EA SPORTS FC 26 won't launch
Hello,
I am unable to launch EA SPORTS FC 26 on PC. The game has never successfully started and always crashes or returns to the EA App during startup.
System specifications:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070
RAM: 32GB
Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B650-A GAMING WIFI
OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
Secure Boot: Enabled
Errors encountered:
- “The game fc26.exe exited unexpectedly”
- Exit code: 0xC0000005
- “Security Violation (2)” from EA Javelin AntiCheat
- Sometimes the game returns directly to the EA App after the AntiCheat window appears.
Troubleshooting steps already attempted:
- Updated BIOS to the latest version
- Disabled EXPO/DOCP (RAM overclock) in BIOS
- Disabled Windows Memory Integrity / Core Isolation
- Reinstalled NVIDIA GPU drivers using DDU (clean install)
- Tested multiple NVIDIA driver versions
- Reinstalled EA App completely and deleted all leftover folders
- Reinstalled EA SPORTS FC 26
- Repaired / reinstalled EA AntiCheat / EasyAntiCheat
- Started FC26.exe as Administrator
- Started the game directly from the installation folder
- Checked Windows Firewall (allowed EA App and FC26)
- Temporarily disabled antivirus / Windows Defender
- Ensured no VPN or proxy is active
- Verified correct system date and time
- Reset network settings using:
- netsh winsock reset
- netsh int ip reset
- ipconfig /flushdns
- Restarted PC multiple times
- Successfully logged into my EA account through the browser
Current behavior:
The game sometimes reaches the EA login window, but after logging in:
- sometimes it shows “computer is offline”
- sometimes it immediately returns back to the EA App.
The game has never launched successfully even once.
If anyone has experienced the same issue or if an EA community manager could investigate this, I would really appreciate the help.
