Engine keeps crashing on starting up any project

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Lately, i’ve been getting this crash whenever i open any of old projects or even starting a new one. I tried reinstalling but didnt help.

here is the copied to clipboard from unreal crash report. I’d appreciate any help.

!Id:f0d9a2e4a10d305339b3d67e198d61e9

Unknown exception - code 00000001 (first/second chance not available)

KERNELBASE.dll

KERNELBASE + 37901 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 2998748 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 1620298 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 440891 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 492925 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 120140 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 126235 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 130252 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 128276 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 130578 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 125597 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 130944 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 129011 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 130721 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 30048 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 31157 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 31245 bytes
UE4Editor_DerivedDataCache + 117516 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 1595005 bytes
UE4Editor_Core + 1595051 bytes
UE4Editor_Engine + 3958675 bytes
UE4Editor!FEngineLoop::PreInit() + 10001 bytes [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.2\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launchengineloop.cpp:1209]
UE4Editor!GuardedMain() + 236 bytes [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.2\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\launch.cpp:111]
UE4Editor!GuardedMainWrapper() + 26 bytes [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.2\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:125]
UE4Editor!WinMain() + 249 bytes [d:\buildfarm\buildmachine_++depot+ue4-releases+4.2\engine\source\runtime\launch\private\windows\launchwindows.cpp:207]
UE4Editor!__tmainCRTStartup() + 329 bytes [f:\dd\vctools\crt\crtw32\dllstuff\crtexe.c:618]

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Howdy Silverspirits,

Would you mind posting this issue on our AnswerHub? You can find the link to the AnswerHub here: https://answers.unrealengine.com/index.html.

Is you could also follow this Template on how to report a bug, this would better help us work on your issue: How do I report a bug? - Programming & Scripting - Unreal Engine Forums

Thanks and have a great day!

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Thanks Sean, i’ll do.

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i upgraded to 4.3 and problem solved. I don’t know if this is a bug with 4.2.1 or not.