WoW Classic is crashing on start up and showing this error
This application has encountered a critical error:
ERROR #132 (0x85100084) Fatal exception!
Program: E:\World of Warcraft_classic_\Wow.exe
ProcessID: 1300
Exception: ACCESS_VIOLATION
The instruction at “0x00007ffae08c0b1e” referenced memory at “0x0000000000000008”.
The memory could not be “read”.
Hi Kydi
Let’s take a look at this error. Navigate to the main Wow folder > retail folder. Inside is the Errors folder. Open that folder and the error files themselves will be inside. Right click the most recent file then use notepad to open.
That will be a long wall of text - we need to see it all. You will need to put it in Code Blocks to paste on the forum here.
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Alternately you can paste the entire error on pastebin.com then provide the end code portion of the URL - example below.
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I was able to solve the problem by running the WoW.exe in Windows 7 compatibility mode.
Go to folder World of Warcraft then classic_
Right click WoW.exe > Properties > Compatibility > Tick box “Run this program in compatibility mode for:” > Select Windows 7 in the drop down box > Apply then OK