Followed most of the steps I found to fix, nothing helped.My game was running fine just a few days ago. All I did was make a new admin account on my PC, and reinstalled the game and now it doesn't work at all.Updated DriversCleared Steam Download CacheDisabled G-SYNCVerified game filesCleared EA App cachereinstalled the game, reinstalled EA AppDisabled FirewallGave admin access to the game and launcher for all usersDisabled nvidia, discord, and steam overlaysI have a 4090, 13900k, 64GB RAM, 1.5TB available SSD storage. Should have absolutely no issues :/

@Rokebo73 I ran into issues because for some reason I didn't have an easy anti cheat folder.I got frustrated so I just gave up and completely reset my PC. The game seems to work again now.Thanks for all your help along the way though!

Game won't start - PC | EA Forums

22 Replies

EA_Barry
Community Manager
3 years ago
@heckinbamboozle

Check if using the old Windows User Account works.

Make sure your new user account has Administrative Privileges.

Thanks.
heckinbamboozl1
3 years ago
The old windows account does not exist, and the new one is an admin.
heckinbamboozl1
3 years ago
@EA_Barry Any more thoughts on how to get the game running?
Rokebo73
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@heckinbamboozleyou made sure that the gameplatform is not luanching with windows !
As soon windows is booted , right click youre gameplatform shortcut and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR !
Did it fix anything ?

Also checked youre EAC installation ?
PS did test game without youre EXTERNAL DISPLAY port ?

Cheers
heckinbamboozl1
3 years ago
@Rokebo73 I have tried running Steam, the EA app, and the battlefield 2042 .exe as administrator. Nothing worked.
I also tried verifying the EAC installation.
I don't know what you mean by "test game without youre EXTERNAL DISPLAY port "
Rokebo73
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@heckinbamboozle cause i see there are 2 monitors connected !
Disconnect one (when pc is hsutdown) and test game with only 1 monitor connected !!!

Update us please !

Cheers
TheMaximal
3 years ago
Hey there @heckinbamboozle !
I feel like I've read that there's problems with games you own in Steam with the EA App. Maybe worth a try to uninstall the EA App and try it with Origin.
I have the game in Epic and for me the game either just doesn't work, like no indication of anything going on at all or I get an EasyAntiCheat "CreateFile failed with 32" error in the launcher.
I don't really know where the error's at for you but I ultimately got it working today after setting literally anything remotely related to the game to run as admin. EasyAntiCheat in my C:/, everything in my Origin install folder like the Origin.exe and OriginWebHelper, everything in the BF2042 install folder including the BF2042_launcher, EasyAntiCheat_setup and whatever, you name it.
locate it
right click
Properties
Compatibility
Check "Run this program as an administrator"
Also delete the EasyAntiCheat.sys and repair the EasyAntiCheat_setup in the BF2042 install folder and maybe repair the game in Origin/EA App as well
Rokebo73
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@TheMaximal only luanch the game platform you did buy bf2042 at !
Does this fix anything ? Gameplatform is started as admin ?
heckinbamboozl1
3 years ago
I shutdown my computer, unplugged one of my monitors, turned it back on and tried running the game. Same issue, would not open.
direct3r
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@heckinbamboozle @Rokebo73 when a monitor is not available the game usually crashes with some error, if it's on the wrong monitor you can switch the window to some other monitor it via windows key + arrow keys .

the problem when you just switch windows accounts is that folder rights get really badly messed up usually, there can be now a plenty of issues (steam folders, bf folders, etc.)

Is there any error popping up when you start the game? what happens exactly when you try to start? does it try to launch and then just nothing happens?
for the latter I would recommend to reinstall steam also (you can keep the games, usually steam can be installed in the same directory again and recognize all games, but still there might be folder issues!), so better delete ALL things that were running under the old account