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How to fix Sea of Thieves Crash on Launch/Rendering Issue on PC

Talal Rafi··
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Microsoft has just released its commercially successful game Sea of Thieves on Steam. The game is being released on Steam after two years. The game is generally received favorably by the community, however, the issues, bugs, and crashes still persist and people are facing them despite after 2 years of release. One of the issues reported by the players is the Sea of Thieves crash on launch/rendering issue while using Trend Micro antivirus on their PC and here’s how to fix it.

Sea of Thieves latest patch is causing some issues with popular Trend Micro antivirus. Users of Trend Micro, are complaining about the game crashing randomly or not launch at all on Windows 10 PC. If you are facing such issues follow the guide below to fix the rendering or crash error.

Fix Sea of Thieves Crash on Launch / Rendering Error while using Trend Micro Antivirus

NOTE: The steps which you’re going to follow down below need to be performed after every update of Sea of Thieves as the Sea of Thieves version number changes with every update. Without further delay here’s what you need to do to fix Sea of Thieves crash on launch/rendering error and also using Trend Micro antivirus:

  • Press the Windows Key on your keyboard.
  • Search for Windows PowerShell and open it
  • Enter the below command
Get-AppxPackage *SeaOfThieves* | ForEach{$_.InstallLocation}
  • Copy the result, it should look similar to below.
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SeaofThieves_2.78.5523.2_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
  • Open the Trend Micro main console by right-clicking on the Trend Micro icon in your taskbar and selecting Open the Main Console.
  • Open the Settings Menu
  • Select Exception Lists and then Programs/folders
  • Click the + Add button and then Browse
  • Paste the results after entering the command in the 4th step into the File name box
  • Click the Open button, this will add the path your Exception List
  • Click Apply then OK to save your changes & close the Exception Lists window

And you should be good to go and the game should run fine. In case you’re still unable to play try the steps down below:

  • Open the main console on your Trend Micro Security software then click the Security Report icon.
  • Click See more details link.
  • Click the SoTGame.exe file and click Restore. (If you can’t see the file select the dropdown next to View and select Last Scan)
  • Click Yes when asked if you want to restore the file.
  • Click OK.

For more information, you can visit Trend Micro’s website. Let us know if fixed the Sea of Thieves crash on launch/rendering issue on PC while using Trent Micro antivirus software. You can also check out,