[Main Thread] Windows 19041 - Freezing for 5-10 seconds

Hey guys, there are so many confusing work arounds. Personally, if you don’t want sound, changing the fmodex64.dll as described works. I tried it for a week but couldn’t hear Gobs, or Gob packs.

So I went with creating a shortcut on the desktop, as per Adeavian-1934. I might note that a few other users also mentioned changing the affinity.

  1. Write click on the desktop, select new ; then shortcut.
  2. The create shortcut wizard should appear asking for the location for the item.
  3. Input - C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start “Diablo III64” /affinity 3 “C:\Program Files (x86)\Diablo III\x64\Diablo III64.exe” -launch
  4. Hit Next
  5. A window appears asking for the shortcut name, call it what you want and hit Enter.
  6. The window should disappear and a CMD prompt or Dos window icon will apear on the desktop.
  7. Make sure the blizzard launcher is not active in your task bar.
  8. Double click on the cmd prompt box you created. The game should launch and it might take a few seconds. You should get a normal login screen and authenticator, not the blizzard launcher window.
  9. If it does not start, try the following.
  10. Right click on the shortcut you created and select properties.
  11. Left click anywhere in the ‘Target’ line. Left arrow all the way to the start of the line.
  12. Right arrow space by space, when you get to a " quotation mark, delete it and replace it with one from your keyboard. For some reason, quotation marks are not the same on all computers. Do this for all of the " marks and when you get to the end. Select Apply then OK.
  13. Double click on the file you created again.