[Titanfall 2][Windows 10][Steam] Link2ea window causing game to never launch.
153373278 - old EA case number - 153563800 - current EA case number.
Titanfall 2-PC-Steam-Windows 10-EA app-Game won't launch-EA app open/close loop
88296f26-51c3-469f-b53a-ea8eeb9a0939 - EA app report number.
The issue is, regardless of how I try to run the game whether it be through Steam, EA app, or the actual .exe file, the EA app window will open, a blank Link2ea window will be opened on top of the EA app window, the link2ea window will close after a couple seconds, the EA app window will close after a couple seconds after that, and then the EA app window will reopen, without the titanfall program ever appearing in Task Manager.
Windows 10, Nvidia 1050ti, i5 7600k, 16gb RAM, Directx 12.
Running Windows 10, tried the following:
* Running EA launcher and Steam as Admin simultaneously
* Launching TF2 from Steam (as Admin)
* Launching TF2 from EA app (as Admin) (For each problem from now on, assume I am troubleshooting every issue as an Administrator.
* Launching TF2 from the .exe file as Administrator.
* Running Steam and EA app individually and simultaneously in Windows 8 compatibility mode
* Performing a clean boot.
* Verifying game files through Steam.
* Updating Windows 10 to the latest version
* Ran registry cleaner via CCleaner
* Deleting and Reinstalling Windows Visual C++ packages (all from 2005-2023)
* Reinstalled Microsoft DirectX
* Updating graphics drivers
* Enabling all options of the Microsoft .NET framework (2.0, 3.0, and 4.8)
* Reinstalling EA launcher
* Made sure that steam and EA app are allowed access in Windows Firewall
* Attempting to install old Origin launcher (launcher shows blank screen or "Something went wrong" error, unable to use any aspect of launcher in either case.)
* Logging into EA app through the steam link thing in the EA app startup screen, leads to the following error messages:
* In steam:
Failure
Failed to start process for Titanfall 2 : "The operation was canceled by the user." (0x4C7)
* In EA app:
link2ea://launchgame/1237970?platform=steam&theme=tf2
Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.
* Copying the entire titanfall2 folder from the steam library into the EA folder, and attempting to run it through Steam, EA app, and the .exe file.
* Uninstalling Titanfall2 from Steam, and reinstalling from EA Launcher, only to find out that that when I open the game tile through the EA app, there is no option to be able to download or install the game.
* Full uninstall and reinstall of Titanfall 2 via Steam launcher
* Disabling full screen optimisation on the Titanfall2.exe file
* Creating a seperate user account in Windows 10 and attempting to run the game from that.
* De-linking and re-linking Steam account and EA app account.
* Complete format and reinstall of Windows 10 (I actually couldn't believe this didn't work).
Current options I have yet to try:
* I think I saw something somewhere about running an older version of Origin launcher and editing the locale.xml files or something really convoluted.
* Updating from Windows 10 to Windows 11. (Not an option, Windows update is bugged and says my PC does not meet the requirements for Windows 11, despite my PC specs far surpassing the minimum requirements)
I also have a question, why is it that I can no longer submit emails or get live chat support from EA? If your problem is too hard, do they just straight up give up and turn your help settings off?, nevermind, it seems like they put a 2-3 day cooldown on your ability to get help via livechats after you hit a certain threshold.
