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So today i try and play PR and when i clock the .87 icon the screen turns black like its opening and then it crashes back to the desktop. so i deleted pr and reinstalled it and still same problem. it worked just fine yesterday.... i dno whats wrong...

anyone know? i looked around and didn't see a problem like this. so if this is a double post sorry.

well, it happens with me on Vista i run it more than a time then it works. it's only at the start sometimes it crashes 3 times sometimes 4 but it working at the end. this is what happen to me and i assume it's same with u. hope that helps.

If you still have trouble 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.

It doesn't... You just told him to keep trying to launch it and hopefully it'll work eventually. xD
First read what I wrote at the bottom below the line and try what I say at the bottom 'first' and if that doesn't work then do the reinstall.

MasterMuffin just uninstall BF2 and PR entirely and do a registry clean-up. If you don't have one google Uniblue RegistryBooster 2009.
Download and install it. I don't remember if it asks you for a serial code but if it does go to this site to get one for it. Serials & keys - unlocks the world

-Uninstall Project Reality and then uninstall BF2. Uninstall them both through the add/remove programs feature or for vista users it'd be 'Programs and Features'. It's located in control panel.
-Once you do the registry clean-up do a restart.

Install BF2 after you've restarted, update it to the current version v1.50. After you've done that restart one more time. After you've restarted your PC install PR through the core setup(you shouldn't need the patch file) and then install the levels file.

Just in case, run every installer/setup as a administrator by right clicking the installer icon. Also make sure you delete the Battlefield 2 profile it should be in your 'Documents' folder before you do the reinstall. In fact if it doesn't get removed when you uninstall BF2 just delete that entire thing. ('ONLY' do this if you are reinstalling the game! If you toss everything in it away it will 'NOT' be replaced just by simple starting BF2.)

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Once you've finished doing all of the above make sure you allow the bf2 and pr program to be ran!
Virus programs that I know for a fact block it are AVG and Norton so if you have either of those be sure to unblock it!
For AVG double click the icon in the bottom right of your screen. Go to Tools > Advanced Settings. It'll open another window and from there scroll down to 'Resident Shield' and click 'exceptions' once. Click 'Add Path' and find your BF2 root directory which for most people would be
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\
Once you find it click ok and apply.

For Norton double click it's icon in the bottom right of your screen.
Once the Norton window opens click 'settings' and go to 'Virus and Spyware Protection' and select the
'File Exclusions' tab. Same deal here find your BF2 root directory and add it.
Make sure you check the box to include sub-folders!
After you've finished that go back and go to Firewall Protection for Norton and click the 'Program Rules' tab. Click 'Add...' and go to your BF2 root directory and find the .exe 'BF2'. Double click it and choose the 'Allow' option. Do the same thing for the .exe 'pr'.

Once you've done all that you shouldn't have any problems.
If you have a anti-virus program besides those two and your still getting the same problem it's most likely blocking the application from running so same deal find the exceptions section or whatever it might be and add the BF2 and pr .exe's to the list.

Btw I know what your talking about I had it before but I cant remember how I fixed it >_<

If you launch it and it goes to a black screen says its adjusting your screen size and then crashes within only 10 seconds of being launched then I know what your talking about.

What's your computers specs(can your computer and graphics card handle it?) and what anti-virus programs do you have?

Intead Right click the PR icon and "Run as Administrator"

Nah that doesn't work for most people. =/ I hope it does but it rarely works for anybody. D:
Anyways I remembered why it was doing that. It's not because of memory or ram or anything, it has to do with the order you installed everything in. If your getting a black screen when you launch the game and it closes within 10 seconds of launching it the only fix I know of at least is to uninstall PR through add/remove programs. Uninstall PR and then BF2 and then restart your computer. After it's restarted install BF2 and then update to 'v1.41' and 'THEN' update to v1.50.
After that restart computer mmkay...install core setup and then levels setup and TADA!

For the BF2 patches go here.
http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/bf2_214 ... lable.aspx

Can you start vanilla BF2? If you can't, then you need to delete [My] Documents\Battlefield 2, then start vanilla BF2, set your configuration, and then start PR.

Snares wrote:Can you start vanilla BF2? If you can't, then you need to delete [My] Documents\Battlefield 2, then start vanilla BF2, set your configuration, and then start PR.

yeah what he said, if you happen to have your resolution on 16:9 and your monitor isn't 16:9... it will continue to not open. doing what he said will erase your preferences.

yeh my friend is having the exact problem