# Unable to open UEFN without it crashing on News Screen - GPU Crash dump Triggered **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues and Bug Reporting\ **Tags:** unreal-editor-for-fortnite, fortnite\ **Created:** [November 29, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unable-to-open-uefn-without-it-crashing-on-news-screen-gpu-crash-dump-triggered/1432584 "2023-11-29T15:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![RayTink](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/raytink/32/932377_2.png) [@RayTink](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/RayTink)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unable-to-open-uefn-without-it-crashing-on-news-screen-gpu-crash-dump-triggered/1432584/8 "2024-05-16T07:15:54Z")
This sounded like a similar issue so hopefully this might help solve the problem. > [@UEFN crash on startup assertion failed.](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/uefn-crash-on-startup-assertion-failed/805583/8): > > Ok I tried everything and just for fun decided to run UE5 and UEFN in windows 8 compatibility mode, with rivatuner closed, updated driver it finally worked. I fixed it with the windows program troubleshooter I selected the app and it suggested running it in windows 8 compat mode and it worked. There must be some call made to the gpu that makes it crash, probably related to rtx or dx12 or both because now it works like a charm! Edit: Step to ensure you don’t crash. 1: windows 8 compatibility mo… Let me know if this fixes anyone’s problem. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unable-to-open-uefn-without-it-crashing-on-news-screen-gpu-crash-dump-triggered/1432584)._