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So I thought I would buy the ARMA Anniversary edition via steam due to the massive sale they had on and delete everything related to my previous copy of ARMA 2 + OA, including getting rid of DayZ Commander and all mod files. However, upon hope that the issue would resolve - it didnt. I even tried the Steam option to 'Verify Integrity Cache' and see if that would solve it and it did say 1 file had to be re-downloaded but I still cant launch the game. I found out how to obtain a crash report so ill post it here in hope someone can help me interpret it... It seems the Bohemia Interactive Forums are unresponsive. Thanks for your time and effort so far, hopefully it can be figured out. ======================================================================= C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead\ArmA2OA.exe== "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead\ArmA2OA.exe" =====================================================================Exe timestamp: 2013/11/22 17:15:24Current time: 2013/11/22 18:12:07 Version 1.62.95248=======================================================-------------------------------------------------------Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 5216D8A5Version 1.62.95248Fault address: 5216D8A5 01:0002C8A5 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\igdumdim32.dllfile: world: Desert_EPrev. code bytes: F7 DE 1B F6 23 75 A8 69 F6 D0 00 00 00 03 77 48Fault code bytes: 83 7E 14 02 75 30 8B 45 AC 8B 40 2C A8 04 74 04 Registers:EAX:00000000 EBX:00000000ECX:10C15E08 EDX:018CF2F0ESI:00000000 EDI:10C15E08CS:EIP:0023:5216D8A5SS:ESP:002B:018CF228 EBP:018CF2A0DS:002B ES:002B FS:0053 GS:002BFlags:00010246=======================================================note: Minidump has been generated into the file C:\Users\Robert\AppData\Local\ArmA 2 OA\ArmA2OA.mdmp

@Marmoo That does sound like an extreme measure, ill hit up the lads on the Bohemia Interactive Forums. I might just delete everything ARMA-related on my PC and install everything, including the original from scratch. @faceptere How do I do that? I searched my files and couldnt find anything like that. It may be a steam thing?

Ok, ill give it a try. Thanks for your time and help.

No, it was the same issue.

I took DayZ out of my Arma II folder and tried playing OA without it.

Forgot to mention my system specs: Windows 8.1 Processor: Intel® Core i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz RAM: 16.0 GB System type: 64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 7970M

G'day, I am doing this as a last resort, I have spent a few hours scanning through google search for solutions on my problem but I have had no luck at all. So here it goes... When I click to start up the ARMA II OA expansion I get the usual loading bar with the last two boxes unticked, leading into a black screen and my mouse cursor with the loading icon. However, after a couple seconds it exits and I get the "ARMA II has stopped working..." pop-up with no solution to the problem or any explanation. I have noticed this started to happen since I decided to switch back to playing DayZ after playing 'Invasion 1944' for a while. Upon disabling Invasion 1944 and trying to fire DayZ back up in DayZ Commander, it required a few updates that I missed out on. Whilst I was updating DayZ, I decided to also download 'DayZ Origins' via Commander to try it out. This is when the problem began, and I followed a few steps to see if it could be fixed as follows: -Restart the computer -Run DayZ and Arma II OA as administrator -Strip Arma II of DayZ mod -Strip Arma II of all mods including Community Base Addons -Re-install Arma II OA and play with no mods Please note that I did NOT get this game through STEAM, I bought the Combined Operations pack from a store and downloaded it from the disc. So I could not do the 'verify integrity' option via Steam. None of these methods seemed to work, the interesting thing I noted though was that the old Arma II worked. It seems the problem is in the OA expansion. Most of the troubleshooting topics I have seen involve using Steam to some extent. What should I do? Thanks for your time, Rob