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Dolphin486
7 years ago
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PvZ Garden Warfare 2 Won't Launch PC

I just reinstalled the free trail for PvZ Garden Warfare 2. I tried it on my laptop(i3, 8GB RAM) last month, and it worked. I installed it on my new gaming PC, and it didn't work. Origin will close for a second and reopen. Nothing shows up in task manager. I've tried performing a clean boot, reinstalling, repairing the game files, and disabling origin in-game. Nothing. Here are my specifications:

Windows 10 Home

Intel Pentium G4560 @ 3.50 GHz

NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050 TI

16 GB of RAM.

  • GlitchMod's avatar
    GlitchMod
    7 years ago
    Looks like it was a problem with the 10 hours test. Bouhgt the game and lauched OK. Then I got a refound for the game because there is no split screen on PC version.

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  • AllNiteDiner's avatar
    AllNiteDiner
    3 years ago

    Your PC is probably missing a dll file.

    I am running Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare and Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 on Windows 11 with an AMD processor.

    I installed both games by downloading the EA client for PC (no longer the older Origin client).

    After installing the required C++ libraries, no problems running either game on a modern x64 PC with Windows 11.

    ~ ~ ~

    Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare needs Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable package.

    Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 needs Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable package.

    ~ ~ ~

    You can check error logs on your PC here:

    C:\ProgramData\Origin


    If either PVZ game is throwing an error, you will see the error in the log file.

    For me, the log referenced a missing dll file. The missing dll was different for the original PVZ GW and PVZ GW2.

    When I searched the missing dll file name on the web, the link led to the C++ package which can be downloaded from Microsoft and installed on your PC.

    I haven't had any conflicts on my PC with those older C++ packages installed.

  • fqbr1aovx7p1's avatar
    fqbr1aovx7p1
    2 years ago

    I have a similar problem. I sintalled this game on Steam an dtried to run it after installing the EA application. But whenever I opened it it said "Error, please reinstall" or something. Any ideas?

  • bouncerbeater's avatar
    bouncerbeater
    2 years ago

    I also have this same problem. 

    It wont launch, just says reinstall

    Becoming frustrating as I am 62 hours in on PC and way more on Xbox

  • AllNiteDiner's avatar
    AllNiteDiner
    2 years ago

    Your PC may be missing a required dll file.

    I am running Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare and Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 on Windows 11 with an AMD processor.

    I installed both games by downloading the EA client for PC (no longer the older Origin client).

    After installing the required C++ libraries, no problems running either game on a modern x64 PC with Windows 11.

    ~ ~ ~

    Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare needs Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable package.

    Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2 needs Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable package.

    ~ ~ ~

    You can check error logs on your PC here:

    C:\ProgramData\Origin


    If either PVZ game is throwing an error, you will see the error in the log file.

    For me, the log referenced a missing dll file. The missing dll was different for the original PVZ GW and PVZ GW2.

    When I searched the missing dll file name on the web, the link led to the C++ package which can be downloaded from Microsoft and installed on your PC.

    I haven't had any conflicts on my PC with those older C++ packages installed.

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