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KapitonasVudis's avatar
1 year ago

battlefield 5 doesnt launch

Hello,

I have a problem with launching battlefield 5 , bought it from steam. Talked with the EA support to provide fixes, every provided fix didnt help me with the issue. I've tried A LOT of fixes on the internet, still no LUCK. Can somebody help me?

THE PROBLEM: I press launch on the ea app it says "preparing to launch game"  and nothing pops up. I've tried this on steam aswell.

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  • MidouFox's avatar
    MidouFox
    1 year ago
    @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.

  • MidouFox's avatar
    MidouFox
    1 year ago
    @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.

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