Switch Steam Beta Participation: Some users on Reddit report that toggling the Steam Client Beta status (either joining or leaving it) can resolve crashes caused by recent Steam updates. Go to Settings > Interface > Client Beta Participation to change this setting. open the DirectX folder

Title: [SOLVED] Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 "Error during initialization - Unhandled exception caught" open the DirectX folder

Run as Administrator: Right-click the game .exe and select Run as Administrator. open the DirectX folder

Install DirectX: In the same redist folder, open the DirectX folder, find DXSETUP.exe, and run it to ensure the necessary DX9 components are active. 3. Run in Compatibility Mode