Having sudden crashes or startup failures in Resident Evil Village? One common cause is Windows Defender blocking or quarantining essential game files—especially when you're using mods or certain DLL injectors.
📉 Symptoms:
Game crashes on startup
Black screen followed by force close
Missing file or access denied errors
🛠️ In This Video:
How Windows Defender interferes with RE Village
Step-by-step guide to restore or allow blocked files
How to add RE Village to the Defender exclusion list
Bonus tip: Prevent future blocking when using mods or REFramework 📂 Common Blocked Files:
dinput8.dll
Mod loader tools
Custom reshade presets
✅ Fix your game and jump back into Dimitrescu's castle without the headache!
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00:10Especially if you are in the game launch time, crash is happening, or you are on the black screen on the screen, then this is for you.
00:20So friends, just as I started my game Resident Evil Village, start the game, the screen crash is happening.
00:29If you are watching the video, let's fix this.
00:34Now, go to Windows Security, and go to Virus and Threat Protection, and go to Protection History, and check the Quarantine Files, that our Resident Evil 8's file is not blocked.
00:54If it is blocked, then go to Restore.
00:58Now, Windows Close, and start the game.
01:05Now, friends, you will see that our game is running, without crash.
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