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  1. 04 Nov 2009 #1
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    Battlefield 2 Won't Run

    Well, title says it all, I can't even run the damn game. Screen flashes to black then back to desktop. I tried patches, cracks, etc. Nothing seems to work. Reinstalled multiple times, configured video.con file. Anyone know a solution or atleast what's wrong? Any help appreciated.


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    Re: Battlefield 2 Won't Run

    The issue can be the game is not compatible with Vista
    So what you can try is
    you can try to change the compatibility of the game
    Simply right click on the games icon and goto Properties
    There will be a tab there "COMPATIBILITY"
    Under this tab check that box which says "Run this program in compatibility mode for windows XP"
    Then click on apply then OK


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    Re: Battlefield 2 Won't Run

    Quote Originally Posted by Madandfrustrate View Post
    Well, title says it all, I can't even run the damn game. Screen flashes to black then back to desktop. I tried patches, cracks, etc. Nothing seems to work. Reinstalled multiple times, configured video.con file. Anyone know a solution or atleast what's wrong? Any help appreciated.
    Have you upgraded to 1.5? BF2 works fine on Vista.

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    Re: Battlefield 2 Won't Run

    Quote Originally Posted by pccarehimanshu View Post
    The issue can be the game is not compatible with Vista
    So what you can try is
    you can try to change the compatibility of the game
    Simply right click on the games icon and goto Properties
    There will be a tab there "COMPATIBILITY"
    Under this tab check that box which says "Run this program in compatibility mode for windows XP"
    Then click on apply then OK


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    The game is compatible with vista. I have already tried all compatibility settings and have had no success.

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    Re: Battlefield 2 Won't Run

    Quote Originally Posted by Crispy2007 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Madandfrustrate View Post
    Well, title says it all, I can't even run the damn game. Screen flashes to black then back to desktop. I tried patches, cracks, etc. Nothing seems to work. Reinstalled multiple times, configured video.con file. Anyone know a solution or atleast what's wrong? Any help appreciated.
    Have you upgraded to 1.5? BF2 works fine on Vista.
    I'll try that. I have Battlefield 2142 and it works fine, I wonder why theres issues with Battlefield 2.

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    Re: Battlefield 2 Won't Run

    When I had Vista x64 on my desktop before I upgraded to Windows 7 RC and it worked fine for me. It was before the 1.5 patch upgrade too.

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    Re: Battlefield 2 Won't Run

    Quote Originally Posted by 96accord View Post
    When I had Vista x64 on my desktop before I upgraded to Windows 7 RC and it worked fine for me. It was before the 1.5 patch upgrade too.
    Its supposed to work for Vista x64, I read in other posts in different forums that it ran fine.

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    Re: Battlefield 2 Won't Run

    I'm beginning to think this might have something to do with my specs...my CPU and such are all more than enough to run the game, but my crappy chipset graphics might be causing the issue...

    Intel® G33 Express Chipset - Games playability list on Microsoft Windows Vista* Actually, they said it will run the game...

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    Re: Battlefield 2 Won't Run

    Just found out Vista automatically updated to DirectX 11, could this be the problem, because I don't think my chipset is compatible... I'll try rolling back to 10

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    Re: Battlefield 2 Won't Run

    Quote Originally Posted by Madandfrustrate View Post
    Just found out Vista automatically updated to DirectX 11, could this be the problem, because I don't think my chipset is compatible... I'll try rolling back to 10
    It cant be directX 11 because 7 runs dx11 and BF2 runs fine.

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