PR and BF2 both crash on startup

[Piipu]

After reinstalling windows, I haven't been able to get neither BF2 nor PR to go past the black screen at startup. I've tried reinstalling a few times, I removed the profiles folder, made sure VC++ and .Net are both installed, but still it refuses to work. I know the issue is not refresh rate, as the video.con file shows 60 Hz, which is correct for my display. I'm running out of ideas as to what the problem could be.

The system info log given by the launcher, if that's relevant:

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System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium  (6.1.7601)
      Architecture: 64-bit
   Current Culture: Finnish (Finland)
       Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X79-UD3
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz (Physical: 4, Logical: 8)
            Memory: 16,00 GB
      DIMM Modules: Node0_Dimm0: 4,00 GB @ 1333 MHz
                    Node0_Dimm1: 4,00 GB @ 1333 MHz
                    Node0_Dimm2: 4,00 GB @ 1333 MHz
                    Node0_Dimm3: 4,00 GB @ 1333 MHz
         Page File: 15,92 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.5.1, Runtime: 4.0.30319.18444

Display Information
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 Display Device(s): Yleinen PnP-n?ytt?laite on NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN
   Display Mode(s): 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 9.18.13.4448 (344.4 8)
    Display Memory: 4,00 GB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
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  Primary Playback: Kaiuttimet (High Definition Aud
 Primary Recording: Mikrofoni (High Definition Audi
  Open AL Renderer: Software
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
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      Install Path: M:\Pelit\PR
                    Free: 115,14 GB, Total: 164,06 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: True
          Mod Path: M:\Pelit\PR\mods\pr
                    Free: 115,14 GB, Total: 164,06 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: True
     Profiles Path: K:\Users\Jack\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 12,86 GB, Total: 59,38 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: True
    Update DL Path: K:\Users\Jack\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 12,86 GB, Total: 59,38 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: True
   Update Log Path: K:\Users\Jack\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 12,86 GB, Total: 59,38 GB, FS: NTFS, SSD: True

Game Information
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    Installed Mods: bf2, pr, xpack
       Current Mod: pr
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.2.0.0
          Language: english
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
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      Profile 0001: =LK=jtyotJOTJIPAEFVJ
              Type: Online
        View Intro: True
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1920x1080@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: Medium
     Multisampling: Off
             VSync: False
   Terrain Quality: Low
   Effects Quality: Medium
  Geometry Quality: Low
   Texture Quality: Medium
  Lighting Quality: Low
   Dynamic Shadows: Medium
    Dynamic Lights: Medium
 Texture Filtering: Medium
    Audio Provider: Software
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: Medium
               EAX: True

[LITOralis.nMd]

EDIT: where is your BF2 installed? at M:\Pelit or M:\Pelit\PR ?


Try to run BF2 in windowed mode.
Make a copy of your BF2 desktop shortcut.

RRight click , properties, change to this :

"M:\Pelit\PR\BF2.exe" +fullscreen 0 +szx 800 +szy 600

Save it.
Then run that new shortcut.

Run PR in windowd mode:
start prlauncher->Options->Untick the fullscreen tickbox. CLICK APPLY.
run PR to test.

[LITOralis.nMd]

Also, any third party overlay programs can cause this blackscreen stall.

Overwolf, MSI afterburner, TS3 x64 overlay, Steam community overlay, etc. Make sure to turn them off completely.

Also turn off Shadowplay.

Make sure BF2.exe, PRLauncher.exe and PRBF2.exe are given exceptions in your firewall and antivirus.

[Piipu]

Oh man, thanks a lot, got it to work now. Shadowplay was the cause. I didn't even suspect it since the overlay works so rarely.