Error , please reinstall

@INEEDMORECOOKIES 

It is likely you are missing specific files, downloading and installing the following should help: 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35

If you happen to have an 'N' Edition of Windows, download and run the following Media Feature Pack, thanks.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/mediafeaturepack

Are you on Windows 7?

Myself and another person are having the same problem, and we're both on Win 7. A day ago, Apex was fine before the update. Now, no.

Tried everything I can search for/think of. Steam, EA, complete reinstalls, DLLs, memory scans, VC distributables, .NET repairs, Easy Anti Cheat self-repair, etc.

I suspecting that Respawn have unknowingly done something in the update that breaks for Win 7, and might not even know about it.

Same problem! Also on Windows 7.

Since I updated yesterday Apex to the new Season 17, I can't play the game anymore...

"Error - There is a problem with your game’s setup. Please reinstall your game."

I made a fresh install of Apex Legends, I updated GPU drivers, I reinstalled Microsoft DirectX, and I did a lot more to try to fix this.

But nothing helps.

It is amazing how EA manages to break something on every new season...

Same problem! Also on Windows 7.
Updated yesterday Apex to the new Season 17
"Error - There is a problem with your game’s setup. Please reinstall your game."
Install all the new version of VirtualC+++ and DirectX
But still can't work
Hope EA can fix it ASAP.

Same problem. I'm on Windows 7. Everything worked fine before this update.

im on windows 11 and its happening to me. same thing is occurring. so frustrating-i actually cant even see the error-it comes and goes so fast. 

I am so fed up with this game.

Every season this multimillion dollar company and its super developer team manage to break such a simple game which is on the market since years...

I hope you are proud of yourself.

You are the biggest loosers of all time.

You steel my money, you steel my time and you steel my confidence in your freaking company.

Just shut down your stupid company.

Barry! Thank you for laying eye's on this post!

I was afraid to respond this morning as the suggestions you made have all proved unsuccessful so far. 

I have tried the direct x fix and nothing

I am running (clears throat, wait for it) Windows 7 home premium circa 2009 - yeah my pc is goated and still alive, ran the game fine though previous to this patch, although other patches have also broken my game momentarily.

These are all suggestions from a youtube video that has success in the past with this issue. Non have worked for me though. 

Step 1) Update Windows

Step 2) Install Media Feature Pack: If you are using N versions of Windows: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/softw... https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/h...

Step 3) Navigate to C:/Windows/System32 and delete d3dcompiler43.dll (Copy the file save it somewhere as a backup) Now visit this Microsoft link to DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer to install missing files: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...

Step 4) Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...

Step 5) Install Visual C++ files from Microsoft website: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/h...

Step 6) Repair the game files in Origin

10% left on another reinstall so I will see how this goes for now.

Same with me, windows 7 seems to get neglected lol, with obvious reason but hey, it still works when it works.