Re: Game won't launch, bf exe stays in background after EAC disappears

@Rokebo73Yes, I did set EAC to run as admin, and no, none of the launchers are set to start on boot.

Set to run as admin:

epic games shortcut

ea app shortcut

bf2042.exe

bf2042_launcher.exe

EasyAntiCheat.exe

@Rokebo73The game launches and runs without trouble on the other windows user, so I doubt there would be any hardware issues. XMP is on, but as I said, the game runs fine on my girlfriend's windows user (even using my epic+ea account). No other OC is applied.

@Rokebo73Yes, we got one for each of us. My account is a full admin user, just as hers. I've since tried creating a brand new admin account, but I couldn't start the game with that one either.

The fix only worked for the one session.  Next time I tried to launch game I had to redo the clearing of EasyCheat files and reboots.  The relaunch was attempted as Administrator and via the BF2042.exe.  Using Win11 H22 version.  

After updating today still having problem launching from EA or the BF2042 shortcut. Followed cleansing procedure and still loaded in background when using EA account.  

Cleaned out easyanticheat and launched via Origin account.  Worked this time.  Never had this problem when launching from ORIGIN account.

I installed the game through the EA app. The windows user is an admin. I guess if the install needed admin right then it asked for it and I granted it. I know that on first launch it asked for admin. The issue still persists, sorry I haven't had the time to follow up on this. Is there an official channel where I could get some instruction from EA/DICE on troubleshooting this exact issue? It seems to me the general recommendations/fixes don't work.

Extra stuff I've noticed: If I first log into my windows account and start the EA app, then without logging out switch over to the other account where the game usually works, and try to launch the game through Epic, Epic actually launches the game under the first windows account. If I try launching the EA app, it just disappears. It seems to me that the EA app can't run twice, not even under different users. This may or may not be related to my issue.

The issue changed a bit probably due to some update. Now after the EAC window loads and disappears, the EA app shows up immediately, same as it does after exiting a game. So the bf2142.exe is no longer stuck in the background, it simply doesn't start, or immediately crashes. Is there a location where I could check for crash logs? Went through the windows event viewer's every folder, but there were no logs correlating to the game launch times. I also tried a clean boot, but it stil doesn't work.

@PFC_NZMNSM_AI If it's still not working for you, sadly I don't have any good news. I left it alone for a few months, gave it another try, and it worked. I simply thought they fixed it and was happy to finally be able to play without switching accounts. I don't know if you've recently tried all the usual stuff, maybe reinstalling the ea app actually could do something for you now.

Best of luck.