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If you have already checked the box to not have the crash reporter show, you can click here for how to re-enable it.

Crash: The game crashes on the very 1st run

We have seen some crashes of the game on 1st run because the game was not given permissions when presented by the Epic client via a browser pop-up (Edge, Chrome, etc):

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If you did not notice the pop-up initially, running the game again should present it again where you can click 'Allow'.  

Error:

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‘Failed to initialize

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display’

No doubt, you have this somewhere in your debug:

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Reboot and try to run the game again.  

Error: Could not create your Galactic Civilizations IV user data folder. 

On Windows, go to your 'Windows Defender Settings' --> 'Virus and threat protection --> Ransomware protection --> Turn off 'Controlled folder access':

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/allow-an-app-to-access-controlled-folders-b5b6627a-b008-2ca2-7931-7e51e912b034  

'Disk write error' or cannot save game or settings

Often this is the result of the game not having permissions to write to your \Documents\MyGames folder.  Try disabling your AV app and trying agin.

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https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/allow-an-app-to-access-controlled-folders-b5b6627a-b008-2ca2-7931-7e51e912b034  

How do I get the in-game crash reporter to show again?

If you clicked the option to not have the in-game crash reporter show any longer, to get it to appear again, go here in the registry:

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