
This runs the EA Desktop app as an administrator account and should let the game install.
Right-click the EA Desktop icon on your desktop (or in the EA Desktop directory if not on your desktop) and select Run As Administrator. Try running EA Desktop as an administrator Reinstall EA Desktop, then try installing your game again. Under Programs, click Uninstall a program. Open the Control Panel (find it by searching Control Panel in the Start menu). If your hard drive has FAT32 formatting, talk with your PC manufacturer for the best way to fix the issue. If you have another hard drive, check to see if it is formatted differently. It will give you the partition size, plus the format-for example (C:) XXGBNTFS or FAT32. Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar. To find out how your drives are formatted, use these steps: Some hard drives have FAT32 formatting, which can have issues with files larger than 4 GB. If you start having trouble when your download reaches 4 GB, you may have a problem with your hard drive formatting. Problems when the download gets stuck at 4 GB If you're having trouble with any of these steps for EA Desktop, you can switch back to Origin while we're still in Beta testing. The EA Desktop app is currently in Beta, so only some players have access. It was recently discovered that Battlefield 2042’s PS5 size was surprisingly small at just over 42GB.If your PC games won’t download, install, or load using EA Desktop, troubleshoot with our steps. Make sure you’ve got plenty of space on your storage devices for your console and PC to minimize problems for the installation. However, you will be able to access a 10-hour free trial during the early access period with your subscription.
If you are an Xbox Game Pass or EA Play subscriber, it does not look like there is a way to preload Battlefield 2042. If you’ve got Battlefield 2042 ordered for any console or PC platform, make sure you have it ready to go for early access or launch day depending on the edition you’ve ordered – more information on that below. That’s only a few hours away, so PC players should be prepared to start preloading Battlefield 2042 soon.
That’s 10am PST / 1pm EST / 6pm GMT / 7pm CEST. However, PC players can preload Battlefield 2042 later today from 6pm UTC.