop without any warnings or error codes.
Min0kawa
Seasoned Rookie
20 days ago
I’ve been having the same or at least very similar symptoms since the winter update. What’s weird is some nights I can play for hours. Some nights it just refuses to launch the game. Insanely inconsistent and unstable
Monnezzarolvlmax
Seasoned Novice
19 days ago
Yes Exactly