Hello,I have played free weekends of BF2042 before on Steam. I finally bought the base game recently, first on Steam, then on EA to try and get around the issue I am facing. Every time I try and start the game, the season 6 loading screen pops up and loads for a few seconds. Then I get this message:I have reinstalled EAAntiCheat a million times at this point, but nothing has worked. I opened the EAAntiCheat installer to try and repair it, however, it says that my directory is "not a valid directory." To me, that tells me maybe the game isn't being recognized for some reason. Really, I am not sure.

When I try and reinstall the anti cheat:ResourceExtract failed:1113Install failed:701

@TopCal31 Do you have marked this 2 services in MSConfig ? Maybe you have them unchecked, which turns them off, and without it you won't be able to do anything.

@DMGG1994 I have EABackgroundService checked, but I don't even see EAAntiCheatService. How would I get this to appear even if it is installed?

Search again, you should have it, this service installs when you first install ea anti cheat. If you currently have a so-called clean boot applied, restore the boot configuration to the point before clean boot was applied. (In short, restore Windows to a normal standard boot with all services). After that, try to launch the game, then reinstall Ea Anti Cheat if BF2042 does not start. If EA Anti Cheat still doesn't work, I don't know 🙂You are 1 in a million lucky person who didn't install this anti cheat service correctly.

I'm having the same exact issue. I too do NOT have EAAntiCheatService in msconfig services

EAAntiCheat Error - unable to start game

11 Replies

TopCal31
2 years ago
When I try and reinstall the anti cheat:
ResourceExtract failed:1113
Install failed:701
DMGG1994
2 years ago
@TopCal31
Do you have marked this 2 services in MSConfig ? Maybe you have them unchecked, which turns them off, and without it you won't be able to do anything.
TopCal31
2 years ago
@DMGG1994
I have EABackgroundService checked, but I don't even see EAAntiCheatService. How would I get this to appear even if it is installed?
DMGG1994
2 years ago
Search again, you should have it, this service installs when you first install ea anti cheat. If you currently have a so-called clean boot applied, restore the boot configuration to the point before clean boot was applied. (In short, restore Windows to a normal standard boot with all services). After that, try to launch the game, then reinstall Ea Anti Cheat if BF2042 does not start. If EA Anti Cheat still doesn't work, I don't know 🙂
You are 1 in a million lucky person who didn't install this anti cheat service correctly.
Speedhawg
2 years ago
I'm having the same exact issue. I too do NOT have EAAntiCheatService in msconfig services
Speedhawg
2 years ago
Exact error codes. When I try a repair it also tells me 'invalid game directory'
ResourceExtract failed:1113
Install failed:701
If I try an update I get this
Starting UpdateCheck...
Starting InstallationCheck...
ServiceQuery success
InstallationCheck failed:603
UpdateCheck failed:1902
DMGG1994
2 years ago
Try installing this EA software in administrator mode - although I doubt it will help.
Are you working in normal MSCONFIG mode or in Clean boot mode? (I ask out of curiosity).
The question is also what account you are currently on (built-in administrator account / standard administrator account / just user account)
Z0mbieStar1234
2 years ago
this is also happening to me
TopCal31
2 years ago
still no solution
Rokebo73
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
maybe this can help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIzR8nbTObA
its for FC24 but this is similair for BF2042.
Try it and update us!