PBSetup.exe has stopped working
Hello Everyone, Every time I try to run PBSetup.exe and press update, it crashes and windows gives me the error message "PBSetup.exe has stopped working". I have tried re-installing PB, rebooting th...
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Hey,
That's a no go. I've tried downloading and running it multiple times, but it just crashes on the initial updating process each time. I have disabled all antivirus, administrator, compatibility mode, and nothing works. I did a full uninstall of punkbuster and did a complete reinstall of it and the pb setup still crashes so its all worthless because I can't download the definitions for any game.
Maybe you have some malware on your PC. Try to use a tool like malwarebytes and see if it finds anything.
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Yeah I ran multiple anti viruses and they all came out clean. I found a temporary workaround using safe mode yesterday, where pbsetup was able to launch and install all the definition to all my games. This means there is some sort of conflict with the application and an application on my PC. It's not worth going through and seeing what the conflict is because I won't be using PBSetup all that often, so i hope this workaround works for anyone with this issue. Thanks for your help though Soldato_Fantasma, I appreciate it.
No problem, you can try to disable all the startup programs and services via msconfig, maybe it will fix your problem permanently, here is how to do it:
Press start button -> type msconfig-> right click on msconfig.exe -> run as administrator
Press "Services" tab -> check "Hide all microsoft services -> Disable All -> If you want look the list and check the PNKBSTR service and other services that you think you may need (origin, steam...)
Press "Startup" tab -> Disable everything -> Enable the programs that you may need, like your gpu control program, your antivirus... (the less programs you have, the better it is)
Press Apply -> OK -> Restart your PC.
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I'll be sure to give that a shot once I find some time. Thanks again for all your help.
