EA Sports FC 26 won’t launch – AntiCheat manifest not generated (0xC0000005)

EA Sports FC 26 won’t launch – AntiCheat manifest not generated (0xC0000005)

Hi, I have a repeatable launch failure that appears to come from EA AntiCheat. EA Sports FC 25 runs fine on this PC, so the AntiCheat service and drivers work.

When I start EA Sports FC 26, the game closes right after the splash screen. Event Viewer shows:
EAAntiCheatService – fc26.exe exited unexpectedly, exit code 0xC0000005

After multiple clean installs of Windows, EA App, and the game (including Revo Uninstaller cleanup, Secure Boot off, driver updates, clean boot, -dx11 launch, etc.), the folder C:\Program Files\EA\AC contains only the global AntiCheat files and there is no per-game subfolder for FC 26. Also, the folder C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\EA Services\AntiCheat\Logs does not exist, so FC26 never creates logs.

This strongly suggests the FC26 AntiCheat manifest is not being generated or registered, causing the service to terminate the game instantly. FC25 works fine while FC26 fails, so this looks like a manifest/registration issue specific to the FC26 build.

Please escalate this to the EA AntiCheat Engineering Team. I have a screenshot of C:\Program Files\EA\AC (showing no FC26 subfolder) and can attach it here.

Issue has been ongoing since the 29th of September.

Thanks,
Edvin Barck / Barck 62