Game Crashes and Can't Log Into Character (Error Code 17)

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Try going to the character selection screen. Then right click on the character and click "Visit Another World Server". It will put you on Ul'dah on another server. When you login, click the aetheryte and visit another world server and select your home world.

If it still crashes, close the game. You could try going to Documents\My Games, open the game's folder and find the CHAR folder for your character, back it up by dragging the CHAR folder to your desktop or other location, then launch the game again and login. It will reset all macros, hotbars and character settings.

If it works, you can drag in the macro, hotbar and settings files one-by-one from the backup until the crashes resume.