bf2 won't run anymore....help...pretty please!?

2006-05-21 06:31:27

#1

Kensui: Member; +2|7005

ok on my desktop there is a bf2 icon, i double-click on it as i usually do whenever i wanna play, however, this time nothing happens....absolutely nothing. the program doesn't launch...windows stays as it is as if nothing has happened.

what i don't get is all of a sudden this thing happens.

anyone out there know whats wrong??

cheers fellas!!!

p.s. the same can be said for my other game, rome total war.

2006-05-21 06:33:11

#2

Pvt.Kosak: Member; +125|7033

Ok U have a graphics prob same happened to me

2006-05-21 06:34:26

#3

MR_snus: Member; +21|7068

reinstall....

2006-05-21 06:53:24

#4

MuseSeeker: 2142 Soldier: Behenaut; +110|7222|EUR

this has nothing to do with GFx problems, try running it from the exe in program files. Or use the task manager to see if its running in processes

2006-05-21 07:09:43

#5

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7079|Derby, England

Kensui wrote:
ok on my desktop there is a bf2 icon, i double-click on it as i usually do whenever i wanna play, however, this time nothing happens....absolutely nothing. the program doesn't launch...windows stays as it is as if nothing has happened.

what i don't get is all of a sudden this thing happens.

anyone out there know whats wrong??

cheers fellas!!!

p.s. the same can be said for my other game, rome total war.

What happens when you put BF2 disk in ? dos it ask you to auto start BF2? also try goin to

C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2

And see if u can click icon there, and run game from it. Let me know how you get on.

Peace Boris

2006-05-21 07:14:28

#6

Medic35: Member; +1|6998

Its happened to me be4 also. All I did was restart my computer and it worked! Try that if all else fails

Edited: spelling

Last edited by Medic35 (2006-05-21 07:15:08)

2006-05-21 08:48:25

#7

T4rd: Member; +44|7123|West Point, NY

I've had this happen to me a few times. I had to delete my user profile in My Documents to get it to run again. No biggie, I just copied my control.con and pics over to my new profile so I didn't have to re-configure my controls. Yeah.. dont ask why, BF2 is just that wierd.

My Documents > Battlefield 2 > Profiles > delete all the "000x" (x = 1 - whatever other numbers are there are) folders.

Last edited by T4rd (2006-05-21 08:51:11)

2006-05-21 08:52:05

#8

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7079|Derby, England

T4rd wrote:
I've had this happen to me a few times. I had to delete my user profile in My Documents to get it to run again. No biggie, I just copied my control.con and pics over to my new profile so I didn't have to re-configure my controls. Yeah.. dont ask why, BF2 is just that wierd.

I honestly never herd of that before, ( nor I would suggest anyone deleting their BF2 profile )

I could be wrong like I sead I never herd of that before.

Peace Boris

2006-05-21 08:54:15

#9

Cpt.KillerToy12: Be Very... Very Quite... We're Hunting Rabbits; +29|7103|U.S.A

i got same thing kind of, but my is when i click to join any server the screen goes black and shuts game off. Any help?

Last edited by Cpt.KillerToy12 (2006-05-21 08:54:28)

2006-05-21 08:54:37

#10

Mr.E: HakLaw in the house; +103|7007

mmmm....you may have changed the directory of the shortcut...right click on shortcut and take note of the target directory then go into bf2 folder and find the .EXE.....take not of that directory also(if they match then you should be able to run it) if not then jus try sending the .EXE from the folder to the desktop again by creating shortcut.

GL Andy

2006-05-21 09:00:39

#11

T4rd: Member; +44|7123|West Point, NY

badhq wrote:
T4rd wrote:
I've had this happen to me a few times. I had to delete my user profile in My Documents to get it to run again. No biggie, I just copied my control.con and pics over to my new profile so I didn't have to re-configure my controls. Yeah.. dont ask why, BF2 is just that wierd.
I honestly never herd of that before, ( nor I would suggest anyone deleting their BF2 profile )

I could be wrong like I sead I never herd of that before.

Peace Boris

It's not a big deal really to delete it. It just sucks cuz you gotta reconfigure all of your settings in BF2 again and retrieve your account when you log on the next time. But that only takes like 3-4 mins to do,

2006-05-21 09:05:34

#12

Mr.E: HakLaw in the house; +103|7007

T4rd wrote:
It just sucks cuz you gotta reconfigure all of your settings in BF2 again

As he said if you copy the files that wer used as the config files then you wont have to re-configure.

Gl Andy

2006-05-21 09:06:15

#13

Breez: AKA: badhq; +937|7079|Derby, England

T4rd wrote:
badhq wrote:
T4rd wrote:
I've had this happen to me a few times. I had to delete my user profile in My Documents to get it to run again. No biggie, I just copied my control.con and pics over to my new profile so I didn't have to re-configure my controls. Yeah.. dont ask why, BF2 is just that wierd.
I honestly never herd of that before, ( nor I would suggest anyone deleting their BF2 profile )

I could be wrong like I sead I never herd of that before.

Peace Boris
It's not a big deal really to delete it. It just sucks cuz you gotta reconfigure all of your settings in BF2 again and retrieve your account when you log on the next time. But that only takes like 3-4 mins to do,

Like I sead I never herd of that bro, so i can't really comment on that as I don't know if it works or not, I only comment on what I know. ( I didn't say he shouldn't try I sead I personally would not suggest anyone deleting their BF2 profile )

Peace Boris

2006-05-21 09:08:57

#14

Mr.E: HakLaw in the house; +103|7007

badhq wrote:
Like I sead I never herd of that bro, so i can't really comment on that as I don't know if it works or not, I only comment on what I know. ( I didn't say he shouldn't try I sead I personally would not suggest anyone deleting their BF2 profile )

IMO deleting the BF2 profile from your pc shouldnt really matter since it is saved on the EA server(i think)but if you do do it i would get ready for a fresh install just incase!

GL Andy

2006-05-21 09:09:49

#15

liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|7074|UK

MR_snus wrote:
reinstall....

ditto

That is all i can think of. Some files must have become corrupt or summin.

2006-05-21 09:13:24

#16

T4rd: Member; +44|7123|West Point, NY

c4_he_was_famous wrote:
badhq wrote:
Like I sead I never herd of that bro, so i can't really comment on that as I don't know if it works or not, I only comment on what I know. ( I didn't say he shouldn't try I sead I personally would not suggest anyone deleting their BF2 profile )
IMO deleting the BF2 profile from your pc shouldnt really matter since it is saved on the EA server(i think)but if you do do it i would get ready for a fresh install just incase!

GL Andy

The user profile on your PC and the your account profile on EAs servers are two different things. The one on your PC is there to remember your game settings such as controls, audio settings, graphics settings and overall game settings. Your account profile on EA servers is where all of your actual username profile and stats are saved at, not on your PC.

So, like I said before; all you have to do when you delete your user profile on your PC is reconfigure all your game settings afterwards and retrieve your account for your new user profile on your PC.

- Do NOT re-install until you've at least tried this... it's MUCH easier and quicker (and most likely the solution).

Last edited by T4rd (2006-05-21 09:15:28)

2006-05-21 09:25:34

#17

Mr.E: HakLaw in the house; +103|7007

T4rd wrote:
c4_he_was_famous wrote:
badhq wrote:
Like I sead I never herd of that bro, so i can't really comment on that as I don't know if it works or not, I only comment on what I know. ( I didn't say he shouldn't try I sead I personally would not suggest anyone deleting their BF2 profile )
IMO deleting the BF2 profile from your pc shouldnt really matter since it is saved on the EA server(i think)but if you do do it i would get ready for a fresh install just incase!

GL Andy
The user profile on your PC and the your account profile on EAs servers are two different things. The one on your PC is there to remember your game settings such as controls, audio settings, graphics settings and overall game settings. Your account profile on EA servers is where all of your actual username profile and stats are saved at, not on your PC.

So, like I said before; all you have to do when you delete your user profile on your PC is reconfigure all your game settings afterwards and retrieve your account for your new user profile on your PC.

- Do NOT re-install until you've at least tried this... it's MUCH easier and quicker (and most likely the solution).

yeh that wat i was sayin bro....sry if ya didnt catch it that way...didnt really explain well enough!

GL Andy

2006-05-21 09:26:44

#18

Brasso: member; +1,549|7077

MR_snus wrote:
reinstall....

had this problem, reinstalled, worked fine. try that.

"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"

2006-05-21 10:37:18

#19

T4rd: Member; +44|7123|West Point, NY

c4_he_was_famous wrote:
T4rd wrote:
It just sucks cuz you gotta reconfigure all of your settings in BF2 again
As he said if you copy the files that wer used as the config files then you wont have to re-configure.

Gl Andy

lol, that was me who said that.

2006-05-22 08:20:46

#20

Kensui: Member; +2|7005

thanks for the suggestions guys!!!

but here is the weird thing; i tried uninstalling it (you know by going to add/remove programs in control panel) and windows comes up with this error message followed by some numbers in brackets. basically, i can't even uninstall the game!

i tried creating the shortcut and target directory but it still won't run....i press ctrl-alt-del to see the tasks running in background and nothing comes up when i double-click the icon. bf2 is definitly installed. inserting the disk starts the autorun and i click start bf2 and it won't launch....the hourglass comes out for like half a second, then everything is back to 'normal' as if nothing has happened.

this is really bugging me....and i'm really confused as to what causes this....how odd!!!!!!??

2006-05-22 09:04:34

#21

T4rd: Member; +44|7123|West Point, NY

T4rd wrote:
I've had this happen to me a few times. I had to delete my user profile in My Documents to get it to run again. No biggie, I just copied my control.con and pics over to my new profile so I didn't have to re-configure my controls. Yeah.. dont ask why, BF2 is just that wierd.

My Documents > Battlefield 2 > Profiles > delete all the "000x" (x = 1 - whatever other numbers are there are) folders.

Have you tried this yet?? Even if you uninstall bf2 your profiles can stay there so you dont lose it re-installing. Try it!

2006-05-22 19:29:54

#22

Kensui: Member; +2|7005

tried that mate, it still doesn't work....

2006-05-22 20:58:56

#23

T4rd: Member; +44|7123|West Point, NY

What about deleteing the whole Battlefield 2 folder from your My Documents?

2006-05-22 22:10:35

#24

Kensui: Member; +2|7005

ok i will give that a try....fingers crossed

i'm also having the same problem with rome total war and i deleted the whole folder from program files....guess what...its still in the programs list in add/remove programs....and when i insert the total war disk in, it doesn't give me the option to install the game, instead the only option is to play the game....i think the same thing will happen to bf2.

bloody pcs

2006-05-22 22:24:52

#25

FubarJonny: bUdSMoKEr; +47|7137

that happend to me when i download and instal alot of thing just defrag and then it should work

BF2S Forums bf2 won't run anymore....help...pretty please!?

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