How to fix Counter Strike Global Offensive Crashes

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is an extremely popular online video game and one of the premier eSports titles with an established audience and multiple tournaments each year. Some users, however, are encountering errors with the game with the most annoying ones leading to various crashes. The reasons for the crashes could be varied so it might be necessary to explore several different options until you find the one for your particular problem.

First, if you are running the game in compatibility mode, try disabling it. If that doesn't help, try verifying the game's files from the Steam client. Open Steam, go to your Library and locate CS:GO. Right-click it and select properties. Go to the Local tab and click on the option that will verify the integrity of the cache. Users can also try and see if adding the cl_disablehtmlmotd 1 launch option will fix the crashes. Go to your Steam Library, right-click Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and open 'Properties.' Navigate to the launch options section and type in cl_disablehtmlmotd 1 in the appropriate field. Save the changes and restart the game.

Depending on the specific issue, users might also have to update their GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) to a newer version, or if the screen is going black add the -auto-config launch options to the game. If CS:GO closes itself as soon as it is started, users might want to try converting the fastprox.dll file into fastprox.dllold.