UE5 gets stuck when right clicking in the content drawer

[silversand224]

Just tried to work in UE5 after a new pc build and while the editor launches fine, the moment I right click in the content area the entire thing freezes.

I have updated all drivers, I’ve tried unticking the real time icon preview thing in the settings, and none of that works. The only thing that does help is resetting the graphics card to factory default, which allows me to right click, BUT then the entire engine is extremely slow, can’t even pan around the starting area without a major lag so it is unuseable. If I go back to updating the drivers its fast again BUT the right click crash is back.

Any help is appreciated. I specifically built this pc to run UE5 faster than my previous one so this is super frustrating.

Specs:
AMD Radeon 7800xt
Ryzen 9
64 ram

[Mind-Brain]

Hey @silversand224!

So this happens to me on occasion and I’ve seen others have success with it as well.

Try to run a verification of the engine through the Epic Launcher, and if that doesn’t work, try an uninstall/reinstall.

That usually works, but about 10% of the time it doesn’t and it ends up being something hardware related- but like I said, USUALLY that fixes it!

[silversand224]

Thanks! How do I run a verification of the engine through the launcher please?

[silversand224]

WAIT THAT WORKED!! THANK YOU!

(edit, never mind lol. It did not. I was able to right click once and then it froze again)

[Mind-Brain]

This is how you verify files!

Is that what gave you the false positive? If so, definitely try doing the uninstall/reinstall! It sounds like that should do the trick!

[silversand224]

Yes, I did that and was able to right click and create a new folder one time, but after that it froze again. I just uninstalled everything and am trying for a fresh install. Crossing my fingers!

[silversand224]

Nope Fresh install and still can’t right click

[Mind-Brain]

Okay then, next steps!

You can try disabling Quixel bridge.

Do you use any sort of version control software? Like .git or Helix Perforce? Try disabling that, if so.

[silversand224]

So since this is a new build and I still was able to return the graphics card I just did that and grabbed a nvidia 4070 and it’s working fine now! So looks like it was a graphics card issue, just in case anyone else comes across this with a similar problem. I was using an amd 7800xt that was causing the problem. Switching to nvidia seems to have resolved it.