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Guild Wars 2 Won't Start, Screen flickers

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Hi rho is war – Unfortunately there isn’t really an “official” fix as various resolutions have come about in regards to this issue, however, the location of your local.dat file is by default Documents\Guild Wars 2. So wherever your “My Documents” folder is located, you should see a Guild Wars 2 folder within it, and there should be the local.dat file.

Thank you, I had to cover my eyes but it worked. :P This crash isn’t very fun.

Guild Wars 2 Won't Start, Screen flickers

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Hello I did this and I had yet another seizure when I ran your repair are there any other answers you have? This is ridiculous.

Just delete the Local.dat file in your game dir. After you’ve done that you need to fill in your account details and passw again. Should solve that issue of yours anyway, it fixed mine.

Good luck!

Hey i’m using Win 7 and in the GW2 directory I don’t see a local.dat :/ Any ideas how to get there or an official fix? Every time I launch GW2 it’s like setting off a crazy strobe light that flickers 10 times… where is the bass.

Guild Wars 2 Won't Start, Screen flickers

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rho is war.5084

Hi Jixer – I would recommend navigating to Documents\Guild Wars 2 and deleting the local.dat file. Once you’ve done this, try a repair of the Guild Wars 2 client:

1. Navigate to your Guild Wars 2 installation folder.

2. Right-click on “GW2.exe” and select “Create Shortcut.”

3. Rename this shortcut to “Guild Wars 2 Repair.”

4. Right-click on this shortcut and select “Properties.”

5. Edit the “Target” line to include -repair at the end.

Note: Please make sure -repair is outside of the quotes

Correctly Formatted Example: “C:\Games\Guild Wars 2\GW2.exe” -repair
Incorrectly Formatted Example: “C:\Games\Guild Wars 2\GW2.exe -repair”

6. Once completed, click “Ok” to save your changes.

If you get an error trying to save, your target line may not have the correct format. Please try step 5 again.

7. Double click “Guild Wars 2 Repair” to start the repair process.

Once completed, please try starting Guild Wars 2 again.

Hello I did this and I had yet another seizure when I ran your repair are there any other answers you have? This is ridiculous.