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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 com...
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    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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CyberDyme
3 years ago

Hi @Crazydutchman24 ,

These steps appear to have helped some with that problem:

  • Having launched the game from Steam and have the EA app downloaded
  • Make a fresh driver install
  • Delete the EA app
  • Goto: Users\**name**\Documents\Battlefield 4\settings
  • Delete everything in there and delete every instance and file of BF4 on your PC
  • Make a clean reboot
  • Then make a fresh install of Battlefield4 on Steam
  • Now all should start up correctly again.

Best of luck and fingers crossed.

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Sleestak123
3 years ago

Thanks for your post, but are there any instructions for those of us without a Steam account?  I added the EA app yesterday and no longer can I launch BF4.  Weird thing, BF3 works.

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