Error 0 in Fortnite

The computer game “Fortnite Battle Royale”, despite its worldwide popularity and a million-strong “army” of fans, unfortunately, more and more often disappoints. Another failure: after starting the video game and matching players, it is thrown out in the lobby with a notification of the following character – “Please restart your client. Error 0 “.

Also, such a crash occurs in Fortnite after the game is updated, namely at the moment when the character in the game has to jump on the bus, the Error message pops up: “Please restart your client. Error 0 “.

Various crashes and errors annoy users. The official representatives of the title and the technical support service very often do not solve problems or have been looking for ways to fix them for too long. In this particular case, when error 0 occurs in Fortnite, they suggest restarting the game client, but that doesn’t help at all! Users at various sites discuss this glitch and share how to fix it. The most effective, according to the reviews of members of the forum, we actually present.

Probable causes

Gamers point out several reasons for the 0 error in Fortnite.

1. Anti-cheat blocks due to suspicious changes in the operating system, we are talking about the Windows activator.
2. The game files are damaged in any way.
3. At startup, the lack of Administrator rights.
4. Blocking the game with antivirus software.

So what can you do!

System check

To fix this error, members of the forum suggest checking the system in order to identify any “strange” Windows files. Your actions:

• Press the Windows Key + R keyboard shortcut. In the window that appears, copy (or enter) the command – cmd.
• Enter (or copy) this command at the command line: sfc / scannow.
• If your system refuses to execute the command, run the cmd.exe file from the folder, which, as a rule, is located in this path: Drive C: WindowsSystem32 “. You need to run the “cmd” file only on behalf of the administrator. Click on it with the right mouse button.
• Type sfc / scannow at the command line and press Enter.

The OS will start analyzing your computer automatically. After the scanning process, the PC will reboot. Launch the game, and if Error 0 does not appear, enjoy. Please note, the community notes that this method does not give a 100% guarantee of fixing the error (it helped some, and others did not). Therefore, if the result is negative, go to the next point of the solution.

Checking the integrity of game files

The Epic Games client has a dedicated option to check and repair all corrupted files. Your task is to start this process. This is done like this:

1. Open Epic Games with admin rights. Click on the RMB shortcut and select the appropriate function “Run as Administrator”.
2. Go to the Fortnite page and click on the gear (located to the right of Launch).
3. A menu will open in which you need to select “Check”. Wait for the procedure to complete (approximately 10-15 minutes).

After that, restart the client and open the game. This helped many, but if the result is “0”, then follow on.

Give the game administrator rights

If the previous method did not fix Error 0 – start the video game, granting it Administrator rights.

• Go to the folder where the game is located. Then to FortniteGameBinariesWin64.
• Find the file called FortniteClient-Win64-Shipping.exe and right-click on it. Select the “Properties” section.
• Go to the “Compatibility” block and put a check mark next to the “Run this program …” item. Click OK.

After that, repeat the same steps for the files:

After completing the manipulations, error 0 in Fortnite should disappear. However, this method is not suitable for everyone, so if you have not resolved the problem, try another option.

Replacing the activator

As the community notes on various forums, the cause of Error 0 in Fortnite in some cases is an outdated Windows crack. If the previous methods did not help to fix this error, then you need to deal with this “crack”.

• The first step is to delete the old variant. On the desktop, right-click on “Create” / “Text file (or document)”.
• Insert the following lines into the file that appears:
• Then click “File” / “Save As …” and enter the name (any) and extension “cmd”.
• You will see a “batch file” with a name on your desktop, which must be launched on behalf of the administrator.

After the performed procedure, Windows activation will irrevocably fly off. Thus, you will no longer be bothered by the crash: “Please restart your client. Error 0 “in the game Fortnite. Important: do not forget to install a new activator – this will help to avoid similar problems in the future.

Additional solutions

We hope these methods helped you solve the Fortnite error 0 issue, as well as many other gamers. However, if at the same time you still cannot enter the video game or it crashes again, we recommend that you perform the following additional steps:

• Update your graphics card driver.
• Check the status of the network connection.
• Install fresh libraries for Fortnite (DirectX, .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual C ++).
• If your operating system has a third-party antivirus, pause it for a while before starting the game.