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How to fix error status-access-violation in Windows 11

Memory access violation. Common in Chrome, Node.js, and video games with memory bugs.

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📅 Updated: 2026-08-13
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Error Codestatus-access-violation
Affected SystemWindows 11 (Microsoft)
DifficultyHigh
Estimated Time15 min
Requires Admin Rights⚠️ Yes
Requires Reboot🔄 Yes

Solution Steps

  1. 1 Running sfc /scannow command in command prompt, since I've read that it might fix corrupted windows files. It found everything to be in order.
  2. 2 Running memtest (3 passes), since I've read that it might be an issue related to RAM failing. I doubted that it would find something, since the issues were related to non-essential, for Windows execution, applications, and I wasn't getting any BSODs. It didn't find any issues either.
  3. 3 Then, I thought that there may be some kind of virus infecting the computer. So, I created a Live Rescue USB stick with antivirus scanner on it, and booted the laptop from it, and ran full hard drive, In-Depth scan. No infected files detected.
  4. 4 Then, I thought that there may be issues with hard drive itself. So I ran chkdsk C: /F /R . No issues.
  5. 5 Then, I wanted to check S.M.A.R.T records of the hard drive, to see if it is failing. I downloaded a portable app which can check that. And then I realized that I can't run it, since it crashes, on startup like any other app. Then, I boot to safe mode, where, apparently, everything works fine, and a
  6. 6 Then I tried to use tools such as Process Monitor to figure out what is happening before the applications crash. It had the same problem as any other application.
  7. 7 Then I tried to run System Restore to restore to a point before those updates. After doing the restore, and a reboot of a laptop, it said that it wasn't able to complete the process to to the error code 0x80070005 which stands for General access denied error , so it is more or less the same as the o
  8. 8 I started googling again, and found this article . But, since my Windows boot loader path doesn't contain xOsload.exe , but rather winload.efi , I assumed that it wouldn't help in my case.

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