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For the last few days i've been having problems just getting in to the menu.

I'm not sure if there have been issues with the account server, but i'm having issues with it. It will give me the 'check network connection' error when trying to connect. And after a few tries when it does finally connect, it tries to load the menu, but all i get is the menu, frozen, (mouse moves, but can't click, and can't alt-f4) with a back screen where the background video should be. Also there is no ticker at the bottom. Only way to get out is by ending the task.

And then sometimes it works. But for the last half hour i've been trying and i've seen that frozen menu about 3 times so far.

Don't know if its related, but ever since the 1.5 patch, it has been pausing for a second or two when the menu loads. Now, It seems like that pause is never ending.

Run battlefield cleaner to flush out your video cache files.

Still no joy?

Trash your BF2 cache files
Path:
C:\Users\'your user name here'\Documents\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\cache

Throw EVERYTHING inside the folder named cache away.
don't worry the files will be replaced with new ones when the game restarts.

OK
Some other things you can try before you uninstall/reinstall.
Backup your BF2 folder that's inside your documents folder. Once you have a backup delete the original from your documents folder.
Try starting PR from your PR shortcut
a new default folder is created
link to your online account.
If all goes well (CTD gone) all you have to do to get your custom settings back is copy your 'control' file from your backup to the new profile folder.
path:
C:\Users\your user name here\Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\0002
note: you may not have a 0002 folder so use 0001
Good luck

Great thanks, clearing out the cache seems to have fixed the problem.