# "UE4 engine has stopped working" every time I click build

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue4-engine-has-stopped-working-every-time-i-click-build/352272>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** building-lighting, crashes-editor, build, unreal-engine, build-failed, Blueprint, question\
**Created:** [March 30, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue4-engine-has-stopped-working-every-time-i-click-build/352272 "2016-03-30T17:24:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_Hobson](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Tim\_Hobson](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tim_Hobson)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/ue4-engine-has-stopped-working-every-time-i-click-build/352272/2 "2016-03-30T20:59:26Z")

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Hi GentleBeast,

If the editor is stopping and bring up an application has stopped working windows for you to click this is indicative of something in Windows causing the editor to crash.

Can you follow this page and provide the information needed?

> **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)**
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> After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — https://unrealcommunity.wiki/! You will be able to find content from...

Can you also include a copy of your DxDiag attached here?

Thank you!

Tim

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