Unable to Launch Game (Steam/EA Desktop App)

Correct, an administrator Win11 account.

It's most likely to due something with EAAntiCheatService. It's bad in the event logs again. same error:

The description for Event ID 1 from source Application cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event: 

EAAntiCheatService
Failed retrieving service path.

The message resource is present but the message was not found in the message table

Trying new account, it'll most likely need to be in administrators group as well I'm guessing..

Many Thanks

I'm not sure why the game isn't launching. It's hard to diagnose without any error messages.

It sounds like you've already tried repairing, uninstalling, and reinstalling Battlefield 2042 on Steam.

You can also try creating a new Windows 11 username account and see if the game will run on the new Windows 11 account.

Followed steps = Same results as before..

Though no Event log this time, after trying to launch, after troubleshooting

EAAntiCheatService Failed retrieving service path.

This sounds like an issue with EA anticheat not loading correctly.

Try to uninstall and reinstall EA anticheat.

https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/ea-anticheat/

Follow the steps under How to uninstall EA anticheat. Make sure to choose Uninstall All option so EA anticheat is completely uninstalled.

Reboot the PC after uninstall.

Then follow the steps How to install EA anticheat.

there was: 
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="Application" /> 
  <EventID Qualifiers="49154">1</EventID> 
  <Version>0</Version> 
  <Level>2</Level> 
  <Task>0</Task> 
  <Opcode>0</Opcode> 
  <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> 
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2025-04-22T02:16:50.9973982Z" /> 
  <EventRecordID>540</EventRecordID> 
  <Correlation /> 
  <Execution ProcessID="2652" ThreadID="0" /> 
  <Channel>Application</Channel> 
  <Computer>Z590-GBUD</Computer> 
  <Security /> 
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data>EAAntiCheatService</Data> 
  <Data>Failed retrieving service path.</Data> 
  </EventData>
  </Event>

Check Windows Event Viewer for any error messages. See if there's any errors for EA anticheat or Battlefield 2042.

I had try that and it still doesn't launch.. 

Many Thanks

Try making a backup copy of Documents\Battlefield 2042 folder, then delete the Battlefield 2042 folder.

Doing so will reset the game settings to default.