"application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware"

I have the same problem 

application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware

I also got that same error message,  I just added the game in the Catalyst Control Center and it seems to be working. The drivers could also be the issue too.

Hi all so I was having the same exact issue and I was ready to send in my vid card for a new one, until on a geforce forum one guy suggested turning off windows firewall. I did it and now I haven't had the error all day long. System runs flawlessly.

EDIT: After about a week, I experienced the same issues. I read somewhere that the problem could be an improperly seated graphics card. He said he sat his computer on its side to fix his issue. I did the same thing after not even youtube could work without my computer crashing. Now I've been able to watch youtube and play games flawlessly. I'm not sure if firewall was part of the issue, but I dont really need it anyways.

So set your desktop on its side or properly seat the graphics card the best you can. If none of these work, you might have to clean the connections on the graphics card. I know someone somewhere mentioned how, I'm just too lazy to look it up lol

Same problem on my win10 home. Solved by replacing audio driver.

I have: 

Nvidia Geforce GT 520mx

Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller

Realtek High Definition Audio (device)

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When Geforce driver 358.50-notebook-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe and Realtek High Definition Audio driver version R2.79 was installed, windows responded a bit kinky when I started programs. Some games were running very weird, some constantly crashed with the message "application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware".

I unistalled Geforce driver and installed 355.98-notebook-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe, games took longer to crash.

I uninstalled audio driver, games ran fine. I installed old Realtek driver for win7, games ran fine(I think). Now I have HD audio driver from windows installed, everything looks fine, windows no longer act kinky.

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I've had problem with system interrupts when using Win7. It often started to take up about 20% cpu time and would stay there until reboot. Updating to the latest lan driver seems to lesson the chance. I updated/reinstalled/rolled back lan and audio driver several times until the problem is solved but I can't remeber what I did. Installing audio driver provided by windows removes the problem, although I wouldn't be able to separate built-in mic and head-set mic.

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P.S. Just updated video driver to 358.50-notebook-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe. Problem comes back.

My previous solutions/answers could solve this problem.

But now, I've got another thing to point out:

I brought my laptop MSI GT70 to a pc-shop and they said 

I have 1. a faulty motherboard

and 2. a faulty ssd.

It will cost me around 300 euros to send it back to MSI so they can replace my motherboard.

There are a lot of msi laptop gamers who have the same problem.

Now I gotta wait for 3 weeks.

Another solution that worked for me for a while was flashing (updating) my BIOS