Cannot start game: "Entry Point Not Found"

[Qubrof]

So I recently downloaded Ghost Recon and the expansion packs (Island Thunder and Desert Storm), but I cannot get the game to open. When I go to run it, I get an error that says:

Ghost Recon: GhostRecon.exe - Entry Point Not Found

The procedure entry point MiniDumpWriteDump could not be located in the dynamic link library dbghelp.dll.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, installing in a different directory, running as Administrator, and all of the other fixes I've seen on these forums, but nothing seems to work. The game just fails to load. What does this error mean? How can I fix it?

Thanks.

[King Lambent]

Go to the install folder. Mine is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Ghost Recon. Rename dbghelp.dll to dbghelp_old.dll. Worked for me.

[[WSC] Anime_Fan 22]

God bless you King Lambent. That worked for me. I was having the same problem and error message as Qubrof. I spent two days looking for the answer and finally stumbled on this post. I just wanted to play some old school Ghost Recon today lol.

[Scrawnlo]

Worked for me as well. Thank you so much!

[Vermatt]

Originally posted by King Lambent:

Go to the install folder. Mine is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Ghost Recon. Rename dbghelp.dll to dbghelp_old.dll. Worked for me.

Thanks so much mate, I had this problem too and it works great now.

[hunt0154]

Another hearty thanks too! Finally got GR up and running.

[sammiday]

thank you renaming to dbghelp_old.dll helped worked right away :D

[Grape_King]

Originally posted by King Lambent:

Go to the install folder. Mine is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Ghost Recon. Rename dbghelp.dll to dbghelp_old.dll. Worked for me.

Bless you king

[j.antonio.beas]

Originally posted by King Lambent:

Go to the install folder. Mine is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Ghost Recon. Rename dbghelp.dll to dbghelp_old.dll. Worked for me.

thanks a lot

[76561198412668683]

Hey folks,

Glad to see this is helping people.

- Ubisoft Support

[UsedDentalFloss]

Originally posted by Qubrof:

So I recently downloaded Ghost Recon and the expansion packs (Island Thunder and Desert Storm), but I cannot get the game to open. When I go to run it, I get an error that says:

Ghost Recon: GhostRecon.exe - Entry Point Not Found

The procedure entry point MiniDumpWriteDump could not be located in the dynamic link library dbghelp.dll.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, installing in a different directory, running as Administrator, and all of the other fixes I've seen on these forums, but nothing seems to work. The game just fails to load. What does this error mean? How can I fix it?

Thanks.

Originally posted by UsedDentalFloss:

Hey there. I've actually done a few things. First, if you have a suite for your drivers (Radeon Software in my case, for example), go into that, and add Ghost Recon as a game. Look for it in the Ghost Recon folder in the steamapps/common directory. ALL of the next steps will be taken in your Ghost Recon folder.

Next, create a text document and call it "options.xml" then add in this text:

<OptionsFile>
<MouseRadiansPerPixel>0.008727</MouseRadiansPerPixel>
<UseMouseInput>TRUE</UseMouseInput>
<MoveShuffleThreshold>10</MoveShuffleThreshold>
<MoveNormalThreshold>30</MoveNormalThreshold>
<MoveFastThreshold>100</MoveFastThreshold>
<MouseLookReverseY>FALSE</MouseLookReverseY>
<ThreatIndicatorEnabled>TRUE</ThreatIndicatorEnabled>
<DefaultKeyMappingFilename>defplayr.keys</DefaultKeyMappingFilename>
<Gameplay>
<BloodOn>FALSE</BloodOn>
<RecordGame>TRUE</RecordGame>
<ShowIntro>FALSE</ShowIntro>
<AutoAssignStats>TRUE</AutoAssignStats>
<InitialRateOfFire>SINGLE</InitialRateOfFire>
<AlwaysRun>FALSE</AlwaysRun>
<ScaleCommandMap>TRUE</ScaleCommandMap>
<ScaleHUD>FALSE</ScaleHUD>
<IFFType>RETICULE</IFFType>
</Gameplay>
<ShellBackgroundIndex>1</ShellBackgroundIndex>
<ReticuleColorR>255</ReticuleColorR>
<ReticuleColorG>214</ReticuleColorG>
<ReticuleColorB>17</ReticuleColorB>
<ReticuleIFFColorR>160</ReticuleIFFColorR>
<ReticuleIFFColorG>200</ReticuleIFFColorG>
<ReticuleIFFColorB>255</ReticuleIFFColorB>
<XBoxMode>FALSE</XBoxMode>
<Graphics>
<FullScreen>TRUE</FullScreen>
<VideoResolution Width = "1280" Height = "1024" BitDepth = "16"/>
<ShowFrameRate>FALSE</ShowFrameRate>
<UsePrimaryDisplay>FALSE</UsePrimaryDisplay>
<UseDisplayDeviceGuid>FALSE</UseDisplayDeviceGuid>
<DisplayDeviceGuid>{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}</DisplayDeviceGuid>
<CompressTextures>TRUE</CompressTextures>
<HumanShadowDetail>1</HumanShadowDetail>
<VehicleShadowDetail>1</VehicleShadowDetail>
<BulletHoleMax>100</BulletHoleMax>
<Gamma>0.500000</Gamma>
<DefaultMipMapping>FALSE</DefaultMipMapping>
<MipMapLODBias>-0.500000</MipMapLODBias>
<ShowDeadBodies>TRUE</ShowDeadBodies>
<CharVertexWeight>TRUE</CharVertexWeight>
<ParticleDetail>2</ParticleDetail>
<UITextureDetail>2</UITextureDetail>
<LevelTextureDetail>2</LevelTextureDetail>
<CharacterTextureDetail>2</CharacterTextureDetail>
<EffectTextureDetail>2</EffectTextureDetail>
<ZBufferBits>16</ZBufferBits>
<TreeModelDetail>HIGH</TreeModelDetail>
<CharacterModelDetail>HIGH</CharacterModelDetail>
</Graphics>
<Sound>
<MasterVolume>1.000000</MasterVolume>
<MasterSwitch>TRUE</MasterSwitch>
<EffectsVolume>1.000000</EffectsVolume>
<EffectsSwitch>TRUE</EffectsSwitch>
<MusicVolume>1.000000</MusicVolume>
<MusicSwitch>TRUE</MusicSwitch>
<VoiceVolume>1.000000</VoiceVolume>
<VoiceSwitch>TRUE</VoiceSwitch>
<AlternateCache>FALSE</AlternateCache>
<UseEAX>TRUE</UseEAX>
<SoundInSoftware>FALSE</SoundInSoftware>
<ChatIndicatorSound>FALSE</ChatIndicatorSound>
</Sound>
<Multiplayer>
<ChatMsg text = "" team = "false"/>
<ChatMsg text = "" team = "false"/>
<ChatMsg text = "" team = "false"/>
<ChatMsg text = "" team = "false"/>
<ChatMsg text = "" team = "false"/>
<ChatMsg text = "" team = "false"/>
<ChatMsg text = "" team = "false"/>
<ChatMsg text = "" team = "false"/>
<ChatMsg text = "" team = "false"/>
<ChatMsg text = "" team = "false"/>
<MPGameName>Servername</MPGameName>
<MOTD>---</MOTD>
<JoinPort>2346</JoinPort>
<AnnouncePort>2347</AnnouncePort>
<BehindFirewall>FALSE</BehindFirewall>
<PreferredIP>STANDARD</PreferredIP>
<RemoteServerAccess>FALSE</RemoteServerAccess>
<RemoteServerPasswd/>
<GameSynchTimeout>600.000000</GameSynchTimeout>
<CharIndex>0</CharIndex>
<KitIndex>0</KitIndex>
<IPAddress>69.174.154.241</IPAddress>
<IPAddress>89.38.151.164</IPAddress>
<IPAddress>84.81.46.152</IPAddress>
<IPAddress/>
<IPAddress/>
<IPAddress/>
<IPAddress/>
<IPAddress/>
<IPAddress/>
<IPAddress/>
<IPAddress/>
<IPAddress/>
</Multiplayer>
<PlayerName>Playername</PlayerName>
</OptionsFile>

Save the file.

Next, go to the Ghost Recon application file itself. Right click, go to properties. Click compatibility, and make sure it runs in Windows XP compatibility mode.

Finally, the last trick:

In the Ghost Recon directory folder, find a file called "dbghelp.dll"

Right click it, and select rename. Rename it so it says "dbghelp_old.dll"


Game should run fine. At least that's what worked for me. Runs like a charm on Windows 10 in 2021. Cheers!

[Ubi-Litten]

Hi there, thanks for providing this workaround. If you have any further feedback, please feel free to let us know.

- Ubisoft Support

[mikepanda07]

wheres compatibility mode? right clicking on exe and on steam and still cant find it

[Ubi-Thrupney]

Hey Mike :) We've got a support article describing how to do compatibility mode here: compatibility mode guide[www.ubisoft.com]

Let me know if that clears things up for you!

- Ubisoft Support

[HolyShiet!]

Originally posted by King Lambent:

Go to the install folder. Mine is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Ghost Recon. Rename dbghelp.dll to dbghelp_old.dll. Worked for me.

Thank you very much, I had this problem with the game on Ubisoft Connect, the game wouldn't open, and now it's working.

[UbiKarl]

Originally posted by HolyShiet!:

Originally posted by King Lambent:

Go to the install folder. Mine is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Ghost Recon. Rename dbghelp.dll to dbghelp_old.dll. Worked for me.

Thank you very much, I had this problem with the game on Ubisoft Connect, the game wouldn't open, and now it's working.

Hey there, appreciate you for letting us know and I do hope other players who may run into similar issue will find this useful as well :).

Enjoy your game-time and if you run into any other difficulties, let us know!

- Ubisoft Support