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
    2020-01-02T07:04:08+00:00

    hi i have started another ticket at forza,but they are on vacation until 6 jan so will have to wait,i already been to them before xmas where an agent took control of my pc and did a lot of checks then he or she said they have my email address and will contact me back if we lose connection. Ha did they? Nope! i feel going round in circles. there is either a problem with original game that wont accept add ons, or the add ons have not been programmed correctly. i havent had error messages though. they cant keep ignoring this...it costs us money and a lot of our wasted time. starting to get annoyed now been over 10 days for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-01-02T07:15:05+00:00

    I agree, we bought it in good faith that it would work and yet here we are, I'm on my second or third day. I even installed the demo just to see if it would run and it did which just made me even more confused, it's something to do with DOM whatever that is. I spent a while trying to get it to work but it seems it's a permission issue from what I could understand and PerAppRuntimeBroker

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-02T07:32:04+00:00

    Yes its annoying because i had the base game and grandson played it for two weeks gained 2million cr bought the car he loved then i went for the upgrade add ons....bang it vanished! paid good money for about 2 weeks of playing ...its a rip off! they better get this sorted,at least they could give a full refund but as i had the game for over 2 weeks they wont. asked for refund on the add ons and still waiting ,they say they are running 5 days late on that. if i could take the add ons off maybe it would run again. but dont think its possible,,i dont know

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-02T07:39:42+00:00

    I've tried every suggestion given apart from a fresh install of Windows and I absolutely reuse to do that not just for one game. I have only tested the demo not actually played my full version, I originally started with a cracked version and those guys are really on the ball when it comes to errors. Pretty sure they have got the ultimate edition working and with all the new addons. 

    It really is a disgrace that they got it working yet we that have bought it are not able to play it :(

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-01-02T07:52:44+00:00

    I wouldnt bother trying the fresh install of windows,i have done that and it made no change, microsoft say my system is the latest version ,xbox have tested my system and say it is fine,but told me to contact forza (done that twice now) im going to wait now until next week hopefully to hear from them and the game devs. i will post any updates that i get . Good luck!

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