How to fix
Wallpaper Engine crash
on Windows

Hello. I have the Wallpaper Engine installed on my Windows computer and it crashed with an error "Your Nvidia graphics card drivers have crashed Wallpaper Engine." What should I do?

Wallpaper Engine[ref en-1] is a Windows-based program with a companion app on Android that enables users to create and use animated wallpapers. These are shared via the Steam Workshop as user-created content. Wallpaper Engine has its own rendering engine, and provides options for 2D and 3D wallpapers, including particle system editing and SceneScripting for more wallpaper logic.

Additionally, it supports using video files, audio files, webpages, and some 3D applications as wallpapers too. Unfortunately, sometimes Wallpaper Engine can crash for various reasons. People report it crashing with error messages, like "Your Nvidia graphics card drivers have crashed Wallpaper Engine" or "Wallpaper Engine was likely crashed by another application."

It is unknown why exactly this happens, but most likely it is caused by the graphics driver. The crash could also happen because of corrupted application files. In this guide, you will find 6 steps that should help you fix Wallpaper Engine crash in Windows. Keep in mind, that the manual troubleshooting process can be lengthy.

To avoid it, use a maintenance tool like [d1]. It can automatically fix various system errors, BSODs,[ref en-2] corrupted files, and registry[ref en-3] issues. Otherwise, follow the step-by-step instructions below.

Method 1. Update the Graphics Driver

• Open Device Manager and expand the Display Adapters tab
• Right-click on your graphics driver and select Update Driver

• Press on Search Automatically for Drivers
• If a graphic driver update is available, install it and then restart your PC
• Upon restart, launch the Modern Warfare game and check if it fixed the issue.
• You may also use a dedicated utility like [rev id="DriverFix"] that ca find the best drivers for your machine and install them automatically

Method 2. Update Wallpaper Engine

• Open Steam and go to Library
• Right-click on Wallpaper Engine and select Properties
• Now, go to Updates, and in the Automatic Updates section, select Always keep this game updated

Method 3. Roll back the Graphics Driver

If updating the display driver did not get rid of the issue or no updates were available, try rolling back the driver to the previous version.

• Open Device Manager and expand the Display Adapters tab
• Right-click on your graphics driver and select Properties
• Go to the Driver tab and click on Roll Back Driver

• Restart your PC

Method 4. Reinstall the Graphics Driver

If neither updating nor rolling back the driver solved the problem, try reinstalling it completely.

• Open Device Manager and expand the Display Adapters tab
• Right-click on your graphics driver and select Uninstall device

• Click Uninstall again in the second window and wait for the process to finish
• Restart your computer

Method 5. Verify the integrity of Application Files

• Open Steam and go to Library
• Right-click on Wallpaper Engine and select Properties
• Go to the Local Files and then click on VERIFY INTEGIRTY OF APPLICATION FILES

Method 6. Reinstall Wallpaper Engine

If none of the previous steps worked, reinstall the Wallpaper Engine itself as it is possible that the application files are corrupted.

• Open Steam, and go to Library
• Find Wallpaper Engine, right-click on it and select Manage, and then Uninstall

• After uninstalling the app, install a fresh copy the same way you did before