As of now, various Windows 11 users have voiced their concern that Call of Duty: Warzone is not working along the expected lines on their PC. Let alone performance issues or FPS drops, they aren’t even able to launch the game in the first place. Likewise, some have also reported issues with the Battle Client which is preventing them from giving a shot at this game. If you are also in the same boat, then this guide will make you aware of a few nifty workarounds to resolve this issue. Follow along.
Fix Call of Duty: Warzone Not Working on Windows 11
It is recommended that you try out each of the below-mentioned workarounds and then see which one spells out success for you. So with that in mind, let’s get started.
FIX 1: Launch Battle.net as Admin
First and foremost, you should consider running the launcher with administrative privileges. Here’s how it could be done-
FIX 2: Verify Game Files
Your next course of action should be to verify that the game files aren’t missing or corrupt. Fortunately, you wouldn’t have to do so manually as the client will do this job on your behalf. Here’s how-
FIX 3: Use SFC and DISM Commands
System File Checker and Deployment Image Servicing and Management are two command-line utility tools that scan for corrupt Windows files and then replace them with their working counterpart. The major difference between the two is whereas the SFC replaces the corrupt files with the working ones from the cached directory on your PC, DISM does so by downloading the working files from the online Microsoft servers. And as of now, we would be making use of both these tools to fix the underlying issue.
FIX 4: Change Game’s Installation Directory
The issue might also arise from the game’s current installation directory. To verify and hence rectify it, you should consider moving the game files to a different directory and then let the client know about that as well. Here’s how you could do it-
FIX 5: Add Battle.net to Firewall Whitelist
In some instances, the Windows Firewall might raise a false positive and flag a genuine data exchange process as a malicious one. This in turn will prevent the said app from accessing the internet on your PC. However, since you know that the Battle.net client is a safe application, you could add it to the firewall’s whitelist and then test out the results. Here’s how it could be done
FIX 6: Disable Third-Party Services
A third-party service could also create a few roadblocks in the functioning of this feature. Therefore, you should consider disabling all the non-Microsoft-related services and then test out the results. Here’s how it could be done
FIX 7: Update GPU Drivers
Using old or outdated graphics drivers could result in quite a few issues, and it could well be the culprit behind the problem that we are currently dealing with. Therefore, you should update these drivers to the latest version, using the instructions given below-
FIX 8: Reinstall Call of Duty: Warzone
If none of the aforementioned methods spelled out success for you, then your last course of action should be to uninstall and then reinstall the game. This will reset all the game’s configuration, settings, and other related files and would recreate it from scratch. So with this, we round off the guide on how you could fix the Bad Sectors error on your Windows 11 PC. We have listed eight different methods for the same. Do let us know in the comments section which one spelled out success for you. Likewise, all your queries are welcomed in the comments below.
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