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How To Prevent Fortnite From Crashing On Windows 10

Original source date 12 March 2023

Answer

Navigate to your Fortnite config settings. Search for %AppData% and hit enter In this folder, navigate to AppData > Local > FortniteGame > Saved > Config >WindowsClient and open up the GameUserSetting file with a text editor like notepad.; Set the resolution setting to your native monitor resolution. In our case, that would be 1920 x 1080.

Adjust the Resolution in your Fortnite Config File

Repair EasyAntiCheat for Fortnite

Open up your file explorer, and go to the drive on which you saved Fortnite.; Navigate to: Program files > Fortnite > FortniteGame > Binaries > Win64 > EasyAntiCheat, and open the EasyAntiCheat Setup application.; Select to repair the service for Fortnite, if it's not already selected in the drop-down menu

Verify the Integrity of Fortnite Files

Open up your Epic Games launcher, and in your library, select the gear icon for Fortnite and click on Verify to verify the integrity of the game files; This will take a minute to download any missing files which might be causing the game to crash

Additional Tweaks to Fix Fortnite Crashes

Close any unneeded background applications to free up some resources for Fortnite.; Make sure that your display drivers are up to date. You can update your NVIDIA driver in the GeForce Experience application.; You can open the Game Bar Settings and disable the background recording from your OS when searching for Game Bar. This will also increase your performance when playing the game.; Uninstall Fortnite and reinstall it on your SSD. (as a last resort)

Windows Settings > Gaming > Xbox Game Bar

If it does not work

If the current interface differs, compare it with the recorded video walkthrough.