Here is a work around if your C&C Remsastered won't launch on PC using EA Desktop (including xbox gold pass or regular EA desktop).If the game fails to launch, prompting to launch in administrator mode then does nothing:Option 1:Sign out of EA desktop.Open task manager and end the following tasks:EABackgroundService.exe EADesktop.exe EAGEP.exe EALocalHostSvc.exe Open EA Desktop and sign back in.Option 2:Sign out of EA desktop.Open notepad, copy and paste this:taskkill /IM EABackgroundService.exe /Ftaskkill /IM EADesktop.exe /Ftaskkill /IM EAGEP.exe /Ftaskkill /IM EALocalHostSvc.exe /FSave to your desktop as .bat with any filename you want, example I use "ea task end.bat"Right click -> run as administrator. This will kill the tasks automatically without you having to go one by one.The game will now open.

incase someone comes upon this thread, go into Properties of your Game in the EA-App and add -NOSPLASHPRELOADIdk what it does i have it from a Steamfix for this game and it also works in the EA-App. I can start the game finally now.

Workaround: C&C Remastered - Failed to launch, start as administrator

25 Replies

APoL0x
Seasoned Traveler
4 years ago
@WTF_DOC This did not work for me, the game still prompting me for an administrator account. Here's my problem:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/C-C-Remastered-Collection/Administrator-privileges-prompted-in-an-administrator-account/m-p/10943035#M2348
CottonyOptimo
4 years ago
Same problem. Same result. Neither option one nor two solved for me. Running windows 10. Up to date. Admin everything. It has to be the launcher. Also in task manager at any time only EABackroundService is the only executable on that list open and running.
reacherfan1985
4 years ago
I have found a solution that worked for me. If you right click the desktop icon and click onto properties, then go onto the "compatability" tab. Then, if you click the part where it says "run in compatability mode for Windows 8. Should work.
cactus4343
3 years ago
nothing worked for me, not even on compatibility mode. this sucks
Dannie-IRL
3 years ago
xbox gamepass is advertising this game, so i downloaded it. now the ea launcher won't launch it. I've tried through the gamepass app, ea app, and the origin app. I got the furthest with the origin app... it asks for the product key which obviously i dont have because it is a gamepass game. the contact us page sends me to these forums and not cs. what is up with this
Lucia_Stardust
3 years ago
incase someone comes upon this thread, go into Properties of your Game in the EA-App and add -NOSPLASHPRELOAD
Idk what it does i have it from a Steamfix for this game and it also works in the EA-App. I can start the game finally now.
Snowinek
3 years ago
@Lucia_Stardust worked for me, thanks!
curlyq0
3 years ago
@Lucia_Stardust It works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nyerguds
Hero+
3 years ago
@Lucia_Stardust They added a logic to preload textures on game startup, which prevents it lagging in-game when it loads them there for the first time. The "NOSPLASHPRELOAD" option disables that preload logic.

There's no minus before that though; it's "NOSPLASHPRELOAD", not "-NOSPLASHPRELOAD".

https://www.ea.com/games/command-and-conquer/command-and-conquer-remastered/news/july-beta-patch

Anyway, as side effect it might cause some lag when you first go in-game, possibly once for each terrain tileset.
bleearghh
3 years ago
Hi all, I'd been playing around with this issue a couple of weeks ago as per below thread:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Command-Conquer-Games/Command-and-Conquer-Remastered-Failed-to-launch/td-p/12253286
Just thought I'd share my findings here. There is an error in the CnCRemastered\__Installer\installerdata.xml file. The EA app uses that file when calling the launcher (ClientLauncherG.exe).
The XML allows parameters to be passed when calling the exe but parameters need to be preceded by a valid switch symbol in the XML eg - or -- or /
The XML has the parameter DUMP_FULL but because the switch is missing before it, it fails to launch and errors out.
If you specify your own parameter in the app (via View Properties) it seems to override the invalid XML parameter and it launches the game.
Whether you use my suggested parameter from the other thread (-REDALERT), the parameter suggested in this thread (-NOSPLASHPRELOAD) or just some made up switch (like -ILIEKTURTLEZ) it doesn't matter, the game will still launch. Alternatively, you can also correct the XML if preferred and you're comfortable with doing that.
It's doubtful if even valid parameters actually take effect, since the exe just launches the launcher.
By the way, you have to use a switch symbol (whether in the EA App or in the XML, as it is how the EA app parses them).