Re: Game won't start - PC

The old windows account does not exist, and the new one is an admin.

@EA_Barry   Any more thoughts on how to get the game running?

@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

@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 "

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

I shutdown my computer, unplugged one of my monitors, turned it back on and tried running the game. Same issue, would not open.

I uninstalled steam (it seemed to uninstall all my games), reinstalled it, reinstalled battlefield, ran steam as admin, and it still doesn't work.

It just acts like it's going to boot up the game, I can see it open up the EA app, then does nothing and closes. I don't even see the loading screen anymore like I used to.

Uninstalled and resintalled again, but this time everything at once.

uninstalled steam, ea app, and battlefield. Search my computer for any steam / battlefield files etc. and deleted them. Reinstalled steam, installed battlefield and it still didn't work.

Tried using disk cleaner, that didn't work either... updated drivers a second time...

Kinda cringe that I can't play a game I paid for :/ idk what else to try.

@direct3r  @EA_Barry 

any other ideas? I play this game with my wife pretty regularly, sucks that we can't play together anymore. Would really like a fix.

@heckinbamboozle I actually got it working now by unchecking run as administrator on everything. Might be worth a try at least.

@Rokebo73 It does not. It did originally, but at some point trying to fix it the EAC window stopped popping up. It just opens the EA app and then nothing happens.

@Rokebo73  steam

@Rokebo73 The only other game platform running was battle.net. I closed it and tried opening battlefield again and nothing changed.

@heckinbamboozle  Do this and update us please:

SFC - Windows Health Check

Press Windows key + 'R' ,typ CMD
Press and hold down CTRL + SHIFT and press ENTER.
When User Account Control shows up, click Yes.
Use the following command lines, pressing Enter after each
(make sure you wait till each of the commands is executed properly):

sfc /scannow
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
Reboot your system

Press the Windows key + 'E' to open File Explorer.
Press ALT key, select Tools > Folder Options > View, then check Show hidden files, folders, and drives.
Navigate to the following location C:\\Program Files(x86)\EasyAntiCheat\ and delete the files:
Delete this file C:\\Program Files(x86)\EasyAntiCheat\EasyAntiCheat.sys
Delete this file C:\\Program Files(x86)\EasyAntiCheat\EasyAntiCheat.exe
Navigate to C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming
Delete the folder EasyAntiCheat
Navigate to C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Temp ,and delete ALL content.
Close File Explorer.

Now go to the installation folder of youre BF2042, open folder. In this folder there is an
EasyAntiCheat folder, open the folder.
In this folder you will see a file with name EasyAntiCheat_Setup.exe
Run this file as an administrator and Install / Repair EAC.

Reboot system , and ONLY launch the gameplatform you did buy BF2042 at. (as an administrator)

Test if game starts , update us please