recently I updated my windows OS (to version 10.0.18362 build 18362), which caused SWTOR to no longer launch (getting the 0x0000005 error code). I've tried every fix I could find on the internet, and so far the only thing that works is to manually revert my OS to the previous version of windows which is only good as a temporary fix. I have never before had this problem with any version of windows.
Try creating a new windows administrator account and try to launch the game there, if no change delete that windows user is only for testing
from the error code i would suspect another program to be honest, one that is likely injecting an overlay on startup
@proxos666 wrote:Try creating a new windows administrator account and try to launch the game there, if no change delete that windows user is only for testing
from the error code i would suspect another program to be honest, one that is likely injecting an overlay on startup
The problem doesn't solve itself by that. I've looked into the overlays that I know to have active on my pc, which are from steam and discord, but nothing about it changes when I disable them. Any other overlays that you think might cause the issue? Could be something native that I don't know about.
It may not be an overlay though
do you have a full crash report ? if you press the windows key and type reliability is there much else listed ?
Someone on the swtor discord posted the same error code after updating windows, if that isnt you they said they fixed it by the below
FIXED deleted the swtor folder (with retailclient and diskcachearena) and force repair again
The only thing you can try with swtor itself is to switch patchers per this guide link but that is it
is it actually the launcher not appearing ? the launcher is based on the chromium framework if it helps other then that C++ installations ok ?
Same occurs in a new windows administrator account ?
When you go into reliability history are there any other error reports ?
Edit - can you also provide a dxdiag per this link it gives a better idea of your system
