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Re: Battlefield 2042 not launching after switching to EA app (Steam & Epic)

@M1sterRogersThis did not completely solve it for me, until I did the same operation with EABackgroundService.exe and EALauncher.exe. The game just launched, I'll reply again if I reckon there are no further crashes. Thank you.

Update: I now get a crash to desktop when the game is trying to connect to online services. My second launch, is so far successful. I'm expecting it to crash still.

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cryptocharliexx
3 years ago
@Whovianpancake Yes, I did the same: only 3 exeutables under C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\EA Desktop\EA Desktop\
EALauncher.exe
EADesktop.exe
EABackgroundService.exe

Have all been enabled Run as Administrator under Compatibility Tab now I can "reliably" run BF2042 without any issues, other than it's annoying EA app will be prompting me to run as admin.

Pls fix it ASAP EA, clearly we shouldn't be needing administrator role to run BF2042