: There are reports that disabling UPnP on your router or clearing Windows Firewall rules for the game can occasionally resolve the "5MB" prompt, as it may be triggered by a failed handshake with multiplayer servers. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare General Discussions

: High or Ultra texture settings can trigger memory-related crashes. Use the GeForce Experience tool to set all game settings to Low before launching, then gradually increase them once the game is running.

: If using an NVIDIA card, use GeForce Experience to set all game settings to Low before launching. Once in-game, you can typically raise them again.

This is the lowest hanging fruit, yet it works for 40% of users.

The game stores your settings and shader cache in a folder that frequently gets corrupted.

Note: If you installed Windows on a different drive, replace C: with your OS drive.

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The game may trigger this error if it lacks the "write privileges" needed to save data to its own folder.