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Borderlands 3 - How To Fix Not Launching & Crashing On Startup

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Answer

Open up your File Explorer; Navigate to: Documents > My Games > Borderlands 3 > Saved > Config > WindowsNoEditor; Open the GameUserSettings.ini file with a text editor (Note Pad); In the text file, scroll down and set the PreferredGraphicsAPI to DX11; Save your changes

Adjust the Borderlands 3 Configuration File

Open up your File Explorer; Navigate to: Documents > My Games > Borderlands 3 > Saved > Config > WindowsNoEditor; Open the GameUserSettings.ini file with a text editor (Note Pad); In the text file, scroll down and set the PreferredGraphicsAPI to DX11; Save your changes

Update your Graphics Card Driver

Ensure your graphics driver is up to date; For NVIDIA GPU’s update your GPU driver in the GeForce Experience application under Drivers

GeForce Experience > Drivers > Download
GeForce Experience > Drivers > Download

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