# \[Critical\] UEFN Crashing when opening project

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/critical-uefn-crashing-when-opening-project/816361>\
**Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\
**Tags:** fortnite-creative, unreal-editor-for-fortnite, crash, bug-report, fortnite\
**Created:** [March 24, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/critical-uefn-crashing-when-opening-project/816361 "2023-03-24T13:21:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/critical-uefn-crashing-when-opening-project/816361/9 "2023-03-24T17:29:14Z")

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@sonictke I’m having the same issue as this thread you responded in: [Project crashes with EXCPETION\_ACCESS\_VIOLATION](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/project-crashes-with-excpetion-access-violation/817009)

I found a workaround to access my project, but if I try to open the normal way then it crashes with the same error. I am not running any VERSE coding at all. It just crashes as soon as I try to load this project file. If there is anything you can do to assist that would be amazing!

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