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Crazydutchman24
3 years ago
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BF4 can not launch with EA app because of UAC loop.

Hello all,

Since I installed the new 2022 ea app that rolled out this month in december to replace Origin for Windows, my BF4 game will not start anymore after the UAC autorisation. The UAC will come back in a loop to ask for the autorisation and if I disable the UAC the EA app will restart in a loop and the game will not launch. With Origin BF4 would launch after the first UAC autorisation. 

I tried to do a new install of the EA app as admin, and I gave permanent admin acces to the app. But nothing works.

Thanks in advance if someone has an idea for the solution.

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  • Crazydutchman24's avatar
    Crazydutchman24
    3 years ago

    Hello all,

    Thank you all for the replies.

    Unfortunately the only solution for me was a clean windows 10 install and to download the EA app and than the worst that I needed to download the whole game (BF4) again (with my 4G LTE connexion).

    When I did paste the Xpack 0 and the content of the BF4 data folder (that I had previously stored on a hard drive) into the new C:\Program Files\EA Games\battlefield 4 folder. The installation process of the EA app would not detect the copy/paste files as data that was already downloaded. So when I relaunched the download process it would just continue to download the whole game.

    But everything works fine for me again, no UAC notifications anymore and no loops.

    Have a good day everyone.

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  • MartyPlays's avatar
    MartyPlays
    3 years ago

    Hi all,

    I saw rigid plans, that easily can take a day.

    What just worked for me: Just hit the "Repair" option at BF4 when in the new EA App.
    Worked as a charm for me!  (on Windows)

  • therock_1193's avatar
    therock_1193
    3 years ago

    Guys, what worked for me was following this video and then when you are in the programdata folder type 'ea' in the search bar and delete everything related to the ea app. (beware, there is other files and folders appearing in the search results, so make sure you only delete ea app files and folders). Then reinstall the ea app.

    https://youtu.be/Bg-ejvRDcb4

  • maquiavelicx's avatar
    maquiavelicx
    3 years ago
    @Crazydutchman24 Just did the same and don't worked.. I don't know what to do right now, I tried so many things and downloaded like 3 or 4 times the game over and over again..
  • Skull8Ranger's avatar
    Skull8Ranger
    Seasoned Traveler
    2 years ago

    Fresh install of Win 11 on new build - after a couple hours & multiple times reinstalling the game , setting EADesktop.exe to run as administrator worked!!!! Sticky this solution above EA !!!!!!!

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