How to Fix Apex Legends Crashing in Windows 10

In terms of popular Battle Royale games, Apex Legends is a well-known game that is available in PlayStation 4, Xbox One and also Microsoft Windows. Millions of players play it every day on their preferred platform. However, it’s true that Apex Legend is growing stronger, but there are some users who are facing certain issues happening in Windows 10. Numerous users have faced the crashing issue of Apex Legends, so here is the guide to tackle the following issue.

How to Fix Apex Legends Crashing Issue in Windows 10

Before start, the process of troubleshooting just restarts your PC to sync and refresh every setting and modification that you have recently done. By doing this, you will not face any crashing problem while performing the procedure. The reason for your problem could be any, so you need to check every possible factor to find out the exact problem.


Turn off Full-Screen Optimization

If you are playing the game on a full-screen borderless window, this could be the reason for the crashing issue. Sometimes some specific games don’t optimize to work with this feature, and when you try playing with this feature, then crashing issue comes up. If you haven’t activated it intentionally, so just follow the steps to turn it off. 

  1. Do Right-click on Apex Legends and Choose the “Open File Location” option.
  2. Now you will see the game installation folder.
  3. Make right-click on “r5apex.exe” and choose the “Properties” option.
  4. Under the Properties section, press compatibility and look into the “Disable fullscreen optimizations” column.
  5. “Apply” the settings.
  6. Now “Run” the following game.

Play the Apex Legends game and check if the issue is sorted out or not. If you are not facing the crashing problem again, then you all set to play perfectly. If the issue is not sorted, then move to another reason for the issue.

Run the Game as an Administrator

Sometimes games require additional privilege to work and run. In this condition, you simply need to run the game as administrator to avoid the crashing issue.

  1. Make Right-click on “Apex Legends” shortcut file.
  2. Choose the option “Open File Location.”
  3. Under the installation folder, make right-click on “r5apex.exe.”
  4. Check the “Properties.”
  5. Under the Properties section, press on “Compatibility” section and check out “Run as Administrator” column.
  6. Simply “Apply” the settings.
  7. Now “Run” the following game.

By following it, you might not face the crashing issue again.

Verify the Files of Game

There might be any missing or corrupted file on your PC that most probably is the problem. You need to find that specific file to put into the right folder to solve the issue.

  1. Launch Original client and login with your account.
  2. Tap on the “Game Library” option on the left tab.
  3. Under the “Game Library” section, make right-click on the “Apex Legends” and choose the option “Repair Game.”
  4. Now the client will begin the process of verifying the files of the game.
  5. After the process is finished, it will automatically download those files which were missing before or corrupted for any specific reason.
  6. Now “Run” the following game.

Make sure you follow this procedure correctly and ensure the game is not crashing anymore.

Disable the GameDVR by using Registry

GameDVR is a video game recorder that allows the user to record the gameplay by working in the background. It makes the video of the game whenever you play the game. This feature is great, and its performance is also solid, but it can create a problem in the performance of the game so you can disable it by the following process.

  1. Launch “Registry Editor” by mentioning “Regedit” in the search bar section.
  2. Now move on with registry key by navigating on the left side tab: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore
  3. Tap on the key and find the entry named GameDVR_Enabled. Make Right-click and select the Modify section under the context menu.
  4. On the Edit window, below the Value data column, just change the following value to 0 and then apply following changes that have been done. 
  5. Confirm every security dialogue section that is visible on the procedure. Now navigate the following location on the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
  6. Make Right-click on Windows key on the navigation bar and select New>>Key. Make its name GameDVR. 
  7. Now move it and make new DWORD value access that is called AllowGameDVR by right-clicking on the right side of the window.
  8. Select New>>DWORD (32-bit) value and make right-click and select “Modify” section from context menu.
  9. Now on Edit Window, below the section of Value data, change the following value into 0 and “Apply” on following changes that you have made. 
  10. Finally “Restart” the Computer.
  11. Play the Apex Legend game to see if the issue is no longer available.      

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