Payday 2 Crash On Startup; privileged instruction

[Brave Mujahideen]

I haven't played payday 2 but I want to get back into it but I crash on startup, I have tried reinstalling and verifying, I do not have hoxhud installed either.



Sat Oct 29 18:52:15 2016


Application has crashed: privileged instruction

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Callstack:

d3d9 (???) DebugSetMute
d3d9 (???) Direct3DCreate9
payday2_win32_release (???) ???
payday2_win32_release (???) zip_get_name
payday2_win32_release (???) zip_get_name
payday2_win32_release (???) ???
payday2_win32_release (???) ???
payday2_win32_release (???) ???
payday2_win32_release (???) ???


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Current thread: Main

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System information:
Application version : 1.56.66
CPU : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460S CPU @ 2.90GHz (2 cores); SSE; SSE2; SSE3; SSSE3; SSE4.1; SSE4.2
Language : @ID94cca2fdaccfc2cd@
Memory : 8065MB 252KB
OS : 6.2.9200 () 0x100-0x1 (64 bits)
Physics : threaded
Renderer : DX9 threaded

[Sy1v]

Originally posted by Totally_Creeper of the Melons:

Alrighty.
After looking it up more.
http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f10/exception-privilege-instruction-oxc0000096-504131.html

It is caused by 1 of 3 things:

1) Bad memory (AKA, RAM). Try reseating, or replacing it.
2) (More likely) a 3rd party program that is trying to access something it shouldn't normally (like a virus, or a booster program that influences CPU output or somesuch. Badly written mods can also do this).
3) Really corrupted drivers.

So, I would read through that discussion carefully. Restore to a previous point (back up save game files and such if you like).

Then try again.

And if it is still occurring. Go into safe mode. Uninstall all drivers. Re-install them all one at a time. Update them (one at a time). Restart whenever prompted.

And if it is still occurring. Then you probably have some really bad memory, or a virus, or corrupted kernels.

And re-installing windows would then narrow down to bad memory or a really deep rooted virus.