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
    2020-01-11T18:39:02+00:00

    Same, but I don't know if they'll ever get to the bottom of it, this doesn't really look much like a priority issue for them.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-01-11T18:41:19+00:00

    I'm guessing it must be a registering issue, I'm pretty sure the cracked version bypasses registering hence it can't go online

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-11T18:45:31+00:00

    That seems to be all we can do.ive been into hundreds of folders and files .i think it is a file where it is installed it appears twice in one folder but it wont let me delete one of them. Im not going to mess up my pc for the sake of one game. It is a great game though! WAS!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-11T18:49:02+00:00

    Here is the UWPActivate.bat

    @echo off

    set batFileName=%~n0

    set batFolderPath=%~dp0

    Powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File %batFileName%.ps1

    Pause

    Note the ExecutionPolicy bypass

    I have followed up on my original post with Forza and they now have the details of how a cracked version is working fine maybe they will take it into consideration and actually fix the issue now

    I have done all I can even risking a ban before even getting the official game working but it will be worth it if they can get it working for you guys, as I said I'm not all that interested in the online part any way but I'd still like to see the official version actually working

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-01-11T20:31:50+00:00

    think you are right ,but will we ever get to the bottom of it? if we can see the likely cause why cant the devs see it?

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