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Apex Legends - Fix “Memory Could Not Be Read” Crash Error

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Close Apex Legends and the Origin or Steam launcher and open your Task Manager. In the Processes tab, end the processes that could show an overlay while playing Apex Legends. Examples: Steam, Chrome, GeForce Experience, Anti-Virus, Discord, etc. In the Start-up section, disable some programs from starting up on system boot to reduce the risk of the game crashes again.

Close 3rd-Party Applications

Close Apex Legends and the Origin or Steam launcher and open your Task Manager. In the Processes tab, end the processes that could show an overlay while playing Apex Legends. Examples: Steam, Chrome, GeForce Experience, Anti-Virus, Discord, etc.

Task Manager > Processes > End Task
Task Manager > Processes > End Task

In the Start-up section, disable some programs from starting up on system boot to…

In the Start-up section, disable some programs from starting up on system boot to reduce the risk of the game crashes again.

Task Manager > Startup
Task Manager > Startup

Adjust the Apex Legends Compatibility Settings

Open up Steam, as some users need the Steam launcher to be running to bypass the infinite loading screen; Open up your File Explorer and navigate to the drive on which you save Origin games on; Go to Program Files > Origin Games > Apex and right-click the r5apex.exe application and go to Properties; In the Compatibility tab, select to Run the program in compatibility mode for Windows 7 and select run the game as an administrator

Verify the Apex Legend Game Files

Open up your Origin launcher and navigate to your game library; Right-click Apex Legends and select Verify to verify the integrity of the game’s files.

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