Hi all,
Used to play PR years ago but just a comp thats good enough to run it again. Hurray!
Have download PR and just bought BF2 Complete Collection from Origin.
Also downloaded patches 1.41 and 1.5 for BF but when I start the install them it says "Cannot find install folder for Battlefield 2(TM)"?
I have win 7 and the files are located at C:/Program Files (x86)/Origin Games/Battlefield 2 Complete Collection/
So far I have tried:
Copying patches to install folder
Copying BF2 install to C:/Program Files /EA Games/Battlefield 2(TM)
No luck so far...
Any suggestions how to progress?
Really keen to get back on PR; it's looking amazing! Stoked to see so many people online.
Trouble updating BF2 to v1.5 - HELP!
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NZ_CnlKurtz_420
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Re: Trouble updating BF2 to v1.5 - HELP!
FIXED IT!
For anyone else with this problem this forum got me through:
Can't find install folder for Battlefield 2 - Geeks to Go Forums - Page 2
For anyone else with this problem this forum got me through:
Can't find install folder for Battlefield 2 - Geeks to Go Forums - Page 2
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LITOralis.nMd
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Re: Trouble updating BF2 to v1.5 - HELP!
Simply put, the Origin installer did not add a registry entry pointing Windows to the installation directory for BF2.
We have a fix for this:
We have a fix for this:
Can't find install folder for Battlefield 2 (Credits: Leki)
This is caused by a problem with a registry entry, which contains the location of your Battlefield 2 installation.
1. Go to Start>Run and type in "regedit" (without the quotes).
2. Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2
3. Right click on the right hand window and go to New>String Value
4. Type in 'InstallDir' (without quotes) for the string name.
5. Double click it. For the 'Value data', enter wherever you installed Battlefield 2 (eg. C:\\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 2 Complete Collection ). Note, DON'T put a backslash (\) at the end. Don't include the ( and ) above.
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LITOralis.nMd
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Re: Trouble updating BF2 to v1.5 - HELP!
Yes, exactly right , was sending you basically the same info.
In short, Origin is fail,
Currently, and going back to at least December 2009 when I bought a copy, Origin's BF2 Complete Collection installer creates a registry entry in this location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2]
when the 1.41 installer looks for an entry in this location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA Games\Battlefield 2]
That is specific to 64 Bit Operating Systems,
For 32 systems, remove the \Wow6432Node\ part of the registry location above
In short, Origin is fail,
Currently, and going back to at least December 2009 when I bought a copy, Origin's BF2 Complete Collection installer creates a registry entry in this location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2]
when the 1.41 installer looks for an entry in this location:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\EA Games\Battlefield 2]
That is specific to 64 Bit Operating Systems,
For 32 systems, remove the \Wow6432Node\ part of the registry location above
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NZ_CnlKurtz_420
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