Errors or Error Messages from BF2/BF2:SF

[Bullet]

I thought that this would make a good sticky, since I found this to be useful information, I want to make sure that my original posts(found here) information doesn't get lost in forum pages and is readily available to help someone else. So here it goes one more time:

Originally Posted by Bullet

I was helping out a player who was stuck with an error when trying to install BF2+SF Deluxe DVD version...turned out his original Install Shield Program was corrupted or whatever. So we fixed his problem by going to C:\Program Files\Common Files and renamed the Install Shield folder to Install ShieldOLD, and restarted the DVD auto installer. And whatt ya know, it worked. The error code was


Error Code: -5006 : 0x80070002 Battlefield 2

Hope this helps anyone struggling with the same error.


FYI, I have never played BF2....so I can't beleive that this worked. It was pretty cool.

[R3DN3CK]

awhh the good old days... BF2.... gotta luv the random error msgs and CTDs <3333