unhandled exception: Object reference not set to an instance of an object, HELP!

[Nimullitia]

every time I launch the game the launcher comes up with this, and stops me from playing please help

[Planewalker]

MAKE sure your .net & vb++ is up to specs.

Also, that it's not your antivirus or firewall being overzealous.

[Nimullitia]

thank you so much, been abit busy and just checked this managed to get it to work what I wouldnt of been able to without your help

[BigDog]

This works fine to me...

Hi there,

I am sorry to know that you have experienced this issue! This is often related to .NET I'm afraid. You should be able to circumvent the issue by running through the following:


On C:\Program Files (x86)\Frontier\EDLaunch you should find a file named EDLaunch.exe.config.

For Steam installs, it should be here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Elite Dangerous
· Firstly, make a backup of this file by copying it to another location, such as your desktop.

· Open the EDLaunch.exe.config file with a text editor such as Notepad. You'll see something similar to:

<supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/ >
<supportedRuntime version="v4.0"/ >


Switch the lines, so they look like this:

<supportedRuntime version="v4.0"/ >
<supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727"/ >

Once you have done this, save the file and attempt to start up the launcher. If it's still not working you can just replace the file with the backup you created.

If you continue to have problems, please submit a ticket so that we can investigate further.

Thanks,

CMDR Sputnik