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thyuisie
4 years ago
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BattleField 4 not launching.

I've recently downloaded BattleField 4 as part of the Xbox game pass service, but when I start the game on EA desktop or the Xbox app, it opens a dialogue box that, when accepted, reopens itself with...
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  • fixion9's avatar
    fixion9
    4 years ago
    @EA_Jason Okay so I unchecked the Run As Administrator for all the executables in the installation folder and ran it again. It worked perfectly.
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fixion9
4 years ago

Tried both, didn't work.

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EA_Jason
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4 years ago

How about creating a new Windows administrator account, logging in with that account and then try again?

  • fixion9's avatar
    fixion9
    4 years ago
    @EA_Jason Okay so I unchecked the Run As Administrator for all the executables in the installation folder and ran it again. It worked perfectly.
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      EA_Jason
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      4 years ago
      @fixion9 So you're saying that you managed to fix it but NOT running it as an administrator?

      That's like the opposite of what I would usually recommend, but hey if it works it works :D

      Thanks for letting me know and enjoy BF4!
      • Yakazuki's avatar
        Yakazuki
        3 years ago
        @EA_Jason Would like to say that after trying a lot of things since I updated to the new EA, this is what solved for me as well, uncheck the "Run as Administrator". Thanks @fixion9

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