Curse

devilnuker · Mar 28, 2009, 02:29 PM // 14:29

Ive been playing GW for 43months now and just 15minutes ago when I logged in to guildwars It immediatley closes and said "A serious Error has occured "not Allowing guild wars to continue on or something like that. It also said I should send an email to ArenaNet What should I do to fix this problem Im reinstalling guild wars right now I hope it works. Please HELP ME!!Nope Reinstalling it doesnt work just got the message 2 minutes after I reinstalled it

miskav · Mar 28, 2009, 04:00 PM // 16:00

Sounds like a corrupted .dat imo o.o.
Re-installing should fix it iirc.

devilnuker · Mar 28, 2009, 05:44 PM // 17:44

Umm where is the .dat imo?

farmerfez · Mar 28, 2009, 05:50 PM // 17:50

LOL he said .dat imo LOL LOL LOL

But yeah reinstall completely. like add or remove programs then delete the gw folder then reinstall the whole thing.

devilnuker · Mar 28, 2009, 06:22 PM // 18:22

Yeah I did reinstall it, But I didnt delete a gw folder?

caballo_oscuro · Mar 28, 2009, 06:45 PM // 18:45

try going to start -> run and type cmd.exe

in the window that pops up type cd c:\program files\guildwars (might be a space between guild and wars) then type

gw.exe -repair

If that doesn't work:

go to start -> control panel -> add/remove programs and uninstall guildwars

then

go to my computer -> c: -> program files and delete the guild wars folder.

then get out your shiny cds or download the client from guildwars.com and reinstall from scratch.

devilnuker · Mar 28, 2009, 07:00 PM // 19:00

Ok im trying the second one right now if that doesnt work ill do the first thx Ill post again if i need any more help

devilnuker · Mar 28, 2009, 07:31 PM // 19:31

Nope 2nd method didnt work

Elder III · Mar 28, 2009, 07:49 PM // 19:49

could be a hardware problem.... any changes to your computer of late? Any problems while playing other games or programs?

devilnuker · Mar 28, 2009, 10:28 PM // 22:28

Well I think I may have a few viruses but ive had them for awhile now. Things seem to crash often now

devilnuker · Mar 29, 2009, 02:18 AM // 02:18

Well nothing has worked..Need help check my topic above this one

*Darcy* · Apr 16, 2009, 12:47 AM // 00:47

FYI, I had this same problem beginning this morning. I had logged in and play for about 1-1/2 hrs and then logged off. I went to eat breakfast and when I came back my pc was restarting due to an auto Windows update.

When it was finished rebooting, I tried to restart GW and kept getting the same message as the OP. Tried reinstalling gw.exe and it worked at first - let me log on and play. But when I logged off again, I couldn't restart it for hours. I kept reinstalling the exe file and updated drivers and finally it let me back into the game.

I checked the forum and saw the above suggestion about reinstalling the dat file and decided to do that. It didn't help.

I finally uninstalled the Windows update and, as of right now, I have no further problems.

Moral of the story: It's your OS, not Guild Wars.

jaseofspades · Apr 17, 2009, 01:51 PM // 13:51

i bought the game two days ago i ran the game it loaded up created my account and the the "Gw.exe a serious error.." well yeah most people have heard that before i have tryed some techniques but nothing seems to work and what is your "OS"? please help havent even played the game once(guild wars campaign one)

*Darcy* · Apr 17, 2009, 02:33 PM // 14:33

OS=Operating System

This is usually Windows XP or Vista. I happen to have Windows Vista.