Battlefield 1 doesn't launch

Hi,

I'm dealing with a super frustrating issue. I bought Battlefield 1 on Steam and it launched successfully the first time. I played it once with no problems. But ever since then, the game refuses to launch.

When I click "Play" on Steam, the EA App opens, the Battlefield 1 splash/loading screen appears for a second, and then everything just closes. No error message, no crash report — nothing. Just a quick flash and it dies silently.

Here’s what I’ve tried (none of it worked):
- Fully uninstalled and reinstalled the EA App (including clearing AppData and ProgramData folders)
- Verified game files via Steam
- Tried running both Steam and EA App as administrator
- Cleared EA App cache
- Re-linked Steam and EA accounts
- Tried launching the game directly via EA App
- Checked for DirectX and VC++ redistributables
- Disabled EA App beta
- Even tried a different USB port (since I’m running the game from an external SSD)

I also tried all suggested solutions from other forum threads. Nothing works. It makes no sense — if my system was incompatible, why did the game launch fine the first time?

It seems like EA App is crashing internally during the handshake with Steam or the game, but I can’t even capture the error message — the window closes before anything shows up.

Any help or response from EA would be appreciated. At this point, I’m just really disappointed and tired of troubleshooting a game I paid for.

Thanks.