(Software) How to Fix Fortnite Not Starting in Windows 11

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Fortnite is one of the most po[CENSORED]r battle royale games with hundreds of millions of players across the globe. However, a very small minority of players sometimes need to fix issues with Fortnite not starting in Windows 11 and 10. For some players, Fortnite might not start at all. Other players have reported the game crashing at startup when they launch it.  If Fortnite doesn’t start on your Windows 11 PC, there are various ways you can potentially fix it. Much depends on the specific causes for the issue. These potential resolutions can feasibly resolve a wide variety of Fortnite launch issues.  1. Run Fortnite as an Administrator When Fortnite doesn’t have full admin permissions, it doesn’t have full system access. In which case, configuring that game to run an administrator can potentially fix it not starting. You will need to enable Fortnite to run as an administrator as follows.  Click File Explorer on the taskbar. Open the Fortnite installation folder. Then open the FortniteGame\Binaries\Win64 subfolders within the Fortnite folder. Right-click the FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping EXE (Application) file to select the Properties option for it. Click the Compatibility tab, and select the Run as an administrator option there.Select Apply to save the new compatibility settings. Click OK to close the active window. Repeat the above steps to select the Run as administrator option for the FortniteLauncher, FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping-BE, and FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping-EAC EXE files. In addition, it’s recommended that you run Epic Games with admin rights too. You can right-click a shortcut for it and select Run as administrator. To configure Epic Games to always run with admin permissions, however, you’ll need to select the Run as an administrator option from its properties window.  2. Run Fortnite in Compatibility Mode Playing Fortnite in compatibility mode can resolve technical game issues. To do so, open the Compatibility tab for the FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping file in Fortnite’s Win64 folder as outlined for the first method. Then select the Run this program in compatibility mode for checkbox there. Choose Windows 8 or 7 on the drop-down menu, and click the Apply button.