Path of Exile has stopped working - 0xc0000005 crash at startup

Hi there!

I'm sorry to hear that you have encountered this issue. In this instance, have you recently queued or installed any Windows Update downloads?

BEX can indicate a buffer overflow (/GS) or DEP exception on 64-bit versions of Windows.

BEX refers to Buffer Overflow Exception. For more details on BEX, you can visit http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738483(WS.10).aspx

Should you have an uninstalled update, please consider reinstalling it and/or any related graphics card drivers. I hope this helps!

Hi there!

Thank you for providing that information. In this instance your game files may have experienced a corruption recently. Please perform a Pack check as detailed here.

Please contact us back should this not resolve the issue and we will investigate further on your behalf. I hope this helps!