Cod MW 2: How To Fix Display Name Not Allowed Bug

Abu Bakar Karim
By Abu Bakar Karim
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Credit: micah @grimzoir (From Twitter)

Learn how to fix the Display Name Not Allowed Bug in Cod MW 2.

The new action-packed Modern Warfare 2 of 2022 has come out with a solid improvement in the rock-solid gameplay, the gun-packs, and especially the gun-packs. After a long haul, Activision sure did know what and how to come up with something, and that something is a sequel of the characters you’ve loved since you were a kid.

Now, the dark side of the moon. Devs did their utter best to release the game soon. And for that, we have to deal with several bugs every time. And to talk about bugs, you will even see sometimes that your Display Name is Not Allowed in MW 2.

We might have something for that. Hop in to learn more about it.

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What is the Display Name Not Allowed Bug?

There have been multiple reports on this bug, and it’s surely not very soothing news for the developers. This thing starts at the very beginning. Say, on your first try logging in after a long day, you enter your nickname, mylittlepony, and the game sends you a notice for not following the guidelines. Thus, your display name is not allowed.

On top of that, there aren’t any permanent solutions yet from the officials. What we have here is called Power Move. PC not working? Kick it for some time. Not for long, as the motherboard might revolt.

How to Fix this Bug in CoD MW 2?

Even if the fix is temporary, you can breathe off a little bit, well, at least for now. However, you must not change your display name for now. Reports say that might lead to another kind of bug or something. Well, let the devs do their work, and let us have the headache with the Power Moves:

  • Update MW 2 to the latest patch.
  • Close MW 2 and Restart.
  • Launch MW 2 as Administrator.
  • Reboot the Console or PC.
  • Update to the latest software version of your Console.
  • Or, Update all the drivers of your PC.
  • Verify game file integrity
    Launch Steam. Tap on CoD MW 2 installation and go to the Properties. Then head to Local Files and then Verify the Integrity of Game Files. Steam will do the rest.
    For Battle.net Launcher, launch the Battle.net client. Tap the cogwheel-shaped icon that will be next to the Play button. Now, select Scan & Repair from the drop-down section. Hit Begin Scan and wait.

Hope the steps above can come to any solution for the Display Name Not Allowed Bug in CoD MW 2. Cheers!

Check out if you are having issues like multiplayer crashing, error code 0xc0000005(0) N, friend request error, dev error 356, and much more in CoD: MW 2!

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