battlefield 5 doesnt launch

@KapitonasVudis I'm getting desperate, apparently a clean windows install should fix it but it's not an option for me now so Let's try to troubleshoot this between us if you don't mind.

Do you have any of the following installed?
- Vortex mod manager
- DS4windows
- DSmini
- Notion
- Ubisoft connect
- GOG galaxy
- HidHide Configuration Client
- Teamviewer
- Git
- Nodejs
- Putty
- Draw.io
- Epic games launcher
- Nefarius BthPS3

These are mainly all the programs I have installed, I also have miniconda and npm packages installed if that might help. I know it's a long list but if you find any of these programs installed on your computer we can try to delete them and see if it will fix it.

@MidouFox Deleted Teamviewer, still no luck.

@KapitonasVudis I installed bf4 today (bought it on the EA app), it doesn't use the anti-cheat, but it still didn't launch (told me to repair). I used to play Bf4 on this same machine just a few months ago. So I'm guessing it's something to do with the EA app?

@KapitonasVudis FOUND SOLUTION!!!!!!!!!

This solves the game returning to EA app with no error, and also solves the problem that tells you to always repair. courtesy to this reddit post from 3 YEARS ago lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield_4/comments/o4l2jn/comment/h2q37j7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button



I had at one point Dragon age inquisition installed, and with it Frosty mod manager, I knew that Frosty caused trouble so I deleted it but even then it didn't solve the problem (crashed kept happening).

To fix it you need to delete a key from the registry.
All you have to do is:
- Open registry (search for 'regedit')
- Press CTRL+F (or simply search)
- Look for "GAME_DATA_DIR"
- It will take a few seconds, but if it finds something (For me it had my old dragon age inquisition install dir), right-click on it and then remove.
- That's it, enjoy.

I hope you find this helpful everyone.

@KapitonasVudis You are sure you have no unwanted program running right? for me I still need to launch my game as admin otherwise it won't launch. As a last resort a clean windows install will certainly fix the problem.