Run
battlefield cleaner to flush out your video cache files. ( good to do whenever your game crashes)
The problem could be that something is telling BF2 to load a resolution that your monitor or video card doesn't support. In my case it was my new widescreen LCD.
That "something" is actually 3 files in the "C:\Documents and Settings\[Your User Name]\My
Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles" directory. In that Profiles directory are 3 folders called
0001, 0002, and Default. Inside each of those 3 folders is a file called Video.con. You need to
open each of those 3 Video.con files and search for the line that says
"VideoSettings.setResolution 1280x960@75Hz". Change all 3 files to a resolution & refresh rate
that you know the monitor and video card support, and BF2 should work like a champ again.
Still CTD?
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
Hope it helps