# GOW not loading

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-not-loading/41262>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [June 20, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-not-loading/41262 "2018-06-20T12:42:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![gemsplr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@gemsplr](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/gemsplr)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-not-loading/41262/1 "2018-06-20T12:42:10Z")

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Anyone facing this problem ?  
After 3.5 patch GOW is not loading in Steam. System is Win XP.  
If I run GOW exe can see the error -The procedure entry point InitializeCriticalSectionEx could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll.

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**Author:** ![Toki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Toki](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Toki)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-not-loading/41262/2 "2018-06-20T13:54:24Z")

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Exactly the same problem.

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**Author:** ![GreyFox474](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@GreyFox474](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/GreyFox474)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-not-loading/41262/3 "2018-06-20T17:01:11Z")

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> [@gemsplr](#):
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> System is Win XP.

There’s your problem.

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**Author:** ![Toki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Toki](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Toki)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-not-loading/41262/4 "2018-06-20T19:16:24Z")

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Not until today.

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**Author:** ![Cyrup](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/cyrup/32/50181_2.png) [@Cyrup](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Cyrup)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/gow-not-loading/41262/5 "2018-06-21T03:51:55Z")

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Unfortunately, Gems of War is no longer supporting Windows Xp:

> **[Windows XP is not supported by Gems of War](https://gemsofwar.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000279555-Windows-XP-is-not-supported-by-Gems-of-War)**
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> If you can't open Gems of War and you're running Windows XP or lower, this is because Gems of War no longer supports this version of operating system.
> The game is coded using a software development...