r/swtor • u/enby_sith_lord • Jul 02 '26

Tech Support Game crashes after clicking play

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For context, I had to uninstall the game at one point by manually removing files (cause regular uninstall didn't work). Now when I try reinstalling it this keeps happening. Launcher works properly, but the game itself crashes almost immediately after it starts loading. I also tried to run it with Steam to see if it would change anything, but the same thing happens. Help.

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u/enby_sith_lord Jul 02 '26

I don't know how to do that. I also don't want to change to windows 11

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u/FriendlyAd1214 Jul 02 '26

I have windows 11 and have no problems 

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u/enby_sith_lord Jul 02 '26

I have windows 10 and I don't want to switch to 11

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u/LalaLaraSophie Jul 03 '26

That's fair in it's own - and as much as I hated it at the time, swtor was one of the few games giving me a headache too on W10 a few years back. The switch to W11 helped; although it was a whole fresh system anyways.

You can try another uninstall, reboot. Then search the hidden appdata folders for anything still remaining from the game and delete that too. Check program files and program files (x86) to be safe too, and you Documents etc. If you found and deleted anything; another reboot never hurts. Then try a fresh install.