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Sunzyshy
12 years ago
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition won't launch in Origin

I contacted EA earlier about this game not launching, and it started to feel like an endless cycle of uninstalling, removing, manual uninstall of Origin, reinstall Origin, start Origin in admin mode,...
  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
    8 years ago

    @LittlemissNaomi@Sunzyshy

    Sorry to see that you are having issues with the game. What works for some people is the following:

    1) Open notepad,  copy and paste the following text:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SteamPopCap\PlantsVsZombies]
    "ScreenMode"=dword:00000000

    2) Save as "fix.reg" in any folder


    3) Go to that folder and then double click (open) "fix.reg". It will ask you to make changes to your system registry.

    4) Launch PVZ

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
8 years ago

Did you ever figure out how to fix this?? I'm having the exact same problem, It was working like a dream and out of nowhere stopped launching. pls help

EA_Darko's avatar
EA_Darko
Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
8 years ago

@LittlemissNaomi@Sunzyshy

Sorry to see that you are having issues with the game. What works for some people is the following:

1) Open notepad,  copy and paste the following text:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SteamPopCap\PlantsVsZombies]
"ScreenMode"=dword:00000000

2) Save as "fix.reg" in any folder


3) Go to that folder and then double click (open) "fix.reg". It will ask you to make changes to your system registry.

4) Launch PVZ

  • SnowieSimmer's avatar
    SnowieSimmer
    Seasoned Ace
    8 years ago

    I'm having this issue as well, but I've never gotten the game to run. Tried your fix, @EA_Darko, but it didn't help (and now I don't know how to undo the changes it just made to my PC). I launch the game as is, just after it's installed, and it immediately crashes to desktop. Restarting/re-installing/repairing doesn't help. I tried running the exe in compatibility mode for windows XP, and it launches, but makes both of my monitors black out and flash and I have to close it through task manager. 

    • EA_Darko's avatar
      EA_Darko
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      8 years ago

      @SnowieSimmer Interesting, that fix works for almost anyone I have seen having the issue. You could try setting a new registry value for "ScreenMode" and setting it to "0" so as to force the game to launch in windowed mode. 

  • temmatijger's avatar
    temmatijger
    7 years ago

    It didn't work for me... I think it has to do with my computer being a 64 bit and the game being 32 bit and you can't change those settings

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