# Unreal Engine 5 crashes upon opening a project file

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-5-crashes-upon-opening-a-project-file/659823>\
**Category:** Platform & Builds\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, UE5-0, Performance-Profiling, question\
**Created:** [September 30, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-5-crashes-upon-opening-a-project-file/659823 "2022-09-30T15:18:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quetzalcodename](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Quetzalcodename](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Quetzalcodename)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-engine-5-crashes-upon-opening-a-project-file/659823/2 "2022-09-30T18:18:35Z")

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Hey @doglishgyu! Welcome to the Forums!

Check out this thread with the same error code as you. There may be a plugin or process that needs enabled.

> [@Unhandled Exception: 0xc06d007e](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unhandled-exception-0xc06d007e/435687/2):
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> I investigated and found my own temp-fix. It seems the final solution is to enable the open VR plugin through Oculus (still doing research about this). Oculus forum post about the solution: [Unreal Engine 4.22 fatal error at launching startu... - Oculus Community - 694641](https://forums.oculusvr.com/developer/discussion/75901/unreal-engine-4-22-fatal-error-at-launching-startup) My specific issue was related to downloading of the release candidate build using a test user. \*Temp fix: During the submission process using the oculus platform utility (UploadBuild.bat), many files are not allowed and promp…

Hope the above points you in the direction you are looking for!

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