@torj8000yes it does, but before the EA or Origin app opens, i got a message about a .dll file and it's location as an untrusted system file. after I uninstalled the program which created that file, the game launched without any problem.
i managed to take a screenshot of the notification. take a look
@torj8000 just right after the EAC closed, the message popped up and I jumped back in Origin (as usually happens with this issue).
(the EAC loading screen takes almost 10-20 seconds I guess)
I think it's better to reclaim the folders before opening the app.
and there are many EA, Electronic Arts, Origin and Easy Anti Cheat folders inside Program Files, Program Files (x86), Users>Appdata> Local & Roaming. make sure to reclaim them all just in case.
Here's what I did.
The first thing I did was turning off game launch as administrator in game files for both 2042.exe and the anticheat. The game still wouldn't launch after I did that so I went into the properties of 2042.exe > Digital Signatures > double clicked on the EA digital signature > View certificate > install certificate and I just clicked next so it installed on the default settings. I did the same thing for the anticheat in the game folder. (The reason I thought of doing this was because I also play Fifa 23 on my laptop and there was a problem where the game also would not start unless the digital signature was installed.) I also did step 2 in your response. I opened both epic games launcher and the origin app, turned on airplane mode and launched the game. The anticheat launched this time and once it loaded the game launched. I simply turned off airplane mode and was able to play. I closed the game and tried launching it again to see if there would be any issues but it seems to be working fine now.
So I just restarted my laptop and tried launching the game to see if it would work and it didn't. The game would not launch again after I restarted my laptop. So I did step 2 of your post and that got it to launch again. I guess I'll just have to launch the game in airplane mode every time I want to play the game. This also makes me think that the whole part where I did the digital signatures in the properties might have not made a difference.
Also when I did step 2, EAC did not give me a notification message telling if any or which file was causing the problem. The game simply launched after the EAC loaded.
THANKS A LOT!!!
Running BF2042 after installation of the EA app was impossible.
Your solution worked fine for me after hours of testing and investigating.
Shame on EA to let the users find out what works for them....
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