Games crashing with Exception code: 0xc0000005

Question

Hey, I had multiple games keep crashing and I am not really able to figure out why.

Faulting application name: ForzaHorizon5.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x64276b4b

Faulting module name: nvwgf2umx.dll, version: 31.0.15.3141, time stamp: 0x641398c6

Exception code: 0xc0000005

Fault offset: 0x00000000016440f0

Faulting process id: 0x0x1D60

Faulting application start time: 0x0x1D96CAFA2844B67

Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.624F8B84B80_3.576.537.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\ForzaHorizon5.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_50916785244854f2\nvwgf2umx.dll

Report Id: 0a35506d-5069-43e7-8bbb-f13876085358

Faulting package full name: Microsoft.624F8B84B80_3.576.537.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

Faulting package-relative application ID: Forzahorizon5

Answer 1

Hello Daniel. I'm Greg, here to help you with this.

What solved the same error here is reinstalling the game:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/xbox/forum/...

Also a fix found here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ForzaHorizon/comments/...

https://www.reddit.com/r/forza/comments/qn8nwt/...

The nvwgf2umx.dll cause of the crash has other fixes here:

https://www.minitool.com/partition-disk/nvwgf2u...

If nothing else works then all other fixes are here for Windows 10 games crashing:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back, I will have other suggestions if necessary.

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