Valorant Crashes Midgame
I havent been able to play a single game with no crashing. I play, my game freezes,valorant closes and leaves my desktop black, and when i go to close it there are several error tabs. NEED HELP.
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Try spamming f5? Then f11?
🔧 1. Force Close & Restart Valorant
• Open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc)
• End all Valorant and Riot Client tasks
• Try launching again
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🔍 2. Fix Zoomed-In Launch Window
This usually happens due to Windows display scaling:
Check DPI/Scaling:
1. Right-click your desktop > Display settings
2. Under Scale and Layout, set scale to 100%
3. Set Display Resolution to the native resolution of your monitor
4. Reboot PC and try Valorant again
Compatibility settings:
1. Go to C:\Riot Games\VALORANT\live
2. Right-click on VALORANT.exe > Properties
3. Go to Compatibility tab
4. Click Change high DPI settings
5. Check Override high DPI scaling behavior and set to Application
6. Click OK, then Apply
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🧹 3. Clear Riot Client Cache
1. Go to: C:\Users<YourUsername>\AppData\Local\Riot Games\Riot Client
2. Delete everything inside this folder (do not delete the folder itself)
3. Relaunch the Riot Client
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🔄 4. Update GPU Drivers
• NVIDIA: https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
• AMD: https://www.amd.com/en/support
• Intel: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download-center/home.html
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🧰 5. Run as Admin + Disable Fullscreen Optimization
1. Right-click VALORANT.exe > Properties
2. Under Compatibility, check:
• ✔ Run this program as administrator
• ✔ Disable fullscreen optimizations
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nothings worked
Press windows key
Search “msconfig”
And open “System Configuration”
Head to “Services” tab
Check “Hide all Microsoft services”
And then “Disable all”
And find “vgc” and enable that only
Open “Task Manager”
Then head to “Startup Apps”
And disable all
Then enable all riot related
Then restart your pc
Then try the game