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EA SPORTS FC 26: Persistent EA AntiCheat Crash on Startup (PACKER_*.dmp / Crash… (Workarounds)
Short answer
No confirmed fix yet. Players suggest: Two targeted things to test next: - Try launching from a fresh local Windows administrator account.
The problem
I've been trying to launch EA SPORTS FC 26 on PC via Steam for days, but the game crashes immediately upon startup with the Crash Report Handler window. It keeps generating a memory dump file with the path C:\ProgramData\eaanticheat\Crashdumps\PACKER_XXXXX_XXXXX.dmp, and these .dmp files accumulated until they filled up my entire C: drive with over 100 GB in dumps. I have already verified that…
What players suggest
Hey @marquin.kzm A PACKER crash usually means the binary protection is failing to unpack into memory or colliding with a background driver. Two targeted things to test next: - Try launching from a fresh local Windows administrator account. Corrupted user profile permissions or crypto keys can cause the packer to crash immediately, and a new local profile rules that out completely. - Test a clean…
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Source: original Steam Community discussion. Quotes are shortened; all credit goes to the posters. Tags: crash