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BeyondEnergy
12 years ago
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PnkBusterB.exe set for deletion

Hi. I have had this problem for 2 months now. I have tried every fix in the book and nothing helps. I have identified that when I play a Battlefield game after a fresh restart I can play without a p...
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  • BeyondEnergy's avatar
    BeyondEnergy
    12 years ago

    I solved it. :DDD

    A while back I played around with the settings of a program called Process Explorer that's basically Task Manager on steroids. I set it to always run on boot and to only allow one instance of any running file on my system.

    After trying and failing to install an iTunes update today it dawned on me to google the actual cause to my problem. Which was that services were not being allowed to be deleted.

    A quick correct search found that while Process Explorer, Task Manager, the Services console and the MMC apps were running services are not allowed to be deleted. They were set to be deleted after reboot but they remain seen by PE.

    Closing all these apps will also delete the services on the spot.

    So I looked into PE and saw that it was set to run on boot and also had a check mark on the "allow only one instance" option which I suspect was the second thing to block PnkBstrB.exe from running again.

    After unchecking "run on boot" and "allow only one instance" I close PE and managed to play a full round BF3 close it and play another full round of BF4 without a single kick from PunkBuster.

    PS. also installed iTunes hehe 🙂

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2042isNotBF
12 years ago

Have a look at this topic it may help you fix your issue read  the fix on it and best of luck I hope its the fix you need. If it does fix it then NO credit to me give the XP and such to  who posted it :]

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Battlefield-4/PnkBstrB-exe-initialization-failed/m-p/3100220#U3100220

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BeyondEnergy's avatar
BeyondEnergy
12 years ago

I solved it. :DDD

A while back I played around with the settings of a program called Process Explorer that's basically Task Manager on steroids. I set it to always run on boot and to only allow one instance of any running file on my system.

After trying and failing to install an iTunes update today it dawned on me to google the actual cause to my problem. Which was that services were not being allowed to be deleted.

A quick correct search found that while Process Explorer, Task Manager, the Services console and the MMC apps were running services are not allowed to be deleted. They were set to be deleted after reboot but they remain seen by PE.

Closing all these apps will also delete the services on the spot.

So I looked into PE and saw that it was set to run on boot and also had a check mark on the "allow only one instance" option which I suspect was the second thing to block PnkBstrB.exe from running again.

After unchecking "run on boot" and "allow only one instance" I close PE and managed to play a full round BF3 close it and play another full round of BF4 without a single kick from PunkBuster.

PS. also installed iTunes hehe 🙂

  • 2042isNotBF's avatar
    2042isNotBF
    12 years ago

    Good job Sir this was a hard one :] 

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    Did I help you @ all? Reward me with a XP if I did. If I solved your question please hit Accept As Solution on my post so others know it worked.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    BeyondEnergy you are a genious. Never thought Process Explorer would be the root cause for this issue.

    Many Thx

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