Fortnite freezes whole PC (have to hold the power button)

Hello,

I've asked about this on fortnite support but they just gave me generic copy paste troubleshooting script and then sent me here to ask.

So, in the last few weeks maybe 2 months, when I would be in Fortnite it would randomly stutter or freeze for a second, but that isn't anything surprising about that game. But in the recent few weeks, the game would just freeze for either 10 seconds and continue normally OR it would stay frozen and my whole PC would be frozen as well. I could hear audio from discord or audio from browser but I couldnt alt tab, couldnt ctrl alt del OR anything else, occasionally it would break even the audio, sometimes it would stay frozen with audio and others could even hear me while its all frozen. But sometimes I would get an error message saying "Microsoft Windows stopped responding"... I've never had this issue with any game or any PC before, I've tried everything that can be done.

Thank you for your time.

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I was deep deep in reddit and possibly found a solution. I haven't tested it myself yet but going to test it tomorrow.

Quote from reddit:
"1. Disable Discord overlay and messaging notifications"
"2. Close Riot Vanguard (You have to restart pc to play league again"

Found many people that play Valorant/League like myself that the Riot anticheat system "Vanguard" is the most obvious root cause for this Fortnite/Windows freeze that is happening to me and you, and many others.

Also the discord thing might also be true, because some are reporting that closing/quitting discord entirely before launching or playing Fortnite is also making the game playable and not freeze. And the discord notifications can interrupt with the game if you have notifications on.

I can link the reddit thread here also. Its full of like minded individuals with similar problems.

Reddit link

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Last updated February 4, 2025 Views 147 Applies to: