This happened to me on previous version as well as with UE5.
I keep getting the same message:
Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0xffffffffffffffff
AudioDevProps2_7ffbefcb0000
xaudio2_9
xaudio2_9
xaudio2_9
xaudio2_9
UE4Editor_AudioMixerXAudio2!Audio::FMixerPlatformXAudio2::OpenAudioStream() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Windows\AudioMixerXAudio2\Private\AudioMixerPlatformXAudio2.cpp:951]
UE4Editor_AudioMixer!Audio::FMixerDevice::InitializeHardware() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\AudioMixer\Private\AudioMixerDevice.cpp:285]
UE4Editor_Engine!FAudioDevice::Init() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\AudioDevice.cpp:511]
UE4Editor_Engine!FAudioDeviceManager::FAudioDeviceContainer::FAudioDeviceContainer() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\AudioDeviceManager.cpp:1662]
UE4Editor_Engine!FAudioDeviceManager::CreateNewDevice() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\AudioDeviceManager.cpp:641]
UE4Editor_Engine!FAudioDeviceManager::RequestAudioDevice() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\AudioDeviceManager.cpp:465]
UE4Editor_Engine!FAudioDeviceManager::CreateMainAudioDevice() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\AudioDeviceManager.cpp:547]
UE4Editor_Engine!UEngine::InitializeAudioDeviceManager() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\UnrealEngine.cpp:3013]
UE4Editor_Engine!UEngine::Init() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Engine\Private\UnrealEngine.cpp:1591]
UE4Editor_UnrealEd!UEditorEngine::InitEditor() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Editor\UnrealEd\Private\EditorEngine.cpp:629]
UE4Editor_UnrealEd!UEditorEngine::Init() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Editor\UnrealEd\Private\EditorEngine.cpp:977]
UE4Editor_UnrealEd!UUnrealEdEngine::Init() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Editor\UnrealEd\Private\UnrealEdEngine.cpp:80]
UE4Editor!FEngineLoop::Init() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\LaunchEngineLoop.cpp:3952]
UE4Editor_UnrealEd!EditorInit() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Editor\UnrealEd\Private\UnrealEdGlobals.cpp:94]
UE4Editor!GuardedMain() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\Launch.cpp:149]
UE4Editor!GuardedMainWrapper() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\Windows\LaunchWindows.cpp:137]
UE4Editor!WinMain() [D:\Build++UE4\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\Launch\Private\Windows\LaunchWindows.cpp:268]
UE4Editor!__scrt_common_main_seh() [d:\agent_work\5\s\src\vctools\crt\vcstartup\src\startup\exe_common.inl:288]
kernel32
ntdll
I’ve tried to reinstall, delete projects (Just a beginner, no harm done), installed different versions, rebooted, updated drivers, updated windows… NOTHING works…
What can I do?