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Phantom Blade Zero Crashes on Startup – 0xC0000005 (Access Violation) (Workarounds)

Short answer

Suggested fix (unconfirmed): Update the game to the latest patch version. If that fails, disable hypervisor and Memory Integrity in Windows.

The problem

Hi everyone, I'm having a persistent issue with the Steam version of Phantom Blade Zero. When I launch the game, the startup logo appears, then the game crashes and returns to Steam without any error message. My system: - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D - NVIDIA RTX 5090 - ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi - 32 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL30 - Windows 11 Crash details: - Application: PBZ.exe -…

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What players suggest

Mods? They broke the game because not updated, remove mods and if you have UESS4 thats the main culprit, remove it all, and game ran fine for me.,

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Source: original Steam Community discussion. Quotes are shortened; all credit goes to the posters. Tags: crash, nvidia, amd, mods

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