Hey, if anyone else is having the issue where FC26 won't launch through FIFA Mod Manager on Steam

[deepblue]

I had an issue where FC26 wouldn't launch through FIFA Mod Manager. Steam would ask to continue with custom arguments, EA App would show "Preparing Game", then the EA App would just open and the game never launched. Vanilla FC26 from Steam worked fine.
I tried almost everything people suggested: Verify Files, Repair EA AntiCheat, reinstall EA App, disable antivirus, whitelist folders, Offline Mode, Live Editor, Launch with LE, deleting ModData, etc. Nothing worked.

What finally worked for me:
- Reinstalled FC26 and manually deleted the old game folder.
- Launched the game normally once and reached the main menu.
- Moved FIFA Mod Manager and Live Editor to the same drive as FC26.
- Installed all my mods again.
- Switched EA App to Offline Mode.
- Removed `-dataPath FIFAModData` from Steam launch options.
- Removed "Run as Administrator" from `fc26.exe`.
- Launched the game using **Launch with Live Editor** from Mod Manager.
- The first launch failed, but the second attempt worked.
The game now launches normally with mods. Hopefully this helps another Steam user stuck with the same issue.

[76561198735122999]

can you send me a video that how to do that

[C0maT0ad]

I had to add an exclusion for the game folder inside Microsoft virus protection.

[Papi_French]

hey how were you able to remove the dataPath FIFAModData launch option