Quote Originally Posted by Kodari View Post
Just received a reply from SE to give this a try, will post it here for others to try, as well as updating with how it goes:

Go to Start and type: cmd

In the search window you should see a program called "cmd"

Right-click on it and select "Run as administrator"

In the black window that opens, enter: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Press the Enter-key

Wait for the process to finish

Now enter: sfc /scannow (note the space between "sfc" and "/")

Press the Enter-key

Wait for the process to finish

This should scan your system for any damaged files and repair them. Once complete, please restart your PC and try to run the game again



edit: managed to do a full instance of ex2 before crashing :c
The Dism and sfc commands are actually part of my routine maintenance on my PC. Ran this morning, still had full game freeze.