Error while switching Window settings?

Hey Community,

i get an error while adjusting POE videosettings.

I use 2 monitors.

On my left monitor i can play POE without any problem.

But if i want to play other games and let POE opened on my right (second) monitor i get an error.

Why can i play POE on my left screen but not on my right screen?

The error is called:


Fatal error : Error loading shader:%1% Shaders/DownScaledParticles.fx


If i click "ok" on that error window, this appears


Failed to load Shaders/DownScaledParticles.fx


If i click "ok" on that second error, this appears


"the D3D device has non-zero reference count, meaning some objects were not released".


After clicking that away, my POE closes itself



Help me pls :D
Last bumped on Mar 30, 2016, 5:33:34 AM
I have a similar Problem with same "fatal Error" Message...
If i open PoE a second time and switching it to the other Monitor, it works for a few mins, then i get the Error Message and PoE closes down.
i have a GeForce GTX 760, i5-3570K and 16GB RAM. Drivers are up to date. Also tried reinstalling those.
I get the same error when I try to move POE window to another monitor. I have GTX970 with the latest driver, 16Gb RAM, Windows 7 64 bit.
Hmmm. Might be worthwhile deleting your shader cache and seeing if that helps.
== Officially Retired 27/02/2019 ==

Massive thanks to GGG for producing such a fun and engaging game, it has taken up faaaaaaar too much of my life over the last 5 years.

Best of luck in the future!
Anyone know how to fix this?
Have you tried running the DXsetup that comes in the POE redist folder?
== Officially Retired 27/02/2019 ==

Massive thanks to GGG for producing such a fun and engaging game, it has taken up faaaaaaar too much of my life over the last 5 years.

Best of luck in the future!
Same here, bought a 2nd monitor, exaclty the same as the 1st one, and when i try to move the POE window form the monitor i started the game in to the other one, the game crashes..-- same errors as Wr4ath...

Would be nice if ggg would say smth :D
Am i allowed to bump this thread? ;D
Once per day like the forum guidelines and rules state.
bump pls recognice me ggg-sempai

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