# Unreal crashes as soon as I open a project

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**Category:** Getting Started & Setup\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, UE5-0\
**Created:** [May 28, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-crashes-as-soon-as-i-open-a-project/568869 "2022-05-28T21:35:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 5, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-crashes-as-soon-as-i-open-a-project/568869/6 "2022-06-05T22:15:25Z")

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Found a workaround for now. Manually setting the editor to DX11 works. I don’t know why it crashes when on DX12 though. Hopefully they can find a fix for this since I’ve read all the new features extensively use DX12.

> [@How to enable DirectX 12 on UE4.11](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-enable-directx-12-on-ue4-11/356550):
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> Hello, could some one assist and show what are the steps needed to enable DirectX 12 on Unreal Engine 4.11. I cant find it in the Experimental section. And im not sure where to write “-DX12”, im on Windows 10 Pro. My Dxdiag shows that im on version 12.

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