Re: BF2042 doesn't launch...

@EA_Leeuw

I do not have any 3rd party AV installed. Windows Defender is at default settings.

EDIT: I tried disabling Defender/AV (Realtime + cloud delivered protection, auto sample submission and tamper protection off. Ransome protection is not on. No change. Same behavior. 

This is what the Event Viewer says.. Seems like Origin had/has problem and some Qt5Core.dll module.

Faulting application name: Origin.exe, version: 10.5.113.50894, time stamp: 0x629140c7
Faulting module name: Qt5Core.dll, version: 5.8.0.0, time stamp: 0x5cfe7d03
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x001f6c00
Faulting process id: 0x0x1C14
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1D88175CD120578
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\Origin.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\Qt5Core.dll
Report Id: 5d489bd0-b5a9-477a-9dc4-fc465e114486
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

EDIT2: After deleting, rebooting, DLing and reinstalling Origin. Same issue with BF2042.... Click on play it says LAUNCH->RUINNING->and closes within 2 seconds. The difference now is Origin appears to stay up. Whereas previously (but not all the time) show this error in the log.

Oddly, if I keep hitting "Play" in steam, Origin will 'blip' off the screen and pop back up as if closed and opened again. Windows event viewer doesn't show a failure or error code at all and Origin doesn't really appear to close and reopen (loses focus and then pops back up in focus). 

FTR, I ran sfc /scannow and it did not find any integrity violations.

EDIT3: So, it really seems like this is some weird Origin problem with BF2042. When you hit play in Steam, Origin appears to be loading. But before that ever happens, Steam says LAUNCH->RUNNING, running disappears and you can hit play again to repeat the same behavior. Once origin loads, Steam tries to launch the game again (LAUNCH->RUNNING), origin disappears from the screen and pops back up. 

Worth noting, that Apex Legend doesn't work either. I just fully updated it and it crashes after the splash screen. i haven't tried any other Origin game... but every other game I play (many as graphic-intensive or more) works just fine. This includes through Battle.net (COD), Epic Games (Fortnite), and several games in Steam (PUBG, PGA 2k21, Super People, Assetto Corsa, AOE, DayZ).

Trying a new NV driver now......................did not work.