Do you have this Crash:
You can start the game, but it crashes randomly after 1-5 minutes and brings you back to your desktop without any error message?
Then this is the right thread for you.
Potential Fixes:
There are a few potential fixes here on this forum, one of which is to create a new windows user, although this is merely a side effect of the “real fix”.
I will get to the “real fix” below in a minute.
Why the game Crashes for you:
After some research on different forums, here is what I found.
Overwatch 2 uses a new anti-reverse engineering protection known as “Byfron.”
But because that protection is so new, it causes “false positives” for some users.The crash happens because “Byfron” thinks falsely you are “illegally” modifying the game and crashes your game after 1-5 minutes. Byfron will then ban your “SID” which is the main reason you can’t play anymore without crashing.
I know this sounds completely stupid to believe but this is actually the reason why I and 4 of my friends with the same issue weren’t able to play anymore, even tho we never cheated in this game.
So, how do we fix this:
You can get around the crashes by changing your “SID”, which is also why so many of you can play again after creating a new windows user account, as that also changes your “SID”.
You can either change the “SID” manually with going into your REGISTRY and changing your “EDID” Id which can be found at "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\DISPLAY".
Otherwise I could link to a program here, that changes the “SID” for you, but that is unlikely to be approved by the mods here, therefore I recommend you search the internet for a “SID” or “EDID” changer yourself.
There are also some YouTube Tutorials that you can search for:
"Change Security Identifier (sid) on Windows 10"Otherwise if a Mod allows me to upload an SID changer here, or link to a working one I will gladly do so.
I hope I could help you with it, have fun playing 