A possible fix for "Stuck on initializing"

Like many, I tried like heck to get this game to launch. I tried all the main fixes you see online, but none worked. It just stayed stuck in a loading loop on initializing. This was also happening on Battlefield 3. I tried this fix I found on some barely known game site and it fixed both Battlefield Hardline and Battlefield 3 for me! I can't guarantee it will work for you, but I really hope it does. Below is the instructions ripped straight from the site. Have a great day, and thanks for reading my guide!

How to Fix
Please be aware, before doing the following to make sure Battlefield 3 is NOT running in Task Manager (sometimes the .exe can be hiding in Background processes).
Simply, open your File Explorer and go to the following directory

C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\EA Services\License

Here you may see many files, go ahead and delete them all, once you’ve done this, restart your browser, then try launching the game again through the web launcher.

[SUPER-HAZZARD]

I'm sorry man, I have no clue. EA swapped app infrastructures by making a whole new app, and it apparently caused a bunch of games to have whole new problems, but I stopped playing Hardline before that new App released. Sorry.

[Zornixo]

Hey man I got a problem with starting the BFH when I open the game through steam it opens first EA and then battlelog on my browser, and when I open the browser my friends on the right side are still loading and the website is not fully loaded, so when I press play campaign it just doest open the game and it doest show that blue bar when joining, can you help me somehow with this?

[SUPER-HAZZARD]

Lord Phobia, I think that worked for me too more recently, however, when I made this guide EA app either was not out yet or was in its early stages and sucked as much as origin, so this guides pretty much irrelevant now that origin is gone.

[lord Phobia]

run through EA app not steam it will start from online browser battle log

[the e]

when i open electronic arts nothing comes up

[ss_sepp_dietrich]

Im not sure how to make a guide.... so ill post here. Those getting kick/banned for no packet flow....... Just update Punkbuster here. https://www.evenbalance.com/pbsetup.php

Any other help needed? You can reach me on Our Hardline Discord at https://discord.gg/8D5JQMJWTz

My username is FireproS7000

[bobson]

alright ill try that, thank you again

[SUPER-HAZZARD]

And you are very welcome!

[SUPER-HAZZARD]

I'm not sure about that issue, since I've never experienced it. It could be that you need to update punkbuster from the official site since the games come with an outdated version of punkpuster, so joining servers that use the newer version will kick you.

[bobson]

thank you for the help though!