How to Fix Gears of War 4 Crashing on Windows 10?

Gears of War 4 was a huge success when it released in 2016. The graphics and animations of cool mech designs, along with a compelling campaign mode, made a good selling point for the game. But it was not always smooth and easy on Windows PCs.

Many Windows 10 users have experienced mid-game crashes, startup crashes, and some people reported that they could not get the game to even load on their PCs. If you have the minimum requirements to run the game on your PC, then these crashes should not happen. So if you are also a victim of this random crash issue of Gears of War 4, then this article will be helpful for you. We have compiled a bunch of potential solutions that could work out for you as it did for many other users. So give them a try one by one and see which one works for you.

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How to fix Gears of War 4 Crashing on Windows 10?

There could be a number of reasons why Gears of War 4 is crashing on your System. We have listed below fixes for all the potential reasons. So check one fix after the other and see which one works out for you.

Fix 1- Update your graphics drivers:

Head over to your dedicated graphics manufacturers’ website and look for your GPU model there. Download the latest driver you see for your model for Windows 10 environment. Sometimes unsupported and outdated drivers could be the reason behind all your worries.

If you have an AMD GPU, then.

Right-click on your desktop and click on AMD Radeon Settings.
Click on System, and in the next menu, click on Switchable Graphics.
This will list out the applications that are running on your System or applications that recently used the graphics on the PC.
Select the Gears of War application and then select the High-Performance mode from the drop-down menu that comes up for Switchable Graphics modes.
Apply the change and then exit AMD Radeon Settings.

Now try launching your game again and see if it crashes. If it does, then try the next fix.

Fix 3- Turn off Async:

Now try turning off Async in the game. For that,

Launch Gears of War 4.
Go to options and select Advanced Video.
Next, Turn off Aysnc Computer here.

Now try and play the game and see if it crashes again. If it does, then move to Fix 4.

Fix 4- Disable Game Bar & Background recording:

Game bar is a windows feature that lets the users take screenshots of the gameplay and even record it if the user desires to do so. This feature can sometimes prove to be too much for Gears of War 4. So try turning this feature off now. To do that,

Click on your windows search bar and search for Game Bar settings. It will show up in the results, so just go ahead and click on open.
Here, turn off the toggle next to Record game clips, screenshots, broadcast using the Game bar.
Click on Captures and then turn off the toggle for Record in the background while I’m playing a game.
Click on Broadcasting and then turn the toggle off for Record audio when I broadcast.
Now just exit this window and launch the game. Play and see if the game still crashes. If it does, then just try the next fix.

Fix 5- Reset the Microsoft Store cache:

A lot of cache gets downloaded through the Windows Store. This excess cache can sometimes be the hindrance behind your Gears of War 4 gameplay too. So clear the cache by following this method.

Press and hold Windows Key+R. This will open up the Run window. Enter wsreset.exe in the dialog box and press enter.
Wait as it will take some time for the Windows cache reset process to finish up.
Once it does, Windows Store will open up. Close that window and restart your PC.
After that, try playing Gears of War 4 again and see if it crashes down again. If it does, then try fix 6.

Fix 6- Update your Windows:

Microsoft pushes out updates for bugs that are reported by users worldwide. So updating the windows might help your case too.

Press and hold the Windows key + I. This will open Windows Settings.
Click on Updates & Security and then select the Windows Update tab on the left-hand side.
Now click on Check for Updates, and Windows will automatically start looking for updates in their database.
If it finds an update, then the update will be installed automatically. If it does not, then you can just move to the next fix.
Now, if a windows update was found and download, then just restart the PC, and it will install all those updates.

After the update, check if the game now crashes down or not. If it does, then try the next fix.

Fix 7-Enable Offline Permissions:

Not having Online Permissions enabled in the Microsoft Store can sometimes be the cause of your gears of War 4 crashes. To enable it,

Click on the Start button and select the Microsoft Store tile.
Open up Microsoft store settings menu by clicking on the three-dot icon at the top-right corner of your screen and selecting Settings.
Turn the slider next to Offline Permissions.

Fix 8- Update DirectX:

To access the hardware of sound and video of your System, games and certain application require the latest version of DirectX installed on your PC. It is free software, so you can just download the latest version from here or download the DirectX installer from here.

After the download completes, install it on your PC and see if the crash problem still arises in Gears of War 4. If it does, then try the final next fix.

Fix 9- Reinstall the game:

If none of the above methods worked out for you, then just try reinstalling your game all over again. To uninstall the game, just click on the start button > Settings > Apps. This will list out all that have installed on your system. Click on Gears of War 4 and click on the option Uninstall.

Once the uninstall process is complete, just go to the Microsoft store, search for the game, download and install it again.

Hopefully, one of the fixes mentioned above works out for you. Comment down below if you have any queries regarding any of the fixes mentioned above. And also, check our other articles on iPhone, Android, Game, and other similar sections for more updates like this.