@el-espectro-0 No worries, thanks for the replies though. What bothers me is that I could understand if my CPU/GPU combo had weird conflict and was causing a crash or issues in-game. I was almost expecting a little of that as it is a beta.

The fact that it won't even launch from the store and there doesn't seem to be any recourse makes me just want to get a refund and go back to Blackwake lol.

@its-weg-lol That error is even stranger than the two that I mentioned.
I remember that something similar happened to me in November or December, after restarting the computer it was solved. I have not had it since then.

Apart from that, I can not think of anything else, I am sorry.

@el-espectro-0 Nothing ever comes onto my screen. I don't see a logo or any sort of real splash screen. I get a brief flash of a 1/4 size window that's gone in half a second. That happens maybe 1/10 times usually I hit play and nothing happens. HDD doesn't spin up, no process in task manager.

@its-weg-lol Is your problem that the game crashes when the picture appears with a gray background or in Discovering services?

@rookztr Unfortunately this didn't help, but thanks for the suggestion. It launches minesweeper just fine.

The beta has now disappeared from my app library but if I click show in store in the xbox insider app it brings me to the page saying its installed.

Too bad this isn't on Steam, 13 years and I've never once had a game fail to launch, even buggy early-access PUBG lol.

@el-espectro-0 Yeah, that's where I encounter it.

When I try to launch the game I get a brief splash window or something that comes up, then immediately closes and nothing happens. No process running or anything. I've reinstalled the game, insider, xbox app, re-enrolled a dozen times, ran procdump.exe which generated a blank error file it won't let me send, sent in MS store error file, made a new login for my MS account and changed folder permissions.

And I'm pretty sure support is working weekends because someone merged my two tickets a couple hours ago.

@triheadedmonkey said in the crashing on launch stuff needs to be fixed.:

@katttruewalker said in Sea of Thieves error.:

@apashzz I've had this issue and found that changing my PC login to my Microsoft Account, rather than a local account cured the problem, please let us know if it helps.

I'll try them both and report back, thanks!

It worked! I just installed an app from the store and the game booted just fine, thanks again!

@its-weg-lol Try installing an app from the store, anyone will do (I suppose, I installed MS Minesweeper) like mentioned aboce and then try again.

@its-weg-lol I'm not sure that the support team works Saturdays and Sundays.
Does that error appear when trying the complex solution?

@el-espectro-0 said in the crashing on launch stuff needs to be fixed.:

@rookztr @Sveos27 Another possible solution that does not require reinstalling the game is to uninstall and reinstall the Xbox Insider Hub App.

If that does not work, this is another possible solution, but it is more complex:

musicmee said in Beta launcher not opening game.:

3: Try this for a quicker fix:
My game is crashing as soon as it starts?

Something is missing access to the WindowsApps folder, here's how to fix it.
Open File Explorer
Reveal hidden files
Browse to "C:\Program Files"

Right click on "WindowsApps" and select properties

Select the "Security" tab

Click the "Advanced" button

Click the "Permissions" button

Click the Add button

Click "Select a principal" link

Click the locations button and select the local computer

Add the "ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES" (No quotes) group name and click ok

Then make sure that profile has all permissions and click ok.

I hope one of these works for you :)

I've done this and all I get is an error message saying "Failed to enumerate objects in the container. Access is denied"

I haven't been able to launch this once and support hasn't replied to me in like 8hrs.

@el-espectro-0 said in the crashing on launch stuff needs to be fixed.:

@rookztr @Sveos27 Another possible solution that does not require reinstalling the game is to uninstall and reinstall the Xbox Insider Hub App.

If that does not work, this is another possible solution, but it is more complex:

musicmee said in Beta launcher not opening game.:

3: Try this for a quicker fix:
My game is crashing as soon as it starts?

Something is missing access to the WindowsApps folder, here's how to fix it.
Open File Explorer
Reveal hidden files
Browse to "C:\Program Files"

Right click on "WindowsApps" and select properties

Select the "Security" tab

Click the "Advanced" button

Click the "Permissions" button

Click the Add button

Click "Select a principal" link

Click the locations button and select the local computer

Add the "ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES" (No quotes) group name and click ok

Then make sure that profile has all permissions and click ok.

I hope one of these works for you :)

I tried this with no success, sadly, but thanks for sharing!

@taydoge-swift said in the crashing on launch stuff needs to be fixed.:

We've had success just by installing a random app from the store, like netflix so something. I've heard that the crash bug is a windows issue which will be resolved by the time of launch.

@triheadedmonkey said in the crashing on launch stuff needs to be fixed.:

@katttruewalker said in Sea of Thieves error.:

@apashzz I've had this issue and found that changing my PC login to my Microsoft Account, rather than a local account cured the problem, please let us know if it helps.

I'll try them both and report back, thanks!

@sveos27 unless you buy a physical copy, it will be from the Windows Store on release

@katttruewalker said in Sea of Thieves error.:

@apashzz I've had this issue and found that changing my PC login to my Microsoft Account, rather than a local account cured the problem, please let us know if it helps.

We've had success just by installing a random app from the store, like netflix so something. I've heard that the crash bug is a windows issue which will be resolved by the time of launch.

@rookztr @Sveos27 Another possible solution that does not require reinstalling the game is to uninstall and reinstall the Xbox Insider Hub App.

If that does not work, this is another possible solution, but it is more complex:

musicmee said in Beta launcher not opening game.:

3: Try this for a quicker fix:
My game is crashing as soon as it starts?

Something is missing access to the WindowsApps folder, here's how to fix it.
Open File Explorer
Reveal hidden files
Browse to "C:\Program Files"

Right click on "WindowsApps" and select properties

Select the "Security" tab

Click the "Advanced" button

Click the "Permissions" button

Click the Add button

Click "Select a principal" link

Click the locations button and select the local computer

Add the "ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES" (No quotes) group name and click ok

Then make sure that profile has all permissions and click ok.

I hope one of these works for you :)

Agreed.
I could play the game totally fine in the tech. alpha but now when there's the possibility to play with friends i am just not able to launch the game at all.
Couldnt try re-installing since my DL sucks [mod removed]...
Really looking forward to a release NOT via insider-hub / microsoft store.

So this happened, again.
Really fun when it took me 6 hours to download the game...

@noximilienwakfu

Same. Played an hour, all fine. Made dinner, came back, CTD after the grey screen.
Reinstall -again.

Agreed, same here.

I've had the pleasure of reinstalling the game every day now, except for today.
Well, at least until I tried to launch it just now again..