Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville won't launch

The only way to fix it is to reinstall Windows. There are simply no alternatives.
I am so tired of EA software solutions that break and don't work right out of the box, it's terrifying how they can release something like that on the market. For me, EA games are often not even considered for purchase because of the problem of access to them.
I don't play PVZ anymore, I fix it to play...

In addition to the above, I have PVZ Garden Warfare 2 on the same PC and it works, just the Battle for Neighborville doesn't.

I suppose it is because of the Anti Cheat launcher, but I could be wrong.

Hi All,

I'm having the same issue.

I think it may be related to the Anti Cheat app that is attached to the game's launcher exe file.

I've tried launching the game as an administrator using the file path - "C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\PVZ Battle for Neighborville" and it still won't launch. 

I think uninstalled Anti Cheat and it comes up saying 'Anti Cheat is not installed' which it needs to in order to launch the game, even tough I've launched the game using the above path.

When I went to install Anti Cheat again, there are several games in there but no "PVZ" is not an option, the only options in the P category are 'Picnic' and a few others, but no Anti Cheat for 'Plants vs Zombies'.

My understanding is that there should be on that has it for 'Plants vs Zombies' and once installed then it should launch the game.

I've attached a screenshot of Anti Cheat setup showing only 'Picnic' - I've scrolled up and down the list but can't find it.

Perhaps this is the root cause?

Whenever I try to open the game from steam or from the shortcut, it shows origin loading but there is no screen showing the actual game loading.

In the task manager it shows that origin loads but then it just doesn't load the game

Hey @Ericyugy208 you will need to provide a little more info as to the issue you are having. The more info you can share the better.

Darko

Hey @Dazza67916001 our games don't officially supprt Windows 11, as such if running a game on the OS you may run into issues. 

Your DxDiag is showing issues, have you tried a new Windows Admin account to test?

Darko 

Thanks 4 the advice but it still doesn't work for me

I must have a different issue

Hi, I am having the same problem. The game stopped working and Origin refuses to start.

How or where did you find an update?

Thx

G

Hey, I have had a fresh reinstall of windows done in a pc repair shop. Since then, I have installed PvZ:BfN and it didn't start; it had the same problem as before. I have upgraded to Windows 11, still an unsuccessful start, but an 0xc0000005 error (Application was unable to start correctly) showed up. I have then done the following.

Cleared the origin cache,
Ran system file checker, no violations detected
Uninstalled/reinstalled easy anti-cheat,
Repaired the game,
Ran Origin and the game both in Administrator,

I mentioned earlier that my wife was having the same problem with this game, but after an Origin update, is now working properly.

Here's my dx