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Modern Warfare Warzone - How To Fix "DirectX Encountered An Unrecoverable Error"

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Open up your Blizzard / BattleNet launcher. Select Call of Duty Modern Warfare and navigate to Settings. Select Game Settings. To fix DirectX Encountered An Unrecoverable Error in Modern Warfare Warzone, begin by opening your Game Settings window. Next, check the "Additional command line arguments" box and input "-D3D11" as a command. Once completed, click on "Done," and reopen your settings. This will allow you to launch the game in DirectX 11 mode, which can resolve the issue and prevent further errors.

Use Command Line Arguments for Modern Warfare Warzone

Open up your Blizzard / BattleNet launcher. Select Call of Duty Modern Warfare and navigate to Settings. Select Game Settings.

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To fix DirectX Encountered An Unrecoverable Error in Modern Warfare Warzone, begi…

To fix DirectX Encountered An Unrecoverable Error in Modern Warfare Warzone, begin by opening your Game Settings window. Next, check the "Additional command line arguments" box and input "-D3D11" as a command. Once completed, click on "Done," and reopen your settings. This will allow you to launch the game in DirectX 11 mode, which can resolve the issue and prevent further errors.

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Delete Specific Modern Warfare Folders on your PC

In your Modern Warfare launcher settings, select Show in Explorer and your file explorer will open up.

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In your file explorer navigate to the drive on which you saved the game on: Progr…

In your file explorer navigate to the drive on which you saved the game on: Program Files > Call of Duty Modern Warfare. Delete everything in the folder, except BlizzardBrowser, Data, and Main

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In your file explorer, navigate to your Documents > Call of Duty Modern Warfare a…

In your file explorer, navigate to your Documents > Call of Duty Modern Warfare and here, delete the players folder as well.

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Lastly, go back to your blizzard launcher, open up the options for the game, and…

Lastly, go back to your blizzard launcher, open up the options for the game, and select Scan and Repair. This will re-download any missing or corrupted game files, including all of the files which have been previously deleted. You should be able to play the game without getting the DirectX error message when this is done.

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