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jjack1
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Jan 09, 2021

Call of duty not starting on 21286

In the release notes it is mentioned that some application such as Call of Duty Warzone and Call of Duty Blackops to not work with on Build 21286 https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/01/06/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-21286/ "

  • We’re investigating an issue where Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War may not launch starting with this build. If you play these games, you may wish to pause updates until the issue is resolved."

Unfortunately I only saw that after I completed the update. Cod does not start in any way and a rollback to a previous Windows always fails. 

Has anybody found a workaround? I guess the only solutions is to reinstall :cry:

  • Azrael7's avatar
    Azrael7
    Copper Contributor

    I just installed the latest windows insider build update - Windows 10 Insider Preview 21286.1000 (rs_prerelease). I cannot play Modern Warfare now. I do see that the game launches and I see the process in the Task Manager but then it is suspended (sometimes, not all the time) or it just disappears from the list. Then the Blizzard launcher button changes from Launching... to Play Now.

    I don't think I can roll back changes. I want a quick solution too.

     


    jjack1 wrote:

    In the release notes it is mentioned that some application such as Call of Duty Warzone and Call of Duty Blackops to not work with on Build 21286 https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/01/06/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-21286/ "

    • We’re investigating an issue where Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War may not launch starting with this build. If you play these games, you may wish to pause updates until the issue is resolved."

    Unfortunately I only saw that after I completed the update. Cod does not start in any way and a rollback to a previous Windows always fails. 

    Has anybody found a workaround? I guess the only solutions is to reinstall :cry:


     

    • HotCakeX's avatar
      HotCakeX
      MVP

      Azrael7 jjack1 

       

      Since it's mentioned in the blog post as known issue, just wait till it's fixed. if it was easy to fix I think they would have done it before release.

       

      you can dual boot Insider Dev/Stable build so in these situations switch to the regular version of Windows and do your normal tasks.

    • caroluchoa's avatar
      caroluchoa
      Copper Contributor

      Any improvements on this issue? I can't rollback to the previous version and I wanna play COD

    • caroluchoa's avatar
      caroluchoa
      Copper Contributor
      Hmmmmmm, it didn't work for me, actually. I've just updated to the new release, and also tried to repair the game once again, but the bug persists. What should I do?
    • caroluchoa's avatar
      caroluchoa
      Copper Contributor

      Funny, Warzone had a pending update, so I installed it. But I had already installed the latest update from Cold War a few days ago. It turns out that after updating Warzone, the game opened without any problems. But Cold War still doesn't work. Should I reinstall it?

      • HotCakeX's avatar
        HotCakeX
        MVP
        they mentioned the update is in the process of rolling out, so maybe it will come soon ?
  • Jose9090's avatar
    Jose9090
    Copper Contributor
    Go to previous build . I thought it was a game bug but then I go into previous build and the game runs normal now 🙂 . This bluf not good 21286.
  • destrocat's avatar
    destrocat
    Copper Contributor

    I got solution. Just installed latest NVIDIA Driver - 461.09
    You can check download this driver from extended search page https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx
    I choose Standard version, you must delete NVIDIA Panel before install or Windows will rollback drivers to old 432 version.

    • HotCakeX's avatar
      HotCakeX
      MVP
      How is Nvidia driver going to help with Windows insider problem exactly?
      what if someone has AMD or Intel graphic card.
      • destrocat's avatar
        destrocat
        Copper Contributor

        HotCakeX in my case, it's fixed by update of driver. Maybe it can help for another cards, this is why i reported about possible solution.

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