Forza Horizon 4 won't launch

Anonymous
2019-10-16T01:00:04+00:00

It ran great until I bought the Ultimate Add-Ons bundle, now it simply crashes after showing the splash screen for 30 seconds.

From the event viewer:

The program ForzaHorizon4.exe version 0.0.0.0 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Security and Maintenance control panel.

 Process ID: 121c

 Start Time: 01d583bbce819799

 Termination Time: 4294967295

 Application Path: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SunriseBaseGame_1.351.461.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\ForzaHorizon4.exe

 Report Id: b51b6c95-35dd-4832-9833-a776463cae39

 Faulting package full name: Microsoft.SunriseBaseGame_1.351.461.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

 Faulting package-relative application ID: SunriseReleaseFinal

 Hang type: Activation

Edit 12/13/2019: After installing the latest update last night, the game seemed to start fine. I will continue to update this post with status.

Edit 12/14/2019: The game no longer starts.

Edit 12/28/2019: See user realcoda's post on page 5 for a solution. Be sure to back up everything on your PC before attempting as it involves editing your registry.

Edit 2/19/2020: The game runs after today's patch.

Edit 2/21/2020: Today's patch has reintroduced the original issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-01-11T17:22:44+00:00

    Yes the other version worked fine, after I got the other version working I followed the advice that was given to you daveb_899 needless to say it didn't work, anyhow I have both installed currently and am going to check the install files

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-01-11T13:47:40+00:00

    How surprising that a cracked pirated version is running better than the actual official release... /s. 

    Its seriously pathetic what Microsoft and Turn10 are doing here.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-11T13:05:44+00:00

    Hi got this yesterday from forza i tried it and ...yep...didnt work

    W0LFayame<br> (Forza Support) <br><br><br><br>Jan 10, 12:59 PM PST<br><br><br><br>Hello,<br><br><br><br>This problem is mostly occurring with users that have the Car Pass installed Locally on their PC, try removing these manually with the steps below. You may see results<br> when also removing Bond and Formula Drift Packs as well.<br><br><br> <br><br>You will need to manually remove the Car pass cars and add-ons including Bond and Formula drift, ONLY KEEP FORTUNE ISLAND AND LEGO ADD-ONS on your PC. You will still have all the vehicles from the car pass accessible in game. There are two ways to achieve this,<br><br><br><br>1.   <br>Reinstall the Title with NO additional add-ons, Except Fortune Island and Lego. (You will still have access to all your purchased cars)<br><br><br><br><br>2.   <br>Manually Delete Car Pass cars and additional add-ons, NOT FORTUNE ISLAND OR LEGO EXPANSION.<br><br><br><br><br>1.   <br>Using Add or Remove programs you can select Forza Horizon.<br><br><br><br><br>2.   <br>Advanced options<br><br><br><br><br>3.   <br>Delete all items (Cars, Preorder items, VIP, etc.) everything, EXCEPT LEGO AND FORTUNE ISLAND.<br><br><br><br> <br><br>Please let us know if you see this resolve your issue. <br><br> <br><br>Thank you,<br><br><br><br>W0LFayame

    this is just so frustrating dont know how many hours spent on this . did the cracked game work?

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-11T01:05:23+00:00

    Besides the support is excellent for the other version of it, it must be a registry issue afaik but I can't be bothered to keep messing. I might know what the issue actually is being as I installed the cracked version, I am going to now test my theory. Results to follow....

    So it didn't work :/ Because I'm using my Microsoft account as Administrator I though it could have been an issue because the name showing has a space between my first and last name, cracked version refused to do anything but as soon as I went onto the Administrator account the name for that is Administrator so just one word I was able to install the cracked version and load it up no problem. So one part of the problem is I was not using the Administrator account the real one and thinking my Microsoft Administrator account would work it didn't secondly with the cracked version you need to install some bat file to install everything properly so it probably bypasses registry altogether because everything is saved to C:\GAMES\Forza Horizon 4\

    It's late and right now I really need sleep but I have more ideas and will check properly later when I wake up, I am hoping to crack whatever the stupid issue is

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-01-10T23:08:02+00:00

    Yep, didn't work for me either.

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