GOTY Edition Crashing upon Start : IV

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:42 am

As the title suggests, the game will bring up the Oblivion Launcher, I can press play, and then a couple seconds into loading (right around the start of the Bethesda logo), the game stops responding, bringing me back to the desktop, with a small black window appearing in the top left of the screen.

Before you make the assumption that I am incapable of playing the game with my system, I'll just say right now that
I have previously been able to run the game perfectly through multiple un/reinstallations until now.

Although I will admit that the reason I uninstalled it this time was due to mod confliction that did not seem to leave even after I had disabled everything.
But this should have nothing to do with it; I have seen many people with this same problem under many different circumstances not related to mods or Wrye Bash or any type of script/program (first time users included) and all have been answered with extremely diverse (and rather useless) solutions.
Also I have uninstalled/deleted all corresponding mods and programs and has failed to work completely Vanilla through multiple reinstallations after that.

Another note is that I am running the Steam version, but again, this should have nothing to do with the problem since nonSteam users can get the same issues

Now then, specs (prepare for dxdiag copypasta)

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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/18/2010, 23:04:38
Machine name: SENTRY
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
System Model: K52JK
BIOS: BIOS Date: 10/30/09 15:13:23 Ver: 08.00.10
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3948MB RAM
Page File: 1961MB used, 5933MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9553)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9553&SUBSYS_1C421043&REV_00
Display Memory: 2735 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1017 MB
Shared Memory: 1718 MB
Current Mode: 1366 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: CMO1571
Native Mode: 1366 x 768(p) (60.046Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: atiu9p64 aticfx64 atiu9pag aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64
Driver File Version: ()
Driver Version: 8.692.1.0
DDI Version: 10.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: , 0 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-D613-11CF-3864-433CA1C2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x9553
SubSys ID: 0x1C421043
Revision ID: 0x0000
Driver Strong Name: oem10.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_M9x:8.692.1.0:pci\ven_1002&dev_9553&subsys_1c421043
Rank Of Driver: 00E60001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
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{5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
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D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Conexant CX20671 SmartAudio HD)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_14F1&DEV_5069&SUBSYS_104313F3&REV_1003
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: CHDRT64.sys
Driver Version: 4.98.0018.0000 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 10/29/2009 21:50:03, 704512 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Conexant
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura™ ZoomFX™: No

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Sound Capture Devices
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Description: Microphone (Conexant CX20671 SmartAudio HD)
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: CHDRT64.sys
Driver Version: 4.98.0018.0000 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 10/29/2009 21:50:03, 704512 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

Things I have already tried in hopes of something to work:
Updating my drivers (all were up to date already and there have been no other updates since before the program worked the first time)
Running just the Oblivion master file
Running just the master file and Official DLC
Running master, DLC, and unofficial patches (latest versions and supplementals)
Setting all options to default
Setting all options to minimum
For those of you who know about Steam; Reverifying Integrity of Game Cache
0% Defragmentation (that's to be expected though after completely deleting and reinstalling content)

...and that's about all I can think of for now

TL;DR
Game crashes when I try to start
I've been able to play it before
For some reason even after wiping my system clean it still won't work

All suggestions are greatly extremely highly appreciated
I just want to play as a fishboy with a dagger :'c

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:56 pm

So, are you running mods now? If yes, you've most likely got a missing master crash.

» Fri May 27, 2011 10:08 pm

So, are you running mods now? If yes, you've most likely got a missing master crash.

As I have said, I have tried to start the game without mods, then with mods

In either case, I am just another guy with a game
and this response tells me nothing on how to go about fixing it or what exactly that is

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:50 am

Have you tried a clean boot, then?

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:37 am

Have you tried a clean boot, then?

Yes I did, but don't worry, I found the problem C:

It seems that when uninstalling (through Steam at least) it doesn't remove the save files and other settings stored in My Documents/My Games/Oblivion which apparently can cause this problem when starting on a reinstalled version.
All I had to do was move/delete the folder and everything was as good as new
Apparently my same problem can be caused by several different things which would explain why there were so many different solutions spread out through the vast number of technical forums I have checked

FOR OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM, OR ANY MAJOR CRASHING ISSUE ON THE PC, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND READING http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Technical_Support#Crashes FOR ANY POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS

Hope it helps, it did for me