Gears of War crashing Help thread

This is a thread for anyone who is experiencing the game crashing ~30 seconds after startup. I recently called Microsoft Tech Support which aided me on this issue of anyone who is crashing. This help thread is only for people who have Windows Vista.

Please follow these steps

1. Go to my computer, on your desktop
2. Click C: drive
3. Go to Program Files
4. Microsoft Games folder, then click on Gears of War folder (if you have placed Gears of War folder in another location on your computer go to that location and find Gears of War)
5. Look for Binaries
6. Once Binaries is open scroll down until you find Startup application (not startup.dll)
7. Right click on it and click on Run as Administator

Each time you run Gears of War you must Run as Administator to avoid crashes. This solution have worked I was on Gears of War a few minutes with zero problems. If you are experiencing crashes even with step by step help, try updating your video card drivers.

I hope this will help all those people who are experiencing frustrating crashes.

why didnt they play the game and see and fix these problems before releasing it? just wonderingncderek

Because they have timeline restrictions and pressure from other companies to release it. Also the fact that the PC has always been this way, because they can patch it through the net.

This is a thread for anyone who is experiencing the game crashing ~30 seconds after startup. I recently called Microsoft Tech Support which aided me on this issue of anyone who is crashing. This help thread is only for people who have Windows Vista.

Please follow these steps

1. Go to my computer, on your desktop
2. Click C: drive
3. Go to Program Files
4. Microsoft Games folder, then click on Gears of War folder (if you have placed Gears of War folder in another location on your computer go to that location and find Gears of War)
5. Look for Binaries
6. Once Binaries is open scroll down until you find Startup application (not startup.dll)
7. Right click on it and click on Run as Administator

Each time you run Gears of War you must Run as Administator to avoid crashes. This solution have worked I was on Gears of War a few minutes with zero problems. If you are experiencing crashes even with step by step help, try updating your video card drivers.

I hope this will help all those people who are experiencing frustrating crashes.

Jd1680a

WOW THANKZ MAN YOU HELPED ME OUT!!! :D LOVE YOU FOR EVEr!! :p lolz no but thankz man now i can play the game

Another thing worth knowing is that if your Windows Live games crash after a short while (minutes), you'll have to uninstall the current version of Windows Live, and downloadthemost recent(1.2 at this point) version and install it.

I've experienced crashes with both Gears of War and Universe at War, and they where fixed completely by using the method above.

HI JUST LIKE SAY THX THATS WORKS