Fatal D3D Error (25)

[Tim]

Would love an update on this please. Thank you.

Specs

1) CPU - i7-8700k
2) Custom PC
3) GPU - GTX 1080
4) Driver version - 535.98
5) RAM - 32gb DDR4 3000mhz
6) OS - Win 11 Pro x64 (The crash also happened on Win 10 pro x64
7) WIndows Defender (Exceptions for SF6 have already been made)
8) 144hz panel by BenQ and a 60hz secondary panel by Asus. (I never crashed during the open beta or Demo so this is likely not the cause of the problem)
9) I use Dual Link DVI, not HDMI
10) United States

And here is the crash report.

[Steam Install Folder]
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam
2023/06/07 00:12 <DIR> 0 .
2023/06/07 00:12 <DIR> 0 ..
2023/06/03 22:30 71 .cef-dev-tools-size.vdf
2023/06/06 14:39 0 .crash
2023/06/07 00:09 <DIR> 0 appcache
2023/06/02 15:45 <DIR> 0 bin
2023/06/01 14:34 <DIR> 0 clientui
2023/06/06 22:05 <DIR> 0 config
2023/05/13 15:06 <DIR> 0 controller_base
2023/06/02 00:43 376168 crashhandler.dll (v8.9.90.16)
2023/06/01 22:29 376168 crashhandler.dll.old (v8.9.82.22)
2023/06/02 00:43 482152 crashhandler64.dll (v8.9.90.16)
2017/06/20 06:38 124440 CSERHelper.dll (v4.50.0.0)
2012/08/21 09:26 3231696 d3dcompiler_46.dll (v9.30.960.9200)
2012/10/26 04:34 3873264 d3dcompiler_46_64.dll (v9.30.9200.20546)
2023/06/02 15:44 1343687 debug.log
2023/06/06 14:40 <DIR> 0 depotcache
2023/06/06 14:58 <DIR> 0 dumps
2022/11/18 20:19 718 fossilize_engine_filters.json
2023/06/01 14:34 <DIR> 0 friends
2023/06/02 00:43 1194856 GameOverlayRenderer.dll (v8.9.90.16)
2023/06/07 00:19 0 GameOverlayRenderer.log
2023/06/02 00:43 1416040 GameOverlayRenderer64.dll (v8.9.90.16)
2023/06/02 00:43 388968 GameOverlayUI.exe (v8.9.90.16)
2023/06/06 14:41 0 GameOverlayUI.exe.log
2023/06/06 05:24 11677 GameOverlayUI.exe.log.last
2021/09/09 05:53 2579656 GfnRuntimeSdk.dll (v1.7.3039.5783)
2023/04/28 00:50 <DIR> 0 graphics
2016/09/01 01:02 1563936 icui18n.dll
2016/09/01 01:02 1195296 icuuc.dll
2022/12/07 17:30 4417896 libavcodec-58.dll
2022/12/07 17:30 1245032 libavformat-58.dll
2022/12/07 17:30 592232 libavresample-4.dll
2022/12/07 17:30 1294184 libavutil-56.dll
2021/04/09 02:54 577024 libfreetype-6.dll (v2.10.4.0)
2021/04/09 02:54 1105920 libharfbuzz-0.dll
2022/12/07 17:30 1044840 libswscale-5.dll
2023/04/16 03:15 875520 libx264-142.dll (v0.142.0.0)
2015/03/26 21:56 875552 libx264-142.dll.crypt
2015/03/26 21:56 32 libx264-142.dll.md5
2023/06/06 21:44 <DIR> 0 logs
2022/12/27 01:48 <DIR> 0 music
2016/07/04 22:17 266560 openvr_api.dll
2023/06/06 14:42 <DIR> 0 package
2023/06/01 14:34 <DIR> 0 public
2023/06/02 15:45 <DIR> 0 resource
2023/06/02 00:43 1288552 SDL3.dll (v8.9.90.16)
2023/01/06 05:19 1693696 SDL3_ttf.dll (v3.0.0.0)
2023/04/28 00:50 <DIR> 0 servers
2023/05/02 20:30 2048 ssfn1770196139854949069
2022/12/27 01:48 2048 ssfn2860911673154793587
2023/04/28 00:50 2048 ssfn3267643015882298275
2022/12/27 01:54 2048 ssfn44493113545100529
2023/04/28 17:20 2048 ssfn4882746432258404685
2023/05/04 15:08 2048 ssfn4966907450391134115
2023/05/01 23:10 2048 ssfn5152117985021075030
2023/05/01 16:22 2048 ssfn6397926231939098715
2023/05/03 21:14 2048 ssfn6876715167357268549
2023/05/02 22:28 2048 ssfn7532270388100047097
2023/05/02 15:24 2048 ssfn7784471967228300848
2023/04/29 18:17 2048 ssfn7941535004190121909
2023/04/30 16:14 2048 ssfn8747960812480419085
2023/05/03 13:28 2048 ssfn8756405061825341099
2022/12/27 01:46 <DIR> 0 steam
2023/06/02 00:43 502120 Steam.dll
2023/06/02 00:43 4371816 steam.exe (v8.9.90.16)
2023/06/01 22:29 4371816 steam.exe.old (v8.9.82.22)
2023/06/02 00:50 3981 steam.signatures
2014/02/14 02:04 2882984 Steam2.dll (v2.0.2117.156)
2023/06/06 14:41 <DIR> 0 steamapps
2023/06/02 00:43 19237736 steamclient.dll (v8.9.90.16)
2023/06/02 00:43 22628048 steamclient64.dll (v8.9.90.16)
2023/06/02 00:43 573800 steamerrorreporter.exe (v8.9.90.16)
2023/06/02 00:43 656744 steamerrorreporter64.exe (v8.9.90.16)
2022/07/13 12:18 694 SteamFossilizeVulkanLayer.json
2022/07/13 12:08 696 SteamFossilizeVulkanLayer64.json
2023/06/02 00:43 182120 SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.dll
2022/07/13 12:09 482 SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.json
2023/06/02 00:43 219496 SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.dll
2022/07/13 12:09 484 SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.json
2023/06/02 15:45 <DIR> 0 steamui
2023/04/28 00:50 <DIR> 0 steamui-public
2023/06/02 00:43 14429544 SteamUI.dll (v8.9.90.16)
2021/07/01 00:44 4765416 steamwebrtc.dll
2021/07/01 00:44 13031144 steamwebrtc64.dll
2023/06/02 00:43 9329000 streaming_client.exe (v8.9.90.16)
2022/12/27 01:46 <DIR> 0 tenfoot
2013/12/24 18:41 405 ThirdPartyLegalNotices.css
2013/12/17 00:27 25088 ThirdPartyLegalNotices.doc
2019/05/06 19:37 202978 ThirdPartyLegalNotices.html
2023/06/02 00:43 349544 tier0_s.dll (v8.9.90.16)
2023/06/02 00:43 403816 tier0_s64.dll (v8.9.90.16)
2022/03/22 02:30 143104 uninstall.exe (v2.10.91.91)
2023/06/06 18:40 894 update_hosts_cached.vdf
2023/04/10 22:46 <DIR> 0 userdata
2016/09/01 01:02 4969248 v8.dll
2023/06/02 00:43 3841384 video.dll
2023/06/02 00:43 491368 VkLayer_steam_fossilize.dll
2023/06/02 00:43 590184 VkLayer_steam_fossilize64.dll
2023/06/02 00:43 543080 vstdlib_s.dll (v8.9.90.16)
2023/06/02 00:43 708456 vstdlib_s64.dll (v8.9.90.16)
2012/01/13 18:20 284456 WriteMiniDump.exe (v1.0.1255.558)
2020/12/04 21:09 103424 zlib1.dll (v1.2.11.0)

[Process Directory]
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6
2023/06/07 00:19 <DIR> 0 .
2023/06/07 00:19 <DIR> 0 ..
2023/06/01 17:51 42496 amd_ags_x64.dll (v6.0.1.0)
2023/06/06 14:41 658 config.ini
2023/06/01 17:50 254464 CrankcaseAudioRevModelPlayer.dll
2023/06/07 00:19 <DIR> 0 CrashReport
2023/06/01 17:50 151199744 CrashReport.exe (v1.0.0.0)
2023/06/01 17:50 160896 CrashReportDll.dll
2023/06/01 17:54 <DIR> 0 D3D12
2023/06/01 17:54 <DIR> 0 dlc
2023/06/01 17:47 540 InstallerMessage_RunlScript.vdf
2023/06/01 17:51 170496 MasteringSuite.dll
2023/06/01 17:52 128512 MSSpatial.dll
2023/06/01 17:51 3076000 PartyWin.dll (v1.7.2206.17001)
2023/06/01 17:50 5540768 PartyWin7.dll (v1.7.2206.17001)
2023/06/01 18:17 <DIR> 0 pdlc
2023/06/01 17:47 35613889712 re_chunk_000.pak
2023/06/06 05:24 230307788 shader.cache2
2023/06/01 17:51 295336 steam_api64.dll (v6.91.21.57)
2023/06/01 17:50 654004864 StreetFighter6.exe (v1.0.0.0)
2023/06/01 17:54 <DIR> 0 Tool

[Process Information]
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe
ExceptionPointer: 0000000151F97750
ExceptionRecord:
ExceptionCode : C0000005
ExceptionFlags : 00000000
ExceptionAddress: 00007FF82B1B09E4

Callstack's:
Stack[0] : 0x00007ff82b1b09e4 ( C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Devices.dll )
Stack[1] : 0x00007ff82b1aead8 ( C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Devices.dll )
Stack[2] : 0x00007ff82b1b06c0 ( C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Devices.dll )
Stack[3] : 0x00007ff82b192f05 ( C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Devices.dll )
Stack[4] : 0x00007ff82b19369e ( C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Devices.dll )
Stack[5] : 0x00007ff82b1a65fe ( C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Devices.dll )
Stack[6] : 0x00007ff82b1aecf7 ( C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Devices.dll )
Stack[7] : 0x00007ff82b1b0720 ( C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Devices.dll )
Stack[8] : 0x00007ff82b1b09a4 ( C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Devices.dll )
Stack[9] : 0x00007ff82b1b1ad4 ( C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Devices.dll )
Stack[10] : 0x00007ff82b1b1b78 ( C:\Windows\System32\Windows.Media.Devices.dll )
Stack[11] : 0x00007ff8006af45c ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\PartyWin.dll )
Stack[12] : 0x00007ff8006af2ec ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\PartyWin.dll )
Stack[13] : 0x00007ff8006b043c ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\PartyWin.dll )
Stack[14] : 0x00007ff8006b01db ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\PartyWin.dll )
Stack[15] : 0x00007ff80069a0f1 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\PartyWin.dll )
Stack[16] : 0x00007ff80069a15a ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\PartyWin.dll )
Stack[17] : 0x00007ff8005ac8ae ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\PartyWin.dll )
Stack[18] : 0x00007ff8005ac7b2 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\PartyWin.dll )
Stack[19] : 0x00007ff8005ac60f ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\PartyWin.dll )
Stack[20] : 0x00007ff8006ce7a6 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\PartyWin.dll )
Stack[21] : 0x00007ff8406042d6 ( C:\Windows\System32\ucrtbase.dll )
Stack[22] : 0x00007ff8406041fb ( C:\Windows\System32\ucrtbase.dll )
Stack[23] : 0x00007ff8406041b4 ( C:\Windows\System32\ucrtbase.dll )
Stack[24] : 0x00007ff8006cee1d ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\PartyWin.dll )
Stack[25] : 0x00007ff8006cef42 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\PartyWin.dll )
Stack[26] : 0x00007ff8427c9a1d ( C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll )
Stack[27] : 0x00007ff84280dcec ( C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll )
Stack[28] : 0x00007ff84280da7d ( C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll )
Stack[29] : 0x00007ff8403a9dc2 ( C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll )
Stack[30] : 0x0000000144e6dfec ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[31] : 0x000000014643f81c ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[32] : 0x00000001464986bb ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[33] : 0x0000000146497068 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[34] : 0x00000001458e25ab ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[35] : 0x00000001585b4f08 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[36] : 0x0000000145861050 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[37] : 0x00000001457df1a5 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[38] : 0x0000000156fff948 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[39] : 0x00000001570f3c61 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[40] : 0x00000001457b6956 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[41] : 0x00000001457b9fa4 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[42] : 0x0000000144dbd150 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[43] : 0x0000000144dbdc4a ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[44] : 0x0000000144ea2d65 ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Street Fighter 6\StreetFighter6.exe )
Stack[45] : 0x00007ff840907614 ( C:\Windows\System32\KERNEL32.DLL )
Stack[46] : 0x00007ff8428026a1 ( C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll )

Exception Data SHA3:
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[Sid]

coming from a couple of other threads on d3d issues.
given that you've tried two operating systems, we can rule out existing cache, I don't see any troublesome dll injections in your stack, so we can rule out that too.
windows was probably up to date in at least one of those installations, your driver is good.

disable dlc for SF6 (world tour, specifically, as it's large and has many shaders)
ensure you have ample free space on your C drive for shader caching (at least 50gb).
if it works, and you want to play world tour, re-enable it.

exception C0000005 is an invalid memory address, which is a bit tricky to troubleshoot.

the above helped people crashing during shader compilation, so there could be something not working quite right during that process, world tour seems to have quite a few graphic related problems currently.

edit: if you're overclocking significantly, try turning it down a little, it could also be hardware failures in ram or gpu, or something wrong with one of your run time environments (unlikely given your circumstances), or an issue with SF6 itself.

[Tim]

Originally posted by Sid:

coming from a couple of other threads on d3d issues.
given that you've tried two operating systems, we can rule out existing cache, I don't see any troublesome dll injections in your stack, so we can rule out that too.
windows was probably up to date in at least one of those installations, your driver is good.

disable dlc for SF6 (world tour, specifically, as it's large and has many shaders)
ensure you have ample free space on your C drive for shader caching (at least 50gb).
if it works, and you want to play world tour, re-enable it.

exception C0000005 is an invalid memory address, which is a bit tricky to troubleshoot.

the above helped people crashing during shader compilation, so there could be something not working quite right during that process, world tour seems to have quite a few graphic related problems currently.

edit: if you're overclocking significantly, try turning it down a little, it could also be hardware failures in ram or gpu, or something wrong with one of your run time environments (unlikely given your circumstances), or an issue with SF6 itself.

I appreciate the insight and effort! So thank you.

So I do not play world tour and actually have never had it installed so I can probably rule that out. I only play ranked matches from fighting grounds main menu (or training mode) and sometimes in battle hub. But the crashes have happened in both situatuations.


As far as overclocking the only overclocking present is enabling the XMP profile for my ram to run at its native frequency. I could try disabling the xmp profile and play for an hour and report but. But it's worth noting that I played so much of the demo (probably around 80 hours) and the entirety of the open beta and never had any of these issues. And on top of that, I never had this fatal d3d error until like 4 days after the game had launched but played it very frequently up until that point.

[Sid]

Originally posted by Tim:

I appreciate the insight and effort! So thank you.

So I do not play world tour and actually have never had it installed so I can probably rule that out. I only play ranked matches from fighting grounds main menu (or training mode) and sometimes in battle hub. But the crashes have happened in both situatuations.


As far as overclocking the only overclocking present is enabling the XMP profile for my ram to run at its native frequency. I could try disabling the xmp profile and play for an hour and report but. But it's worth noting that I played so much of the demo (probably around 80 hours) and the entirety of the open beta and never had any of these issues. And on top of that, I never had this fatal d3d error until like 4 days after the game had launched but played it very frequently up until that point.

no worries, I'd be surprised if it's your ram in that case.

I should note that if it takes a while for these crashes to happen, it's very likely just a memory leak, I get those after a few hours, usually prefaced by some minor graphical artifacts which (usually) gives me time to finish whatever match I'm in and restart the game.
an issue that wasn't present for me in the demo either, and not something us players can address ourselves.

given the differences in our systems I'm afraid I can't help much more than that since I won't be able to reproduce your crash if it's something else.

best of luck friend!

[Tim]

Originally posted by Sid:

Originally posted by Tim:

I appreciate the insight and effort! So thank you.

So I do not play world tour and actually have never had it installed so I can probably rule that out. I only play ranked matches from fighting grounds main menu (or training mode) and sometimes in battle hub. But the crashes have happened in both situatuations.


As far as overclocking the only overclocking present is enabling the XMP profile for my ram to run at its native frequency. I could try disabling the xmp profile and play for an hour and report but. But it's worth noting that I played so much of the demo (probably around 80 hours) and the entirety of the open beta and never had any of these issues. And on top of that, I never had this fatal d3d error until like 4 days after the game had launched but played it very frequently up until that point.

no worries, I'd be surprised if it's your ram in that case.

I should note that if it takes a while for these crashes to happen, it's very likely just a memory leak, I get those after a few hours, usually prefaced by some minor graphical artifacts which (usually) gives me time to finish whatever match I'm in and restart the game.
an issue that wasn't present for me in the demo either, and not something us players can address ourselves.

given the differences in our systems I'm afraid I can't help much more than that since I won't be able to reproduce your crash if it's something else.

best of luck friend!

I appreicate it! Someone told me for them disabling XMP worked so I'll give it a shot. At this point I got nothing to lose anyways so might as well try. But yeah it does suck how long it takes for the crash to happen. We'll see. Thanks again!

[Zer0]

Any luck with this? Randomly getting this error every now and then

[BiGViC340]

From what I gather this is an RE Engine problem with certain setups. Happens in RE4, Monster Hunter.

I have legit tried everything(TdrDelay, Nvidia Debug mode, sfc scan, verify game files, ran stress test, Memtest to eliminate hardware problems, disable XMP/lower timings, etc)

All the usual suggestions. No other game nor stress test(3dMark, Uniengine, OCCT crashes my display driver. Ruling out any hardware problems. Lowering some graphical settings delays this from happening but it still happens every now and then.

Specifically error Fatal D3D Error (25) which crashes the display driver. If you go to event viewer you will see "The description for Event ID 0 from source nvlddmkm cannot be found" for Nvidia GPUs. As far as I know there is no concrete fix for this. Also you can have an 8 hour session and nothing happens then next time it crashes within 30 mins lol. Just seems very random or like some type of leak with VRAM/GPU which would make sense why lowering graphical settings gives you more time.

I have a 1080TI 11GB

[whiely]

Originally posted by BiGViC340:

From what I gather this is an RE Engine problem with certain setups. Happens in RE4, Monster Hunter.

I have legit tried everything(TdrDelay, Nvidia Debug mode, sfc scan, verify game files, ran stress test, Memtest to eliminate hardware problems, disable XMP/lower timings, etc)

All the usual suggestions. No other game nor stress test(3dMark, Uniengine, OCCT crashes my display driver. Ruling out any hardware problems. Lowering some graphical settings delays this from happening but it still happens every now and then.

Specifically error Fatal D3D Error (25) which crashes the display driver. If you go to event viewer you will see "The description for Event ID 0 from source nvlddmkm cannot be found" for Nvidia GPUs. As far as I know there is no concrete fix for this. Also you can have an 8 hour session and nothing happens then next time it crashes within 30 mins lol. Just seems very random or like some type of leak with VRAM/GPU which would make sense why lowering graphical settings gives you more time.

I have a 1080TI 11GB

Have you found a fix other than lowering graphical settings?

[CRIX]

1080Ti here, I randomly get it as well, although not as much since I lowered some graphical settings and also turned off input delay reduction, not sure if that helps. I can't fully confirm because I do most of my longer sessions on my PS5, and shorter sessions 30-45mins on the pc version because of this issue

EDIT: also turned off steam overlay

[Jeven]

saaaame evga3080

[insiii]

i get the crash aswell but only when im playing the stage "Fete Foraine" kinda sucks cuz its my favorite stage :(

[Badger]

I'm now getting this crash on my system but only since I upgraded from my 1070 to a 4070. It's driving me crazy, have tried around 20 fixes now without any luck.

If anyone can give me a fix or some insight I'd be eternally grateful!

[Tim]

Originally posted by Badger:

I'm now getting this crash on my system but only since I upgraded from my 1070 to a 4070. It's driving me crazy, have tried around 20 fixes now without any luck.

If anyone can give me a fix or some insight I'd be eternally grateful!

Upgrading my GPU from a 10 series (GTX 1080) to an RTX 3070 fixed the problem. I haven't had crashes since I made this post (around the time I upgraded).

But I also did a full reinstall of windows as well as going from win 10 to windows 11. and in that time also getting a new boot drive instead of my old SSD. I do believe it was a hardware problem. If your game is still crashing with an RTX card, try installing the game on a separate drive if you can? Other than that, this issue I felt was unsolvable cause I had tried everything.

[Badger]

Originally posted by Tim:

Originally posted by Badger:

I'm now getting this crash on my system but only since I upgraded from my 1070 to a 4070. It's driving me crazy, have tried around 20 fixes now without any luck.

If anyone can give me a fix or some insight I'd be eternally grateful!

Upgrading my GPU from a 10 series (GTX 1080) to an RTX 3070 fixed the problem. I haven't had crashes since I made this post (around the time I upgraded).

But I also did a full reinstall of windows as well as going from win 10 to windows 11. and in that time also getting a new boot drive instead of my old SSD. I do believe it was a hardware problem. If your game is still crashing with an RTX card, try installing the game on a separate drive if you can? Other than that, this issue I felt was unsolvable cause I had tried everything.

Thanks 👍 It was painful to do, but a full re-install of windows fixed this for me!