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Anonymous
8 years ago
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[PC] - BF1 will not launch - Solved using regedit

So when I try to load the game, it minimizes origin, shows the blue circle on the cursor to load, pops up in task manager and then.. it disappears from task manager after 5 seconds and then reopens Origin.

ActivationUI.exe opens along with BF1.exe and both close together after 5 seconds.

I was getting the ActivationUI.exe error but it seems like it has gone and now it is just the loading error. They both keep interchanging.

Activation error I was getting is here - https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/1014/0xc0000142-error-when-starting-any-game

I have tried the following fixes and more:

 - Restart

 - Repair in Origin

 - Reinstall

 - Clean reinstall of origin and game

 - Deleting EA files and BF1 settings

 - Ran everything as admin

 - Allowed permissions for everything

 - Tried new windows 10 user account

Exact same issues as me (I have tried all the "solutions"):

 - http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3365106/bf1-shows-disappears-task-manager.html

 - https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/65652/battlefield-1-wont-start-but-appears-in-taskmanager

 - https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/41470/battlefield-1-does-not-start-up-anymore-fixed

 - https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/44919/battlefield-1-process-bf1-exe-closes-automatically-without-errors-after-clicking-play-solution

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Solved it. No thanks to EA support or anyone here I might add.

    Here is the solution for the many people having the same problem. 

    This applied to any ActivationUI error or task manager only showing the process for a few seconds.

    The exact error I received:

    Spoiler
    ActivationUI.exe - application error


    "The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click ok to close the application"


    Solution:
    1. Click Start, and then click Run.
    2. Type Regedit, and then click OK.
    3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\ActivationUI.exe
    4. Delete this whole folder.

    Enjoy gaming with the terrible origin platform dudes!

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  • EA_Atic's avatar
    EA_Atic
    Icon for DICE Team rankDICE Team
    5 years ago
    I'm closing this thread to stop it being necroed.

    If you have any issues with Battlefield 1 please make a new topic about the issues you are having and what kind of steps you have tried to solve it.

    /Atic
  • A friend of mine is getting the Battlefield 1 ActivationUI.exe 0xc000007b error and we couldn't find any explanation about the issue. Can you help me? By the way, he downloaded the game from the epic gaming platform. Can you help me please?

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