Call Of Duty Black Ops 2 Error During Initialization Unhandled Exception Caught Verified <HIGH-QUALITY>

Open GeForce Experience or AMD Software Adrenalin Edition and check for the latest stable updates.

How to Fix "Error During Initialization: Unhandled Exception Caught"

Sometimes the game saves a bad setting—like a refresh rate your monitor doesn't support (e.g., 145Hz) or a texture resolution that exceeds your VRAM. The game tries to load this bad data on startup, throws an exception, and crashes. Open GeForce Experience or AMD Software Adrenalin Edition

Navigate to your Black Ops 2 installation folder ( Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops II ).

Right-click the in your Windows taskbar tray and select Sounds (or Sound Settings -> More sound settings on Windows 11). Go to the Playback tab. Navigate to your Black Ops 2 installation folder

: The game requires specific older versions of DirectX and Visual C++ found in its own files. Navigate to Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops II\redist vcredist_x86.exe DXSETUP.exe (located within the DirectX folder). Run in Compatibility Mode

✅ This resolves ~80% of unhandled exception errors. : The game requires specific older versions of

If none of the above solutions have worked, the problem might be slightly deeper, but still fixable.

Under the and Recording tabs, Disable everything except for your primary headset or speakers.

🚨 BO2 "Error during initialization: Unhandled exception caught" – even after verifying files?

(Steam > Settings > In-Game > Uncheck "Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game") Discord Overlay GeForce Experience In-Game Overlay MSI Afterburner / RivaTuner Statistics Server 6. Use the Plutonium Client (Ultimate Alternative)