EAAntiCheat Error - unable to start game
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 st...
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When I try and reinstall the anti cheat:
ResourceExtract failed:1113
Install failed:701
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.
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
Exact error codes. When I try a repair it also tells me 'invalid game directory'
ResourceExtract failed:1113
Install failed:701If I try an update I get this
Starting UpdateCheck...
Starting InstallationCheck...
ServiceQuery success
InstallationCheck failed:603
UpdateCheck failed:1902
