UE5 Crashing on startup due to an unhandled exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x00007ff840001ac0

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I just downloaded UE5, when I ran it, It immediately crashed

Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x00007ff840001ac0

D3D12Core
D3D12Core
D3D12Core
D3D12Core
UnrealEditor_D3D12RHI
UnrealEditor_D3D12RHI
UnrealEditor_D3D12RHI
UnrealEditor_D3D12RHI
UnrealEditor_D3D12RHI
UnrealEditor_D3D12RHI
UnrealEditor_D3D12RHI
UnrealEditor_D3D12RHI
UnrealEditor_RHI
UnrealEditor
UnrealEditor
UnrealEditor
UnrealEditor
UnrealEditor
UnrealEditor
kernel32
ntdll

I don’t understand what is wrong. Do I reinstall? Do I go down a version? Is my pc just not capable?

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dont reinstall i have a similar issue with 5.4.4. if you reinstall then your fab plugin will not be available and all of your plugins. EPic is in a bit of a crisis right now