Try running the game eith administrator privileges. I had a similar error and running the game in administrator worked
um im sole owner of this computer and i only have one admin and thats already me lol
Assuming from your reply that you aren’t particularly PC-savvy, being the sole user (and therefore default local administrator) on your computer doesn’t automatically determine that everything runs in administrator mode. Quite the opposite, in fact, as you’re still just a user who is granted specific permissions and not the “real” administrator account embedded into the operating system.
I know it sounds illogical, but that’s Microsoft for you. Blame it on UAC: a good idea gone wrong. That also means this advice is moot if you’re still running XP, but then…well, never mind. All I’ll say is end of life on that bad boy is coming up fast.
So if you’re on Win7, if you’re the only user, and if the application you want to run is trusted (which gw2.exe should be, given that we’re all pretty sure ANet’s not just trolling us with fancy malware) then right-clicking the executable, selecting properties and in the compatibility tab checking the box that says “run the program as administrator” isn’t opening you up to any threats.
Give it a try. It may help, it may not, but at least you’ll have made the attempt.
