3 Ways to Repair League of Legends Installation

2024 Author: Samantha Chapman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 09:13

League of Legends is a very popular game, meant to run on a lot of different hardware configurations. While this allows many different people to play the game, hardware problems can still cause the game to fail. If League of Legends often quits without warning, there are many ways to fix the problems, such as updating your drivers or repairing game files.

Steps

Method 1 of 3: Troubleshoot a Freezing Game

Step 1. Update the video card drivers

This is the program that allows the video card to interact with the computer; if the drivers are not up to date, they could cause the game to crash. You may also notice an improvement in game performance by updating the drivers.

• If you don't know your graphics card manufacturer, press ⊞ Win + R and type dxdiag. You can find the manufacturer in the Display tab.

• Visit the manufacturer's website to automatically determine the card and download the necessary drivers.

  • NVIDIA
  • AMD
  • Intel

  

  Step 2. Install all Windows updates

  Updates to Windows can fix problems with DirectX or other operating system files. Keeping Windows up to date generally makes your system more secure and stable, so this is a good habit to follow.

  On wikiHow you can find detailed guides on how to update Windows

  

  Step 3. Install. Net Framework

  This is a software library for Microsoft requested by League of Legends. Manually installing version 3.5 may fix problems with the game. Even if you have 4.0 installed, you may still need to install 3.5.

  You can download. Net 3.5 here

  

  Step 4. Use the League of Legends Repair Tool to repair the game files

  League of Legends includes a tool that can rebuild game files, potentially fixing problems with corrupt files.

  • Open the League of Legends launcher.
  • Click on the gear button to open the "Settings" menu.
  • Click on the "Repair" button. This will take about 30-60 minutes.

  

  Step 5. Reduce the game settings

  If you have set your graphics settings too high, you could overload your hardware and cause the game to crash. Try reducing all settings to a minimum and see if the game becomes more stable. If so, you can start increasing the settings one at a time to find the right balance between stability and visual effects.

  • You can find the video settings by opening the "Options" menu within the game and clicking on the "Video" button.
  • If you cannot access the graphics settings because you are unable to launch the game, you can download a community-created tool that allows you to change League of Legends settings without using the game menu. You can download it here.

  

  Step 6. Reinstall Windows and League of Legends

  It could be a virus or other malware that is causing the game to crash. In some cases, the easiest way to fix these problems is to erase everything and start from scratch. If you've saved a backup of your most important data, you can complete the entire operation in just over an hour.

  • Click here for a guide on how to install Windows 7.
  • Click here for a guide on how to install Windows 8.
  • Click here for a guide on how to install Windows Vista.

  Method 2 of 3: Fix a Black Screen

  

  Step 1. Open the video card control panel

  The most likely cause of the black screen is incorrect antialiasing settings for your video card.

  You can access Nvidia or AMD control panels by right clicking on an empty spot on the desktop

  

  Step 2. Fix anti-aliasing for Nvidia cards

  If you have an AMD / ATI card, skip to the next step.

  • Select "Manage 3D Settings".
  • Select the Global Settings tab.
  • Click on the drop-down menu next to "Antialiasing - Settings" and select "OFF".

  

  Step 3. Fix anti-aliasing for AMD / ATI cards

  • Click on the "Advanced" button.
  • Expand the "3D" item in the Graphics Settings "tab.
  • Select the "Anti-Aliasing" option.
  • Check the "Use application settings" box.

  Method 3 of 3: Repair the Launcher

  

  Step 1. Open Windows Explorer

  If your League of Legends launcher does not start, you can delete the launcher files and they will be downloaded automatically when you run it.

  

  Step 2. Reach the path

  C: / Riot Games / League of Legends / RADS / projects.

  

  Step 3. Delete the folder

  lol_launcher.

  

  Step 4. Start the launcher as you normally would

  The launcher will download the necessary files again and you can start the game.