Problem with Win10 and XIV (not steam version)

I will sign in and boot up the game, but there will just be a black screen with my mouse wheel load spinning. Then the game will crash to the desktop, or if I don't want to wait for it to do that just click on the screen for the same crash to happen quicker. Any idea what is causing that?

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Were any updates or changes made to the PC? What have you tried to alleviate the issue? Additionally could you provide a system report? Simply go to the 'Config' option on the Final Fantasy XIV launcher and to the right of 'System Information' click on 'Display.'

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yeah , this patch is a tragedy . So many issues

Same thing since the patch.

Since this started, I have updated my nvidia drivers, and performed Windows Update, but no fix. Also tried to downgrade DX in the FFXIV launcher, but that didn't help either.

Ironically, when I click 'Display' in the config menu nothing happens (but the button greys).

I have non-steam, and even deleted the entire game and re-installed from scratch (even to another hard drive). It worked once, and then not since then. I'm not willing to re-install the game every time I want to play it.

Not sure what info is in the 'System Information' but here is some info about my system:
Not OEM (custom built)
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6GHz
32gb DDR4 RAM
Win 10 Pro 1909
Gigabyte NVidia GeForce RTX 2080 442.50

No changes were made to the computer. This only started to be an issue when I got Windows 10 about two months ago. It doesn't always happen, but when it does I have to restart the computer. Sometimes that doesn't even prevent the problem from happening right away. I know nothing that is installed conflicts, due to the fact I have only programs installed that I previously did with Windows 7, and even less than before.

My issue isn't from 5.1, because it was an issue beforehand. It is not a constant problem, but it does happen occasionally.

I'm not going to paste everything in system information, cause it lists absolutely every program, etc.

SYSTEM_OS Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (18362.19h1_release.190318-1202)
SYSTEM_CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.5GHz
SYSTEM_CORE_NUM SYSTEM_CORE_LOGIC 8 SYSTEM_CORE_PHYSICS 4
SYSTEM_BIOS BIOS Date: 07/07/14 11:29:33 Ver: 10.01
SYSTEM_LANGUAGE English (Regional Setting: English)
SYSTEM_MEMORY 16326.191MB
SYSTEM_VIRTUAL_MEMORY 134217727.875MB
SYSTEM_PAGE_FILE 18758.191MB
SYSTEM_STORAGE C:\ SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 930.640GB SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 150.652GB
SYSTEM_STORAGE E:\ SYSTEM_HARDDISK_DRIVE SYSTEM_TOTALDISC_SPACE 1397.263GB SYSTEM_FREEDISC_SPACE 1131.549GB
SYSTEM_DIRECTX_VERSION DirectX 12
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DEVICE \\.\DISPLAY1
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_CHIP GeForce GTX 980
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_MAKER NVIDIA
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VRAM 4053.313 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_SHARED_VRAM 8163.096 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DAC Integrated RAMDAC
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DISPLAY_MODE 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_90685a092bcf58c7\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_90685a092bcf58c7\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_90685a092bcf58c7\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_90685a092bcf58c7\nvldumdx.dll
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_VERSION 26.21.0014.3200
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_DATE 7/23/2019 16:00:00
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
3.0
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_PIXEL_SHADER 3.0
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VERTEX_TEXTURE SYSTEM_SUPPORT
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DEVICE \\.\DISPLAY2
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_CHIP GeForce GTX 980
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_MAKER NVIDIA
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VRAM 4053.313 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_SHARED_VRAM 8163.096 MB
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DAC Integrated RAMDAC
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DISPLAY_MODE 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_90685a092bcf58c7\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_90685a092bcf58c7\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_90685a092bcf58c7\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_90685a092bcf58c7\nvldumdx.dll
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_VERSION 26.21.0014.3200
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_DATE 7/23/2019 16:00:00
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
3.0
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_PIXEL_SHADER 3.0
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_VERTEX_TEXTURE SYSTEM_SUPPORT
SYSTEM_SOUND Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_ID {B935D6D7-2C2B-46B1-B80E-7ED0AC20EF68}
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_NAME HdAudio.sys
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_VERSION 6.02.18362.0356
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 9/4/2019 00:00:00
SYSTEM_SOUND Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_ID {48E1D9DB-6611-4CD3-8707-6FEA92944323}
SYSTEM_SOUND_DEVICE_NAME HdAudio.sys
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_VERSION 6.02.18362.0356
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_LANGUAGE English
SYSTEM_SOUND_DRIVER_DATE 9/4/2019 00:00:00
SYSTEM_INPUT {6F1D2B60-D5A0-11CF-BFC7444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Mouse
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 3 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 3 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT {6F1D2B61-D5A0-11CF-BFC7444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Keyboard
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 0 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 128 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 0
SYSTEM_INPUT {B319EFE0-442D-11EA-8003444553540000}
SYSTEM_INPUT_NAME Controller (XBOX 360 For Windows)
SYSTEM_INPUT_REMARKS SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_AXIS 5 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_BUTTON 10 SYSTEM_GAMEPAD_FOV 1

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Is Final Fantasy XIV installed on a secondary drive? If so, could you reinstall the game on the C drive? Additionally, please update your drives as they appear out of date. If you have not done so already can you do a cleanboot?

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No, it's on the main drive. This is a fresh installation of Windows. What do you mean by drives are out of date, driverS? Cause everything is up to date.

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No, it's on the main drive. This is a fresh installation of Windows. What do you mean by drives are out of date, driverS? Cause everything is up to date.

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SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_DATE 7/23/2019 16:00:00

If left to it's own, Windows Update will not always grab the real latest nVidia video drivers.
Visit:
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
and select your card and OS to get the latest drivers.

Thanks. Yeah, this is a clean install of 10 (was manually updating with Win7 before) cause my motherboard decided to brick. Didn't notice the gpu was out of date.

Good morning and thank you for the reply.

Since updating the GPU, does the crash still occur? Additionally, could you try doing a cleanboot? Open the task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC) and select the 'Start up' Tab. Disable everything here and restart the PC.

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It's a problem that comes and goes, so I can't recreate it to check. So far it hasn't happened again though. I did have one day where the launcher had the DRK concept art on the side but the rest of the launcher was completely blank. I had to close out of all browsers for it to work.
Please consider finally not using Internet Explorer with the launcher. There's Edge now at the very least.

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There's Edge now at the very least.

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Edge is only with Windows 10. Some people are still on Windows 8.1 (which is supported by Microsoft until 2023). Even though it's not supported, many people are still on Windows 7. SE isn't going to want to intentionally make any changes that might cost them subscribers.

Never mind...it looks like it was released out of beta from Windows 7+ at the end of January, although it's not actually installed on everyones computers so SE still can't use it (unlike IE which is on any machine running Windows)

It works on 7-10, but still just a suggestion. Too many issues with IE. Hell, use any other means than a browser.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dep...rating-systems