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1 year ago

F1 24 3 files failed to validate

I verified the files on steam and says 3 files failed to validate, last time I played it and it ran fine, now it doesn't start, it just shows me the splash screen and it disappears and shows a black ...

TheRagebeard

Hero+

1 year ago

@mainseeker1486 The most common solution has been to reinstall the game. For some reason the 3 files become corrupted, but when steam attempts to validate them, it doesn't view them as corrupted and therefore does not repair them correctly.

mainseeker1486

Rising Novice

1 year ago

Unfortunately for me this is not the case, tried numerou time and no luck same isue and crash because of the anti cheat.

EA_Barry
Community Manager
1 year ago
@mainseeker1486

Reinstalling Anti-cheat from a fresh download may be the way to go:

https://help.ea.com/in/help/pc/ea-anticheat/

Thanks.
- mainseeker1486
  Rising Novice
  1 year ago
  i tired numerous times, also tried doing it with a fresh install of the game. tried alo cleaning all EA related files and settings. no succes though. something i wrong with the anti cheat and windows11 apparently...