OBS crashes when opening

[Jellafinley]

I saw some others having similar issues, but I've tried a lot of things without much luck so far.

Every time I try to open OBS, it says that it didn't shut down properly during the last session. It prompts to run either in safe mode or normally, and no matter which I choose, the program crashes.

I was running the latest version, but uninstalled and went to the slightly older OBS-Studio-30.0 with no luck. The crash log was making it look like it might be related to my NVidia drivers (I think? I'm not the most tech literate), but they're all up to date, and I'd used OBS since they were updated last. I also have tried both running as administrator (which is how I usually run the program) and normally.

Not sure if it matters or not, but every crash log sites this specific file path and file:
Fault address: 7FFF8270C7A7 (c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_1196b342b24df5d1\nvwgf2umx.dll)

Any help or insight would be really greatly appreciated!

 

[Jellafinley]

None of my other programs or games seem to be impacted by this or give this error. Some google searching of the specific file suggests that a total NVidia driver uninstall and reinstall might work, but I'm not the best with computers and that's my last resort.

I followed a handful of YouTube videos that suggested various scripts and such, but none of them worked for me. I'm hoping to not do a whole reinstall of my drivers, but it might have to be the answer if nothing else works.

 

[Suslik V]

Thread 1BEC: (Crashed)
Stack            EIP              Arg0             Arg1             Arg2             Arg3             Address
00000056E0AFB9E0 00007FFF8270C7A7 00000000000003CD 000000000000FA00 0000000000000262 0000016F85D43460 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff8270c7a7
00000056E0AFBA50 00007FFF81458715 98DDB05100000000 0000000000000010 0000000000000000 00007FFF00000001 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff81458715
00000056E0AFBCA0 00007FFF81455DFD 0000016F9A667EC0 0000016FA76719F0 0000000000000000 00000056E0AFC008 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff81455dfd
00000056E0AFBE50 00007FFF815900E0 000000000000FA00 0000016FA7671FD0 0000016F83808060 0000016FA7670400 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff815900e0
00000056E0AFBF30 00007FFF814350A7 0000016FF26D07A0 0000016F9A6C2900 0000000000000010 0000016FFE7C5170 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff814350a7
00000056E0AFC940 00007FFF813FCD06 0000016FA7672020 00000056E0AFCAB8 0000000000000724 0000016FA76719C0 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff813fcd06
00000056E0AFC9C0 00007FFF813FCF16 00000056E0AFD01C 0000000000000048 0000016FF26D07A0 0000000000000001 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff813fcf16
00000056E0AFCA40 00007FFF81891AE7 0000016F9A6C1AF0 0000016F9A6C1AF0 00000056E0AFD1F0 0000000000000001 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff81891ae7
00000056E0AFCDC0 00007FFF8188889B 0000016F9BD80430 0000000000000000 0000016F9BD36E70 0000016F9A6A2030 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff8188889b
00000056E0AFD0F0 00007FFF93469723 00007FFF9362A370 0000016FFE7C4FF8 00000056E0AFDAF0 00007FFF9346A012 d3d11.dll!0x7fff93469723
00000056E0AFD310 00007FFF934692C3 0000000000002328 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 d3d11.dll!0x7fff934692c3
00000056E0AFD350 00007FFF934C0B43 00000056E0AFD948 00007FFF9362A370 0000016FFE7C4FF0 0000016FFE7C4EF0 d3d11.dll!0x7fff934c0b43
00000056E0AFD3E0 00007FFF9346D167 0000000000410315 0000016FFE7C4F20 000000060000003F 00000000000003FF d3d11.dll!0x7fff9346d167
00000056E0AFD820 00007FFF93473559 0000016FFE7C4F20 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 d3d11.dll!0x7fff93473559
00000056E0AFD890 00007FFF93473640 0000016FFE7C4F20 0000016FFE7C4F20 00000056E0AFDAF0 0000016F9BD36828 d3d11.dll!0x7fff93473640
00000056E0AFD900 00007FFF93473A31 0000016FFE7C4EF0 0000000000001BEC 0000016FFE7C4F18 0000000000000060 d3d11.dll!0x7fff93473a31
00000056E0AFDA50 00007FFF93473FCC 0000016F9BD367D0 0000016F00000002 0000016F9BD37008 00007FFF99CAE430 d3d11.dll!0x7fff93473fcc
00000056E0AFDC70 00007FFF9345D864 0000000000000001 0000000000000018 0000016FA7FBEEB0 0000016FA7FBEFE8 d3d11.dll!0x7fff9345d864
00000056E0AFDFF0 00007FFF9345D307 0000016F0000FA00 0000016FA7FBEEB0 0000000002551000 0000000000000001 d3d11.dll!0x7fff9345d307
00000056E0AFE090 00007FFF06B48899 0000016FA7FBEF90 0000000000000008 0000000000003E80 00007FFF06B31EE0 libobs-d3d11.dll!gs_texture_2d::InitTexture+0x199
00000056E0AFE0F0 00007FFF06B490AB 0000016FA7FBEEB0 0000016F9BCE7900 0000016F9A6A9560 0000000000000050 libobs-d3d11.dll!gs_texture_2d::gs_texture_2d+0x21b
00000056E0AFE140 00007FFF06B436BE 0000016F9BCE7900 0000000000000000 0000000000003E80 0000000000002328 libobs-d3d11.dll!device_texture_create+0x8e
00000056E0AFE1D0 00007FFF66A96D47 0000016FFE8F24E0 0000000000000000 0000016FA15FB500 0000016FFE8E83B8 obs.dll!gs_texture_create+0xe7
00000056E0AFE220 00007FFF66A9BDE2 0000016FFE8E8380 00007FFF001E8648 0000016FFB279E80 0000016FA12D1360 obs.dll!gs_image_file_init_texture+0x62
00000056E0AFE260 00007FFF001E1653 0000000000000044 0000016FA15FB500 000000000000A1B0 00007FFF66A58627 image-source.dll!image_source_load_texture+0x43

It is crash in video driver library. Sometimes older drivers can be more stable.
Crashing thread has traces of "Image" source of OBS that fails to load. Maybe you have some special image file that video driver was not able to load?
Also, regular log-file shows that some files for Image sources of OBS are missing. Maybe it is worth to find and restore all missing assets?

Anyway, you can try OBS portable mode in different folder and start from the scratch (read after the "if it was not clear words"):

Bug Report - Crash with «Could not find locale.ini path» when opening app Settings

Probably, a duplicated issue. If so, please point to a thread with solution. When I open settings while a brand new scene is showing, settings window opens fine and look like working fine, but if I add at least one source, settings stop opening and app starts crashing each time a Settings...

obsproject.com

Also, it is wise to make backups, time to time (Scene Collections and Profiles has Export entry in the main menu of OBS).

 

[Jellafinley]

Thread 1BEC: (Crashed)
Stack            EIP              Arg0             Arg1             Arg2             Arg3             Address
00000056E0AFB9E0 00007FFF8270C7A7 00000000000003CD 000000000000FA00 0000000000000262 0000016F85D43460 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff8270c7a7
00000056E0AFBA50 00007FFF81458715 98DDB05100000000 0000000000000010 0000000000000000 00007FFF00000001 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff81458715
00000056E0AFBCA0 00007FFF81455DFD 0000016F9A667EC0 0000016FA76719F0 0000000000000000 00000056E0AFC008 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff81455dfd
00000056E0AFBE50 00007FFF815900E0 000000000000FA00 0000016FA7671FD0 0000016F83808060 0000016FA7670400 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff815900e0
00000056E0AFBF30 00007FFF814350A7 0000016FF26D07A0 0000016F9A6C2900 0000000000000010 0000016FFE7C5170 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff814350a7
00000056E0AFC940 00007FFF813FCD06 0000016FA7672020 00000056E0AFCAB8 0000000000000724 0000016FA76719C0 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff813fcd06
00000056E0AFC9C0 00007FFF813FCF16 00000056E0AFD01C 0000000000000048 0000016FF26D07A0 0000000000000001 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff813fcf16
00000056E0AFCA40 00007FFF81891AE7 0000016F9A6C1AF0 0000016F9A6C1AF0 00000056E0AFD1F0 0000000000000001 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff81891ae7
00000056E0AFCDC0 00007FFF8188889B 0000016F9BD80430 0000000000000000 0000016F9BD36E70 0000016F9A6A2030 nvwgf2umx.dll!0x7fff8188889b
00000056E0AFD0F0 00007FFF93469723 00007FFF9362A370 0000016FFE7C4FF8 00000056E0AFDAF0 00007FFF9346A012 d3d11.dll!0x7fff93469723
00000056E0AFD310 00007FFF934692C3 0000000000002328 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 d3d11.dll!0x7fff934692c3
00000056E0AFD350 00007FFF934C0B43 00000056E0AFD948 00007FFF9362A370 0000016FFE7C4FF0 0000016FFE7C4EF0 d3d11.dll!0x7fff934c0b43
00000056E0AFD3E0 00007FFF9346D167 0000000000410315 0000016FFE7C4F20 000000060000003F 00000000000003FF d3d11.dll!0x7fff9346d167
00000056E0AFD820 00007FFF93473559 0000016FFE7C4F20 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 d3d11.dll!0x7fff93473559
00000056E0AFD890 00007FFF93473640 0000016FFE7C4F20 0000016FFE7C4F20 00000056E0AFDAF0 0000016F9BD36828 d3d11.dll!0x7fff93473640
00000056E0AFD900 00007FFF93473A31 0000016FFE7C4EF0 0000000000001BEC 0000016FFE7C4F18 0000000000000060 d3d11.dll!0x7fff93473a31
00000056E0AFDA50 00007FFF93473FCC 0000016F9BD367D0 0000016F00000002 0000016F9BD37008 00007FFF99CAE430 d3d11.dll!0x7fff93473fcc
00000056E0AFDC70 00007FFF9345D864 0000000000000001 0000000000000018 0000016FA7FBEEB0 0000016FA7FBEFE8 d3d11.dll!0x7fff9345d864
00000056E0AFDFF0 00007FFF9345D307 0000016F0000FA00 0000016FA7FBEEB0 0000000002551000 0000000000000001 d3d11.dll!0x7fff9345d307
00000056E0AFE090 00007FFF06B48899 0000016FA7FBEF90 0000000000000008 0000000000003E80 00007FFF06B31EE0 libobs-d3d11.dll!gs_texture_2d::InitTexture+0x199
00000056E0AFE0F0 00007FFF06B490AB 0000016FA7FBEEB0 0000016F9BCE7900 0000016F9A6A9560 0000000000000050 libobs-d3d11.dll!gs_texture_2d::gs_texture_2d+0x21b
00000056E0AFE140 00007FFF06B436BE 0000016F9BCE7900 0000000000000000 0000000000003E80 0000000000002328 libobs-d3d11.dll!device_texture_create+0x8e
00000056E0AFE1D0 00007FFF66A96D47 0000016FFE8F24E0 0000000000000000 0000016FA15FB500 0000016FFE8E83B8 obs.dll!gs_texture_create+0xe7
00000056E0AFE220 00007FFF66A9BDE2 0000016FFE8E8380 00007FFF001E8648 0000016FFB279E80 0000016FA12D1360 obs.dll!gs_image_file_init_texture+0x62
00000056E0AFE260 00007FFF001E1653 0000000000000044 0000016FA15FB500 000000000000A1B0 00007FFF66A58627 image-source.dll!image_source_load_texture+0x43

It is crash in video driver library. Sometimes older drivers can be more stable.
Crashing thread has traces of "Image" source of OBS that fails to load. Maybe you have some special image file that video driver was not able to load?
Also, regular log-file shows that some files for Image sources of OBS are missing. Maybe it is worth to find and restore all missing assets?

Anyway, you can try OBS portable mode in different folder and start from the scratch (read after the "if it was not clear words"):

Bug Report - Crash with «Could not find locale.ini path» when opening app Settings

Probably, a duplicated issue. If so, please point to a thread with solution. When I open settings while a brand new scene is showing, settings window opens fine and look like working fine, but if I add at least one source, settings stop opening and app starts crashing each time a Settings...

obsproject.com

Also, it is wise to make backups, time to time (Scene Collections and Profiles has Export entry in the main menu of OBS).

Portable mode worked! Thank you so much for this, you're really a lifesaver!