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Anonymous

7 years ago

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Battlefield 1 won't launch or open

5 days ago, I bought Battlefield 1. By the next day, it downloaded, and ran fine. Two days ago though, I installed Windows to a new SSD. After setting everything up, all my games, on all services suc...

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ragnarok013
7 years ago
@crushtor1 wrote:

I had the exact same problem, except I've not had it launch once since downloading. I've also tried repairing the installation to no effect.

I have a separate games HDD, on D: (which has been set up since the beginning) - would this make a difference?

When you run the repair make sure that you've done so after running Origin as an admin by closing Origin completely to include the tray icon, then right click the Origin icon on your desktop and select "run as administrator", after that is done repair BF1 and see if that helps. I've had a few times where repair didn't solve the issue until I ran Origin as an admin.

EA_Darko

Community Manager

7 years ago

@P0peCh0de When you moved it to the new hard drive did you do so by following these steps:

Copy your Origin Game Library folder to wherever you want it.
- The default location is “C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\”
Set the Origin Game Library Location to the new location.
- In Origin open up Settings
- Select the “Installs & Saves” tab.
- Under “Game library location” select “Change folder…”
- Locate the new folder.
Start a download for each game you’ve moved.
- In Origin open up “My Game Library”
- Find each game you’ve moved.
- Press “Download”
- Origin will skip downloading any files that are already there and update any that need to be updated.
When Origin is done updating each game it will be ready to play.

You can find more info here: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/origin/origin/backing-up-and-restoring-your-origin-games/

If not then the best thing to do is follow the steps above from number 2 down.

Anonymous

7 years ago

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I have done all of that. I didn't move my installation of BF1. When I got everything up and running, BF1 worked, it's just that since yesterday it has refused to launch.

EA_Darko
Community Manager
7 years ago
In that case just go ahead and repair the game to see if it helps.

When you launch it have you checked to see if it is running in the background or do you see an error of any kind?
- crushtor1
  7 years ago
  I had the exact same problem, except I've not had it launch once since downloading. I've also tried repairing the installation to no effect.
  I have a separate games HDD, on D: (which has been set up since the beginning) - would this make a difference?
  - iluminatethesky
    Legend
    7 years ago
    Hey @crushtor1,
    Sorry to hear about this issue you're experiencing.
    When you try to launch the game, what happens?
    Does it crash to desktop, freeze during the loading screen, etc?
    Thanks 🙂