This is so annoying. A very similar problem existed for COD4 Modern Warfare. Its such a simple fix, but they couldn’t fix it for WaW? Bleh. Anyway, here’s what to do:
XP
1. Click Start>Control Panel>Sound
2. Right click on default playback device
3. Select Properties
4. Select the Advanced tab
5. Set the default playback format to 24 bit 48000Hz which is Studio Quality on the drop down list
6. Save the changes and exit
Vista
1. Click Start>Control Panel>Hardware and Sound
2. Under Sound click Manage Audio Devices
3. Right click on the item that has a check mark next to it and click properties
4. Select the Advanced tab
5. Set the default playback format to 24 bit 48000Hz which is Studio Quality on the drop down list
6. Save the changes and exit
The problem should be resolved, so try launching and good luck!
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k - January 14th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Uh is this for vista or XP?
admin - January 14th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
The original post was for Windows XP, I have just updated the post providing directions for Windows Vista as well. Sorry about that!
ASD - January 16th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
i don’t have an icon named sound.how is it like? I cant understand.plz heeeelp!!!
Reader - January 27th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Great! Thank you!
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Of course, I will add backlink?
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admin - January 27th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Sure, that is fine. Glad it worked for you!
MATA - February 6th, 2009 at 8:24 am
i don’t have an icon named sound.how is it like? I cant understand.plz heeeelp!!! YEAAAAAAAA … this post is for windows VISTA ONLY !!!!
Kamil - April 7th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Ej ten błąd mi wyskakuje mam xp co robić? ?
joe - May 10th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
what about the fix for xp??
Robin - May 21st, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Can you help me please?
After playing “Call of Duty-World @ War, Solo – Co-op ” Shop bought DVD for many months it now refuses to recognise either of my 2 DVD drives.
Patches 1-2 & 1-4 loaded.
Says “Please insert the correct DVD-ROM”
It loads Multiplayer ok to play online.
Thanks……….
hawk - June 16th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
don’t have sound in xp home, have sound and audio devices can not right click on anything.
a - July 24th, 2009 at 7:19 am
mmmm
i cant find the default playback device
in my windows xp sp 2
can anyone help?
admin - July 24th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Hi! Right now I am at work but I can help you later. But also, just so you know there was a patch released for this which resolved the issue. I will post the link later today here in the article with an EDIT: tag.
Best Regards,
Nosta
herbzie - October 17th, 2009 at 6:47 am
what happened to you adding the patch info on here i really need to play world at war can you help me pls??????????????? helpppppppppppppppp
Strykar - August 4th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
I’d set mine to 96,000 earlier and thought it was the issue. But, that doesn’t fix it for me on Vista Ultimate.
jhot - August 19th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
thank,its working now,ur a big help.
syahpro - September 23rd, 2009 at 12:08 pm
where default playback device i can’t find?
please teach me…
Michael - November 23rd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
I have been having the same issue’s my fix was to turn of voice chatt in options (COD ) have not a problem since
Scott - November 25th, 2009 at 11:22 am
I don’t know were you mean by the default playback device can you help.
shakaw xD - January 4th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
There is no default playback device on the sounds menu on Windows XP.
I have the same problem.
shakaw xD - January 4th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
IVE GOT THE SOLUTION HAHAHAHA!
YOU NEED TO GO TO THE CONTROL PAINEL, THEN DOUBLE CLICK ON PHONE AND MODEM STUFF (MY WINDOWS XP IS IN PORTUGUESE SO IDK WHICH NAME IT HAS IN ENGLISH). ENTER ANY NUMBER ON THE FIRST SCREEN, IF ANY, THEN CLICK ON THE MODEM TAB AND REMOVE ALL MODEM DEVICES. THIS WILL SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM.
Enjoy the game.
JACKASS - February 6th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
yo shakaw xD ,i’m trying ur cure…………hope for good results thanks
anam... - February 7th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Still not fixed, im running the multiplayer beta and it goes black for a minute, switches to windows mode and says: error during initialization Unhandled exception caught
Leon - March 10th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Thanks a lot for this!! Was getting really frustrated. Running win7 and the Vista fix worked 100% on 7. Great work
MIJO - May 5th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
HI,
I have the same problem,
Error during initialization:
Unhandled exception caught
but I don’t have Sound in my Control Panel, just Sounds and Audio Devices, and there is no such thing as default playback device….. Please help, I really want to play this game! :D btw I’ve got XP service pack 3 on my comp…..
MisterMan - May 28th, 2010 at 9:10 am
thx so much! btw for win7, firstly find a sound icon and then choose your headphones or something like that and then right click your “headphones” icon and choose properties and then click on preferences tab change your settings…. hope this helps made this tutorial in hurry so….
peter - June 7th, 2010 at 12:03 am
@shakaw xD
thankyou this worked for me..
Papaz Büyüsü - June 12th, 2010 at 3:39 am
thx so much! btw for win7, firstly find a sound icon and then choose your headphones or something like that and then right click your “headphones” icon and choose properties and then click on preferences tab change your settings…. hope this helps made this tutorial in hurry so….
neel99 - June 26th, 2010 at 10:11 am
AMAZING………….U DONT KNOW WHAT i HAVE BEEN DOING TO TRY AND FIX THIS GAME AND YOU HAVE DONE IT. i LUV U. THANX A MILLION
G_FIL - July 6th, 2010 at 4:29 am
@Robin
about ur dvd problem u say it doesnt read any of your CDs well this isnt a
problem of Call oF Duty 5 for most of people. Just google it and ull see
its some programs u download that gets a malware or something on ur cd drives and slowly ur cd drivers are unable to work or auto read etc
i had this on my computer and solved it just i dont remember how so google it and ull fix that !
Hope this helped,
Good Luck
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zlo999 - July 14th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Hi
Did you solve the problem? If so can you tell me what to do, we have the same problem?
zlo999 - July 14th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Hi
Did you solve the problem? If so can you tell me what to do, we have the same problem???
Mythestic - July 20th, 2010 at 1:06 am
I have Windows XP SP 3 and having the same “Error during initialization: Unhandled exception caught.” issue. There is NO such thing like Sound in Control Panel. XP SP3 users have Sounds and Audio Devices in their Control panel. So what to change ? I have tried to remove all the Modem devices that shakaw xD suggested but nothing worked. Tell me what to do?
CAM1234 - July 31st, 2010 at 4:47 am
i Have WINDOWS 7 SO I DNT KNOW WHAT TO DO? PLEASE HELP
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Jay - August 26th, 2010 at 12:57 am
GGGGGGRRRRRRRRRR this problem is ssssssssssoooooooooooooooo frustrating makes me wanna smash my key board on the desk then at the pc my internet security is blocking something called ~e500 and also it says it cant send somthing to some specific file and it says somthing about a wrong address thing and the setup thing at my computer works but the game wont start what do i do
Jay - August 26th, 2010 at 12:59 am
oh if ur game lagges online turn all other users and apps off
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