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    Does anyone know how to fix a "The memory could not be 'read'" error?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by The Biles, Jan 17, 2009.

  1. The Biles

    The Biles Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok, just installed Windows 7. I installed DX9, then I went to try out my games. When I selected EverQuest the game would start up then crash right back to the desktop with the following error: "'The Instruction at 0x####### referenced memory at 0x#######. The memory could not be 'read'"

    I have the game data on my other partition, and it is not read-only or anything. The disk was recently defragged, and I'm checking it for errors now (though I doubt it will find any). Any idea what could be causing this? I've heard reports of this with many other games, but I cannot find a good solution.
     
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    Tried running the games in compatibility mode?
     
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    I have both StationLauncher and Eqgame.exe running in compatibility mode.
     
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