Warcraft Reforged Crashes on Launch

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Hi all,

since the last patch I can’t launch Warcraft 3 Reforged anymore. I crash directly to desktop.

I run Win 10, 8GB RAM, an Intel Pentium D 965 XE and a Titan Xp GPU.

Drivers are all up to date and I re-installed the game, ran the repair tool etc.

Also double checked I have all C++ packs and DX files installed.

All other Blizzard games, including WoW Midnight and Diablo 3 run just fine.

Can someone please help?

Grateful for any help.

Here is the log for reference:

5/10 11:23:35.776 GameMain Started
5/10 11:23:35.776 Command Line: “E:\Program Files\Warcraft III_retail_\x86_64\Warcraft III.exe” -launch -classic -windowmode windowed -nointro -nosound
5/10 11:23:35.776 Current Directory: “E:\Program Files\Warcraft III_retail_”
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5/10 11:23:37.364 prism: Info: driverDate: 2026-01-20
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5/10 11:23:37.364 prism: Info: revisionId: 0xa1
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5/10 11:23:37.364 prism: Info: luid: 000000000000739d
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5/10 11:23:37.865 Searching for display mode: { display: 0, width: 1920, height: 1080, bpp: 0, refreshrate: 60 }
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 800, height: 600, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 6619136
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 800, height: 600, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 75 }, err: 6620096
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 800, height: 600, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 6622976
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 800, height: 600, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 6625856
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 800, height: 600, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 6630656
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 800, height: 600, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 6631616
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1024, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 4980736
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1024, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 75 }, err: 4981696
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1024, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 4984576
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1024, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 4987456
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1024, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 4992256
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1024, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 4993216
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1152, height: 864, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 75 }, err: 4064192
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1152, height: 864, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 4067072
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1152, height: 864, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 4069952
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1152, height: 864, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 4074752
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1152, height: 864, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 4075712
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1176, height: 664, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 50 }, err: 4784768
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1176, height: 664, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 4784128
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1176, height: 664, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 4787968
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1176, height: 664, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 4790848
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1176, height: 664, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 4795648
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1176, height: 664, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 4796608
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 720, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 50 }, err: 4129408
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 720, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 4128768
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 720, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 4132608
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 720, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 4135488
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 720, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 4140288
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 720, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 4141248
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 3932160
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 75 }, err: 3933120
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 3936000
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 3938880
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 3943680
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 3944640
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 800, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 3801088
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 800, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 75 }, err: 3802048
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 800, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 3804928
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 800, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 3807808
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 800, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 3812608
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 800, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 3813568
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5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 960, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 75 }, err: 3146688
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 960, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 3149568
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 960, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 3152448
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 960, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 3157248
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1280, height: 960, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 3158208
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1360, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 3604480
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1360, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 3608320
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1360, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 3611200
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1360, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 3616000
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1360, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 3616960
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1366, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 3604480
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1366, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 3608320
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1366, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 3611200
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1366, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 3616000
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1366, height: 768, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 3616960
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1440, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 24 }, err: 2033920
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1440, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 25 }, err: 2033856
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1440, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 30 }, err: 2033536
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1440, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 50 }, err: 2032256
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1440, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 2031616
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1440, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 2035456
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1440, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 2038336
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1440, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 2043136
5/10 11:23:37.946 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1440, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 2044096
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 900, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 2097152
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 900, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 2100992
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 900, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 2103872
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 900, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 2108672
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 900, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 2109632
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 1024, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 24 }, err: 1575168
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 1024, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 25 }, err: 1575104
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 1024, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 30 }, err: 1574784
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 1024, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 50 }, err: 1573504
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 1024, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 1572864
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 1024, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 1576704
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 1024, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 1579584
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 1024, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 1584384
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1600, height: 1024, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 1585344
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1680, height: 1050, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 24 }, err: 1116416
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1680, height: 1050, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 25 }, err: 1116352
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1680, height: 1050, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 30 }, err: 1116032
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1680, height: 1050, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 50 }, err: 1114752
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1680, height: 1050, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 1114112
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1680, height: 1050, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 1117952
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1680, height: 1050, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 1120832
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1680, height: 1050, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 1125632
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1680, height: 1050, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 1126592
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1768, height: 992, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 24 }, err: 1050880
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1768, height: 992, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 25 }, err: 1050816
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1768, height: 992, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 30 }, err: 1050496
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1768, height: 992, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 50 }, err: 1049216
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1768, height: 992, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 1048576
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1768, height: 992, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 1052416
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1768, height: 992, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 1055296
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1768, height: 992, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 1060096
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1768, height: 992, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 1061056
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1920, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 24 }, err: 2304
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1920, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 25 }, err: 2240
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1920, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 30 }, err: 1920
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1920, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 50 }, err: 640
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1920, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 60 }, err: 0
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1920, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 120 }, err: 3840
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1920, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 165 }, err: 6720
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1920, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 240 }, err: 11520
5/10 11:23:37.961 Testing Display Mode: { display: 0, width: 1920, height: 1080, bpp: 32, refreshrate: 255 }, err: 12480
5/10 11:23:38.885 NGDP Diagnostic Log:

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5/10 11:23:38.885 2026-05-10T11:23:36 {1398} [INFO] - Initialization step - FETCHING_CDN_CONFIG
5/10 11:23:38.885 2026-05-10T11:23:36 {1398} [INFO] - Initialization step - FETCHING_BUILD_CONFIG
5/10 11:23:38.885 2026-05-10T11:23:36 {1398} [INFO] - no patch configuration
5/10 11:23:38.885 2026-05-10T11:23:36 {1398} [INFO] - Prepatch

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Try to:

  • add “-graphicsapi Direct3D12” command line. Normall D11 is used, but you already do.
  • Press windows + R and search for %ProgramData%. Delete the Blizzard Entertainment and Battle.net folder
  • Open the War3preferences.txt file in the documents\warcraft III folder and set “seenintromovie=0” to “seenintromovie=1” if not yet the case
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Do you have Windows 11 N edition? If yes, you need to install the Media Feature Pack, since Windows N editions do not include certain media components required for video playback. Alternatively, you can disable the intro video as suggested by Kiezel.

The Media Feature Pack restores missing media components, including:

  • Windows Media Foundation
  • media codecs
  • media playback APIs
  • legacy media components

Windows “N” editions exist as a result of EU regulatory requirements, which required Microsoft to offer a version of Windows without bundled media playback functionality.
That’s a possible solution, but it could also be related to drivers or other system-related issues.

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Thank you both, I have tried all the suggested and with no success.

It seems Blizzard bricked the software for older processors with either some SSE4 or AVX instructions added.

We had this before on Diablo 2 Resurrected. This is not acceptable, this game belongs on retro gaming rigs with full functionality (bnet).

@Blizzard Classic Team - this game absolutely needs SSE3 fallback options! This is not fine, there is a huge community of retro gamers, and this title is a classic go-to and DOES NOT NEED SSE4 or AVX - this is a 25 year old game!

Even WoW Midnight runs great on this machine, why would one brick this masterpiece?

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Below the error log:

Warcraft III
<Exception.ProjectId>264
<Exception.JiraProjectId>19202
<Exception.JiraProjectKey>WAR3
<Exception.BuildNumber>23745
<Exception.Platform>Windows
<Exception.DesktopOS>Win
<BlizzardError.AffectsVersions>War III 2.0.4
<BlizzardError.FixVersions>War III 2.0.X
<BlizzardError.Source>Blizzard Error Report
<BlizzardError.Language>German
<Exception.IssueType>Exception
<Exception.Priority>1
<Process.Name>\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\Warcraft III_retail_\x86_64\Warcraft III.exe
<Process.Parent.Name>\Device\HarddiskVolume2\battle.net\Battle.net\Battle.net.exe
<Process.CommandLine>“E:\Program Files\Warcraft III_retail_\x86_64\Warcraft III.exe” -graphicsapi Direct3D12 -nointro -nosound -windowed -width 1920 -height 1080 -launch -uid w3
<Mem.PhysicalUsed>375 MB
<Mem.VirtualUsed>5205 MB
<Mem.Committed>302 MB
<Mem.PhysicalAvailable>5790 MB
<Mem.VirtualAvailable>134212523 MB
<Mem.PageAvailable>11892 MB

ILLEGAL_INSTRUCTION DBG-OPTIONS DBG-ADDR<00007FF60DF917AA>(“Warcraft III.exe”) ← DBG-ADDR<00007FF60DF914D0>(“Warcraft III.exe”) ← DBG-ADDR<00007FF60D03FC50>(“Warcraft III.exe”) DBG-OPTIONS<>
<:Exception.Summary>

Thread 0x00000988 “Main Thread” [Stack Base: 0x0000000000600000 Used Space: 51200/2097152 bytes]
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60DF917AA>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60DF914D0>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60D03FC50>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60DF915C0>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60D03FCC8>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60DF900B1>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60DF90427>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60CFECC2B>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60CFE1F33>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60D0E99DB>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60D0ED5F5>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60CFDE3A6>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60CFBF252>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
<:Exception.Assertion>

[Middle part deleted to avoid spam]

Warcraft III
Windows
ILLEGAL_INSTRUCTION
DBG-OPTIONS
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60DF917AA>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60DF914D0>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60D03FC50>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60DF915C0>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60D03FCC8>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-ADDR<00007FF60DF900B1>(“Warcraft III.exe”)
DBG-OPTIONS<>
<:Exception.HashBlock>

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