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SwiftGunslinger
Seasoned Newcomer
10 months ago
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Battlefield V won't launch from Steam - EA App "Preparing Game"

I was originally getting an error for "incompatible version" so I uninstalled and reinstalled the EA App and uninstalled and reinstalled BF5 in Steam. Now whenever I try launching the game, I get a p...
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    Robert344H
    10 months ago

    Hello!

    Sorry to hear about the issues you're facing with Battlefield V. To fix this, try clearing the EA App cache from the settings, ensure all Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables are installed, and clean the registry by deleting MyACI Login the Battlefield V folder under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA Games using regedit. If that doesn't work, reinstall the EA App from the official EA website. 

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Robert344H
10 months ago

Hello!

Sorry to hear about the issues you're facing with Battlefield V. To fix this, try clearing the EA App cache from the settings, ensure all Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables are installed, and clean the registry by deleting MyACI Login the Battlefield V folder under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA Games using regedit. If that doesn't work, reinstall the EA App from the official EA website. 

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    SwiftGunslinger
    Seasoned Newcomer
    9 months ago

    Deleting the BF5 folder from the registry did the trick thank you!

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