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Rising Rookie

3 months ago

Solved

Games won't launch due to anti-cheat (Autohotkey)

I can't launch Battlefield 1 and Skate (2025) due to EA thinking I have Autohotkey installed, or software that also uses Autohotkey. I have never used anything to cheat in a video game, and I will never use one. I do have Daemon Tools for disc images, but I have disabled that, as well as my mouse software, Razer Synapse, as they are for some reason flagged as 'Autohotkey'. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR OBVIOUSLY BROKEN ANTI-CHEAT SOFTWARE, AS I CANNOT PLAY TWO GAMES, AND BATTLEFIELD 1 I PAID MONEY FOR!! EA ARE TAKING THE P.I.S.S. WITH THIS!! So many PC players are going through the same thing, and it is making me not want to purchase an EA game ever again! Though for some reason NFS: Heat launches perfectly fine!??

Warchild56
3 months ago
EA online chat informed me to do a 'clean boot'. So doing a clean boot, by disabling all non-Microsoft services, and disabling start-up apps, fixes the issue. But the fact that I have had to do that, just for EA games to launch, is still ridiculous, all be cause the anti-cheat is way too sensitive! The Anti-cheat still needs sorting out, as I shouldn't be needing to do all of this just to play an EA game!!
Edit: If like me, you have Daemon Tools installed, that will also have to be uninstalled as well.

9 Replies

danisoff
Hero+
3 months ago
Hello Warchild56,
You will have to fully remove the program that is being flagged by the anti-cheat, there is no other way around it.
Warchild56
Rising Rookie
3 months ago
Still didn't work. And none of us should be having to jump through hoops like that, just to play EA games, especially ones that are paid for!! And the other fix I have seen, is to enable 'Secure Boot' just to potentially brick my system. Also, I have no idea what software is causing 'false positive' flags, just that Daemon Tools and Razer Synapse can be flagged, as I guess, a "cheat device"!? What's more ridiculous is that Battlefield 1 is almost 10 year old, and it still has this issue.
danisoff
Hero+
3 months ago
It was marked solved by me because the answer is definitive. As long as you are being flagged it means that the program is interfering with your game files (removing the program/programs is the only way of solving the issue).
Warchild56
Rising Rookie
3 months ago
Uninstalling the software that I know of, like Daemon Tools and Razer Synapse didn't work. And I have no idea what else is flagged.
Warchild56
Rising Rookie
3 months ago
EA online chat informed me to do a 'clean boot'. So doing a clean boot, by disabling all non-Microsoft services, and disabling start-up apps, fixes the issue. But the fact that I have had to do that, just for EA games to launch, is still ridiculous, all be cause the anti-cheat is way too sensitive! The Anti-cheat still needs sorting out, as I shouldn't be needing to do all of this just to play an EA game!!
Edit: If like me, you have Daemon Tools installed, that will also have to be uninstalled as well.
Crazy_nz
Seasoned Novice
28 days ago
I dont now what happened i shut down nvida geforse exit all my vires scanners i don't have any shortcuts on the keyboard except windows and task manager i couldn't delete did a windows security update there is a windows game problem i turned everything off. But i think uninstalling the anti cheat and reinstall several times untill i saw a lot more info about twice as much as i did the first time i launched in the anti cheat progam . I think that might be the fix but will try to find any programs that conflict with anti cheat system 🤔 dont no if this helps anyone but worth a tri
Crazy_nz
Seasoned Novice
28 days ago
Allso bf2042 launched with out a problem and i played a game without any problems
Crazy_nz
Seasoned Novice
27 days ago
Only program not installed back is aisuite v2 hero asus motherboard aisuite controller for fans temperature gpu cpu ext so all working so happy now
Crazy_nz
Seasoned Novice
24 days ago
Ok have now found the problem windows media codex pac installed games wont lanch uninstalled games run solved