[FIX] [BF4 Not Launching] Windows 10 Anniversery Update causing BF4 not to Launch / Disappear
30 postsMember, Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Battlefield Hardline, Battlefield, Battlefield 1 Member
August 3, 2016 2:58PM
edited August 2016
So after having this issue myself and speaking with EA over the phone, it seems like this is such a new issue it's hard for people to diagnose, thanks to reddit user Rukudo, he posted this fix which seems to work for me. I've pasted his response below, it seems like an issue in Borderless mode, I'm assuming EA will release an update shortly to address this issue.
For nubs, here's a step by step guide:
Done! The game should run as expected now, if you're still running into issues, check the Realtek Audio Driver as this is something that could also influence the issue.
Found a solution that worked for me. Seems like the game launching in borderless mode was an issue. I went to my PROFSAVE_profile file in the Battlefield 4 settings and edited the following lines to look like:
GstRender.FullscreenEnabled 1
GstRender.FullscreenMode 0
GstRender.FullscreenScreen 0
For nubs, here's a step by step guide:
- Go to this location C:\Documents\Battlefield 4\settings or wherever your primary documents folder is.
- Open "PROFSAVE_profile" with Wordpad / Notepad++
- Lines 28, 29 & 31 must be set to the same options as the quoted post above, this is what it should look like
Done! The game should run as expected now, if you're still running into issues, check the Realtek Audio Driver as this is something that could also influence the issue.
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Put it on a evidence....
https://i.gyazo.com/d48319fa00166bbf9df06ee919dc7b5d.png
Here
Thanks a lot for this ! That's what I tried too and I wasn't aware of the existence of your post.
If I can add something, think about closing programs like Razer Synapse and his brothers, that's what I did too and BF4 is now working perfectly. The solution works for BFH too by the way.
Hopefully EA will realise this is a rising issue and release a patch fairly soon.
THANK YOU.
Hopefully either parties can work out a fix
Still don't understand how this passed QA, as Microsoft explicitly asked for battlefield 4 feedback
After applying the fix it worked again. :-)
Spent 5 hours troubleshooting and freaking out over this, knew it was the new windows update that was causing this problem.
Went through numerous forum posts and finally found this one, looked at the date and my god... August 2nd.
It worked flawlessly, took me 5 minutes and it fixed it for me!
You are a lifesaver
When I open the PROFSAVE_profile, the number after lines 28,29 & 31 are already 1,0,0.
Then I launch bf4, it crash and make a loud noise, I can't even back to desktop!
What should I do next? Should I wait for update?
I worked thanks
Potentially, you're looking to copy the options I have, if your GstRender.FullscreenEnabled 1 is line 25 instead of 28, that's fine, just copy the end number, that being 1, only reason I mention the line numbers is to help people find the options more quickly and because this is the default config.
Move your PROFSAVE_profile to desktop and run the game, it should generate a new file, try then.
lets hope a fix is coming soon.