Garden Warfare 1 is refusing to launch
whenever launching GW1 the EA App says "preparing game" and then sends me back to my library and I want to know how to fix it. I've tried searching around for information and have found nothing.
so far I've tried:
installing the Directx installer found in the games folder along with the visual C++
Repairing the game files
reinstalling the game
restarting my computer
I last played the game 2 months ago on another EA account (i had rebought the game on this account) and it was working fine at the time so i cannot think of what could be wrong
Hi @Rioma_1,
I'm really sorry to hear that you're unable to launch PVZ GW. If you're not getting any error messages and the game is stuck on preparing, there might be a program conflicting with the game or EA app, which is preventing it from functioning properly, or there might be some issue with the permissions.
I suggest that you try a Clean Boot to make sure there are no programs running in the background that could be causing this: How to clean or safe boot your computer
If a clean boot doesn't fix the problem, please try running the game and the EA app as administrator.
Let us know how that goes,
