Multiplayer online games like Valorant always grow with each major patch. One of the major issues in Valorant is the “could not enter matchmaking” error. But, recently many players are also experiencing “invalid access to memory location”. Players are reporting, they are getting this error message particularly after downloading a new patch. Currently, it is not known the exact source of this issue. If you are also running into the “Invalid access to memory location” error, below are some solutions you can try to fix this frustrating issue.
How to Fix Valorant Invalid Access to Memory Location Error
As we are well aware, Valorant is a memory-efficient game but sometimes it acts weirdly and brings errors like “invalid access to memory”. This error prevents players from launching the game. Riot has not yet acknowledged this issue but some players have tried some workarounds to fix this issue. Here we have collected all solutions for you.
Delete Temporary Files
One of the quickest and best solutions to fix this issue is to delete temporary files. Go through the following some easy steps:
1. Press the Win + R buttons to open the “Run” application or you can directly type “Run” in Windows search bar
2. In the white box – type “%temp%” and then press “okay”
3. Select all files and delete them. For this, simply select “Ctrl+A” and press “Delete”.
4. Once done, restart your computer and launch the game
Update Drivers
Sometimes, outdated drivers can also cause such error messages so you can try to update the driver to fix this issue. For this:
1. Press Win + R buttons to open the “Run” application or you can directly type “Run” in the Windows search bar
2. In the run app, type “devmgmt.msc” and press “ok”
3. A device manager screen will be popped up, check all the major drivers like disk, display, sound, and USB and update them
4. Next, click on ‘Search automatically for updated drivers software’
5. Once done, restart your computer
Update Windows
Mostly, players ignore updating their Windows as it takes a lot of time to download. But you can also solve “invalid access to memory location’ error by simply updating the Windows.
Check on Task Manager
Open up your system’s task manager by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Delete and so you can check all online processes on your system in the “Processes” tab. Here you can check all the app and the memory allotted. Here you can end any unwanted process by right-clicking on the app and selecting “End Task”. This way, you can easily free up some memory to run Valorant flawlessly.
That’s how you can fix Valorant invalid access to memory location error.
Also learn, how to fix Valorant error code VAN 9001.
Literally the same fixes as the last 20 websites. Why even create a new one? none of these work. Cant install the game
Sorry, there are all the solutions we can suggest at the time. We will try to update the post with new ones in a day or two.