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SRGL-Vorih4n
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3 years ago
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Battlefield 2042 already running

So here is the deal. After new dawn update I played an evening with friends and everything worked fine. Next day I try to launch the game and i got the message

Battlefield 2042 Ultimate Edition is already running.

Cleared cache, uninstalled EA app and reinstalled, rebooted pc, deleted the settings folder. Nothing seems to work.

I didn't update the pc, didn't download anything new and really don't know how to solve it.

  • BollerOgBrus's avatar
    BollerOgBrus
    3 years ago

    Same here Vorih4n, i ha reinstalled Ea app, reinstalled the game on another disk. Tested out difrent random stuff suggested from before. Also reinstalled Easy Anti Cheat. Removed all cache also tested some old thread stuff like open task manager checking when game start and close the "Duplicate" one. But then i got another error so i'm back to zero from 3 hours of troubleshooting.

    Idk if it has something to say but i have EA Play subscription for 40 bucks a month. I did not pay for the game.

    it also happend to all my EA games.

    Edit: Find a solution!

    Remove EA Luncher, download Origin, login and let it fix all the games (It will give you a message, that you can't use Origin and you need to download the new luncher) but just let it be, and look and the lower left side bar where it fix the games. After it's all repaiered i restarted orgin and then i click on the update link to the new EA luncher.

    Hope it works for the rest that get this issue.

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  • SRGL-Vorih4n's avatar
    SRGL-Vorih4n
    New Rookie
    3 years ago

    Done, nothing change.

    And I discovered that I got the error with all games on EA app.

  • BollerOgBrus's avatar
    BollerOgBrus
    3 years ago

    Same here Vorih4n, i ha reinstalled Ea app, reinstalled the game on another disk. Tested out difrent random stuff suggested from before. Also reinstalled Easy Anti Cheat. Removed all cache also tested some old thread stuff like open task manager checking when game start and close the "Duplicate" one. But then i got another error so i'm back to zero from 3 hours of troubleshooting.

    Idk if it has something to say but i have EA Play subscription for 40 bucks a month. I did not pay for the game.

    it also happend to all my EA games.

    Edit: Find a solution!

    Remove EA Luncher, download Origin, login and let it fix all the games (It will give you a message, that you can't use Origin and you need to download the new luncher) but just let it be, and look and the lower left side bar where it fix the games. After it's all repaiered i restarted orgin and then i click on the update link to the new EA luncher.

    Hope it works for the rest that get this issue.

  • SRGL-Vorih4n's avatar
    SRGL-Vorih4n
    New Rookie
    3 years ago

    Gonna try this tomorrow, thanks for your contribution.

    Where did you get origin from?

    V

  • SRGL-Vorih4n's avatar
    SRGL-Vorih4n
    New Rookie
    3 years ago

    So I managed to find the original download link for Origin, it is here origin 

    I unistalled EA app, rebooted PC, installed origin, now is verifying all the games then I'll jump into the final steps re-installing EA app again and hoping for the best. 

    Will give you update once done 🙂

  • SRGL-Vorih4n's avatar
    SRGL-Vorih4n
    New Rookie
    3 years ago

    Hello Boller. 

    Here is my update. After Origin checked all games I updated to Ea Play, 

    Tried to start bf2042 and It won't start, but the others game work properly. So I tried again to repair the game within EA app and now it works properly.

    So huge kudos to you and the solution you suggested 🙂

  • mlaw07's avatar
    mlaw07
    3 years ago

    It worked, thanks a lot - back online now

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