The first four steps may not be needed, as the fifth, sixth and last step could work alone for any NVIDIA setup where it bypasses the bugged Fallout4Launcher.exe. Be sure to have Steam already running and then launch the game every time directly though Fallout4.exe or else the config files could potentionally get overwritten by Fallout4Launcher.exe and cause the game to crash on startup once again. By launching directly through Fallout4.exe, the game will proceed to utilize the config files that were created through GeForce Experience and not Fallout4Launcher.exe which is reportedly bugged.

Last, is to NOT launch the game through steam or desktop, but directly launching the game in the game files using Fallout4.exe (DO NOT CLICK Fallout4Launcher.exe which is what steam defaults to!). Sixth, make sure Steam is launched and already running in the background. exe, go to Properities -> Compatibility) (To get to game files, launch steam, click 'View' at the top left -> click 'Games List' in the drop down -> Right click on 'Fallout 4' within your list (be careful not to left click launch!)-> Click 'Properities' at the bottom -> Click 'Local Files' tab -> Then click 'Browse Local Files')įourth, disabled NVIDIA Streamer Service (Run -> MSCONFIG -> click on 'services' tab -> sort by name -> uncheck box by 'NVIDIA Streamer Service' -> click 'apply' -> click 'ok' -> exit)įifth, I launched GeForce Experience and made all graphic config settings changes through the optimization window (skipping this step will default Fallout 4 launching into a windowless mode at lowest graphic settings if launching in last step works).

Third, where I'm running Windows 10, I went to the game files and set both the fallout4.exe and fallout4launcher.exe files to launch as administrator and in windows 7 within the compatibility settings (right click the. Second, downgraded my NVIDIA driver to 355.82 (Clean Install using Display Driver Unistaller application to remove drive/registry keys while in Safe Mode, restarted my PC, and then downloaded the driver directly from NVIDIA site and installing it while in Safe Mode before restarting again).

GeForce GTX 860m (Maxwell varient w/ 4GB GDDR5) (Stock, no DC/OC)įirst, I went to Documents -> My Games -> Fallout4 and deleted all the config files within this folder (I only had config files, if you've been able to play the game avoid deleting your saved game files). Intel Core i7-4710HQ 2.50GHz (ThrottleStop 3.50GHz) After 5 hours of browsing various forums, and doing a whole bunch of debugging, I finally got Fallout 4 to launch without crashing, and in FULL SCREEN with full graphic settings!

Fallout 4 crashes on startup