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2 years ago

EA anti cheat not installed or failed authentication

Attempting to play apex legends gives the error code anti cheat not installed or failed authentication. This is a fresh install, haven't played in a long time. Can't install Easy anti cheat since the...

Deathsentence83

2 years ago

Apologies for duplicate screenshots of the issue here are the rest of the files

EA_Barry

Community Manager

2 years ago

@Deathsentence83

You may need a Windows Update before continuing.

Check the following link for info on this and to get a fresh download of the installer.

https://help.ea.com/in/help/pc/ea-anticheat/

Thanks.

Deathsentence83
2 years ago
There was an optional update for windows that I installed and restarted my computer. After that I installed a fresh copy of the Easy anti-Cheat installer and the same problem still persists where Apex Legends is not present on the installer at all.