Battlefield 4 and Windows 10 Preview build 14352 and up. BF4 No Show

Anyone with this build and higher able to get BF4 to show up when its launched?

Whether yes or no, post some basic system stats, CPU, GPU, Motherboard, etc.

Note this has nothing to do with the “released” version of windows 10, just the preview.

My Specs: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z, AMD 9590 stock, ASUS R9 290x DCII, 32GB RAM, 512 SSD Samsung 840 Pro.

Urr don’t use the preview get the genuine release it works 100% no problems with anything

I am running 14367- and had no problems during my many recent updates with any gamesat all - only thing is, I have to manually reinstall my GFX drivers everytime.

If you didn’t have a qualifying OS to upgrade, you can’t without purchasing it. That said, I wouldn’t run it as my main OS. I have it on my old gaming PC, the specs aren’t up to snuff. BF3 runs fine on it though.

I run the preview to test and find bugs, just like this.. if people like me didn’t this bug could make its way to release.. you are welcome..

What Hardware are you running?

Im running on a I7-2600 @3.40 , 16 GB ram - AMD Radeon HD 7700 - 1x120 GB SSD HD (Kingston)

And yes, I am also a Windows Insider, I’m on the fast ring thats why I get the updates so frequently.

Humm… same on fast ring.. I guess I should have noted my specs in the first post heh.

Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z, AMD 9590 stock, ASUS R9 290x DCII..

Do you use or are signed into the Xbox App?

In build 14352 they made changed to make the Game DVR work for BF4 and that is when this started.

No, I don’t use Xbox login (Ive got a MS DEV account specified as I used to work for them.
Can you turn it off ? I can’t find it in the MS-FR FAQ as a problem ? As far as Im concerned I have had VERY small issues at all in the later builds (the very 1. one turned off my soundcard !!!) but again I try NOT to mess too much with the settings back from initial loadup, even my tools like Visual Studio is ported flawless to the new build. what drivers you loaded ? GFX-wise ? Im running 16.6.1.

I can not use 16.6.1 because Windows is complaining of a driver signature error. I’m stuck on 16.4.1 as 16.5.3 has some quirks itself.

See this thread.. https://community.amd.com/message/2730802#comment-2730802

Ok, as I read it you CAN turn off the secure boot but it wont last further than next reboot :frowning:
Basically its the SHA256 cert going wrong, AMD has to make a fi for it, it IS valid in Win10 …
Im running the 10 Enterprise version, you ?

Correct, yep, I’m active in that thread.. 10 Pro.. That issue apparently affects Windows 7 users as well if they dont have certain updates.. But its not just AMD other manufactures are having the same issue, its a Windows/MS issue.

Oh, I read the hotfix for WIN7 users there, but that wont help much. Just weird Ive got no problems installing the latest drivers (any drivers at all) .

Are you running “Test Mode”? I.e. “bcdedit /set testsigning on”.

For giggles I disabled secure boot, enabled test mode so I could install the 16.6.1 Driver, and tried BF4, but as I suspected the BF4 issue is not linked to driver version.
I still think its somthing they did with the Game DVR to “fix it” to work with BF4.

No, Im not, I was wondering , did you try the AMD autodetect tool ? you know it ? I know that you know what driver you want, but try the autodetect tool to see if it fixes it. I used it and just dumped that gaming evolved , erhh I meant APP ! :wink:

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/auto-detect-tool

Auto detect tool is gonna download the same driver, the 16.6.1 package is for Windows 7 trough 10 and all newer generation cards, there is no alternative.. And it not just me having the issue.

One thing I just noticed you say, you have to install the drivers every time, that is not normal.. I bet you have a GPO setting or somthing that is changed after Windows is installed allow you system to ignore the Driver signing but it cant happen until Window is done installing.

Hmmm, not that Im aware of, Im on the Azure network (microsoft) on this box and thats about it.Just out of curiosity I looked over it and theres nothing as far as I can see that indicates that Im using a specific GP that should make an override. I havent made any policies that should interrupt anything. On this box MS installs their own driver signed for AMD cards, it works but its not the latest. What I ment about trying to use the autodetect installer is you might bypass the signing while using the installer that way.

Thats not how that works, its going install the same driver signed the same way, AMD has confirm 16.6.1 Will not work on Windows 10 systems enforcing signed drivers.

This means Secure Boot Must be off on your system.

Secure Boot is enable by default for OEM Systems and sometimes not able to be disabled, I have now disabled Secure boot until this driver issue is fixed.

Either way though this still doesn’t fix the BF4 running in the background.

A few other reports of the same issue with BF4 not showing on the Feedback Hub in Windows 10, Search “Battlefield 4 wont show”

Yes, I also found those threads. AMD also says they are working on a fix on their homepage.
By the way, Im running all my apps on a secondary drive to not mess up with installing WIN you considered doing that just for future ?

Yes, but again that just for the driver issue, it does not cause or is the reason for BF4 staying minimized and running in the background.

And again its not just AMD, its really a MS issue with Win 10 Beta Builds, as other manufacturer have the same issue with SHA 256 signed drivers and that fully Updated Win 7 8.1 and 10 non beta is fine.

And as for running stuff on a second drive, that’s you personal preference, that does nothing to solve this issue or really is no reason to do so, except that again you prefer to..