Ok, so when I first started playing Battlefield 2142, everything went fine, and the game seemed to run perfectly. Then, one day, I opened it up, and the game froze when loading maps (at 60-70%). How annoying… Anyway, I googled around and found that I wasn’t the only one that had this problem, and lots of people couldn’t fix there computer even with all the “fixes” posted on forums. So, I decided to just quickly reinstall it. Uninstall went fine, but when it came back up for the reinstall, a message popped up on my screen, “Please Enter CD-KEY, found on the box/booklet”. At first I thought this wouldn’t be a problem, the box was just about 2 feet away from me in my view. I picked it up to fin that it wasn’t written on the box. “Huh, must be on the booklet inside”, I thought. I opened that box to find that it wasn’t there! WTF! OMFG! Xfire-ing my friends about me revelation only resulted in several “ownt, ownt, ownt-s”. I looked around and couldn’t find the booklet. Google then told me that the CD key is also stored in the registry, but that was only with the game installed :(.
But then, I came across a brilliant idea! System Restore! I restored my computer to just before I uninstalled the game and found that while this did not restore the game so that you could play it, it did restore all the registry files that you had! YAY!
So, now I’ll show you how to do this. First, go to START>Run, and then type in msconfig, the System Configuration Utility should pop-up. Then, just click the Launch System Restore button. After System Restore pops up, make sure that Restore my computer to an earlier time, is selected and click Next. Now, click the dates on the calender until you find the one where it says Removed Battlefield 2142. Click on those words and then click Next, and then Next once again. Your computer will now shutdown and restart with BF2142 installed once again. You might notice however, that it may not actually work. This is not important though, since we just want to get your CD-Key back. When your computer turns back on, you can do one of the following:
1) Download the following program to find your Cd-Key (http://files.xnr.be/a03f563a32cd93bf3c66faa28782d8a6.bat). This is a program written by SaladFork from the FeverGaming, BF2 forums that i slightly modified to work for bf2142. For BF2 users, (http://files.xnr.be/8af7696759121f0b60cb99d2248c0a92.bat)
2) If that program fails, or you don’t feel like using it, go to START>Run, then type in Regedit. Then go under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Electronic Arts>EA Games>Battlefield 2142>and click ergc. Then click the file on the right hand side (Default), right click it, and click modify. Copy what is written here.
Now, this is the final step and applies to both steps. What your CD-Key is, is everything that program, or regedit, tells you after x9392.
That should be it, now you should have your cdkey and should be able to install once again. Make sure you write it down, or save it in a file.
Tested on Bf2142 w/ 1.25 patch
Hope it helped! Comments are appreciated!
dude thanks a million!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
baaaah nvm it dosent work!!!!! the key is no where to be found!
Hey thx for the post, the download didnt work so i ran the regedit plan and got the key.
Nice work
THANK YOU !!! JEJUES CHRIST
THANK YOU SO MUCH
You never explained what to do if you lost your battlefield 2142 cd, not the cd key.
I had a virus about a month ago, and had to do a system recovery, when I did so, it unistalled my game. Now that I want to reinstall it, I can’t find the disc. Can you help me?
RE:: Jeff
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//You never explained what to do if you lost your battlefield 2142 cd, not the cd key.
//I had a virus about a month ago, and had to do a system recovery, //when I did so, it unistalled my game. Now that I want to reinstall //it, I can’t find the disc. Can you help me?
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Not to be rude or anything, but this article is not about what to do when you lose your CD.
I can help you with this problem. What you will need to do is download an .ISO image of the game. You can do so by downloading it via torrent, and then mounting it onto a virtual drive via Daemon Tools. Then you just use your own CD-KEY. As long as you use your own cd key that you bought, it should be legal too. (NOT SURE THOUGH).
I will send you an email detailing this, and you should recieve it in the next 10 minutes (providing that the email you supplied when submitting the comment is valid). I might even just write a post, but for now, ill just email you.
Make sure you check your spam for a.omnamo@gmail.com
If you do not receive the email, you can contact me at a.omnamo@gmail.com.
Thanks, i owe you
didn’t work i ran it and it just shut down looks a bit sus tbh.
If you look above at previous comments, it does work… for some…
Also, if you read the post, it details two ways to do it– manually(which obviously cannot be suspicious) AND automatically through the BAT file. If you right click that BAT file and open it in Notepad, you will see that there is nothing suspicious about it.
Hi there
I have used both the .bat and the manual method and get a reg value of over 60 characters
What format is this, as it has no resemblance at all to my actual BF2 CD key, of 5x 4 hex digits
I had two legit BF2 keys and play alongside my son, and due to a virus had to delete the D partition (C was left intact)
I only have one CD key left readable (dog ate the box and booklet eliminating sticker)
Even after restoring to a point prior to the delete date for my reformat of D:/> i am unable to get the key information from this series of digits and letters that your bat recovers, even when done on non corrupt PC as a comparision, still 50 odd chars long
Is there a formula I can apply to the info in my registry to expose the true install key?
Cheers
yea i have the same problem as the guy above me and i have no idea what all those numbers mean. mostly having a lot of 0’s.
THANKS A MILLION!
Pure awesome! =)
I’m getting the same problem as Steve and Brent and i don’t know what to do.
Yeah i am not the same guy as this guy up there but i am having the same problem except it looks like my cd key but when i try to registrar it it says the code is invalid i Have done the regedit part and I AM not system restoring to about 2 months after i installed 2142 (that’s when i lost it), Is the any Crackgen available?
What if I use a cd-key to install the game, then use an account I’ve used previously in-game
hey guys the reason ur getting a huge long code is because after ea being the communist they are encrypted the key into a code after you patched your game. There is no way to get it back. the only reason they got the code is because they probably didnt have it patched yet
so is there no possible way to de-code this stuff?
Can someone get the .Bat files back up… i have an older computer with the installed game on it… and i’d like to see if i can resurect the KEY.
I clicked on the link to get the bat file but its not working.
I looked at the ergc file with the 1.40 patch, and it was just a long list of letters and numbers. Then, I restored my system back to when I still had the 1.25 patch. When I went to the regedit, ergc wasn’t even there. Is there any way I can get it to show up on the 1.25 patch, or are my attempts futile?
Hey, disregard my last comment. I actually found my CD key like this: www.support.ea.com then click on My Account under My Stuff. If you registered with EA then type in ur login info, and then click on the My Games tab. The Registration Code was my serial key.
OK i have a huge problem…and to uninstall my game like 2 1/2 years ago..nothing was helping me…I gave up. Now i found this…but system restore won’t let me go back past a few months…is there anyway?…(BTW demi…i tried on ea.com…i think they took all ur game stuff off there cuz i can’t find my code) so uh yeah.
I did exactly what you did. Lost the booklet. Why cant htey put it on the case? Oh well. Thanks so much. I’m about to try it.
the erdg folder is not in there. Help
cannot download file. it says “file not found. bad request”. any help appreciated
I dont know if going to regedit works, but if you had a problem like mine then it wouldn’t work at all. What happened is that I upgraded my PC to Windows Vista. Hence I lost all my registry entries though not the installed game(it was installed on another drive). But I could not get it to connect to any online games even from the installation folder on the other drive! So I had to reinstall. The only problem was that I had lost the booklet which had the CD-Key!! I could not do a system restore as suggested above as I had formatted my computer for the Vista install!!
So here is what you do.
Go to this site.
http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg/php/enduser/home.php?p_sid=teIU4b5j
This is the support site of EA. I’m sure for BF 2142 you have had to create an account there. Use that account username and password to login. Once logged in click on the My Account section on the left. You will be asked to sign in again. Upon doing that you will come to a page with the Tab “My Games”. Your registered game with EA will be mentioned below(BF 2142 in my case). Just below that your CD-Key will be given. Copy that down and keep it in a safe place!!
I tried this for BF2142 and it worked like a charm! Don’t know if it will work with any other game! Hope this helps!!
Cheers.
I was just wondering if u restore ur computer to an earlier time will it delete the current files i just saved or installed? plz reply
THANX MAN IM HAPPY I CAN PLAY BF 2142 AGIAN BEQUZ OF THIS GUY
my name is Gollom in bf 2142 if u see me try to shoot me
here’s a thought… don’t be a retard and lose the CD key? seriously… make a copy of them when you get them (i make 2.. write one in a book, and another in a draw, and leave the original in the game case).. that’s what i do.. I’ve never once lost a CD key.. and like, put your games away.. properly.. and this shit doesn’t happen.
That is cool! Thanks
Thanks a lot. Though I didn’t find my cd-key in the place you described. Instead, I found it by searching ‘ergc’ in my regedit backup. Well, if I know nothing about ‘ergc’, I can’t make it.
all your hints suck ass with the exception of Gaurav
Thanks Gaurav
Hello,
intead of restoring the entire system you coud also export the registry to a file on a regular basis (scheduled). This could be done in batch mode, so no interaction is necessary, i.e.:
regedit /E [TargetFileName] “HKEY_USERS”
So if you have installed a game, save the last registry-backup and start the job manually and zip TargetFileName. Then you’ll be safe from loosing printed data.
You could also restore TargetFileName in one go (danger!):
regedit /S [filename]
Be careful! Best is to create a new [filename] containing only registry keys (entire tree) you want to. If you’re importing the wrong file it will kick your system back into stone-age
Cheers,
Wollu
You write very well.
How The Fuck Do I Get BF@ SP Keys Off Disk
Good effort Admin, but when I tried it, the BF2142 link didnt work. Also, it just a lot easier to go to the EA website and get the key there. Seems like this thread is out of date…
When i do the regedit step and click modify the value name and value data are blank, my hardrive was recently wiped so I dont know if that has something to do with it.
Hey, dude you’ve made me so happy! =)
Nice work! I’ll have to do a cross post on this one
Haha ^^ nice, is there a section to follow the RSS feed
Thanks mate, worked like a treat
ok so i was following your steps….what do i do if it says it could not go restore that? (this is SWBF2 btw)
Hey same thing happen to me i did the regedit thing and the valve data and name is blank i really want to play it again cause they got that Star wars mod for it and its crazy :D..
hi all, i never had a cd key for it, i bought a heap of games off sum 1 but none had cd keys, i’v tried a keygen n other key i’v found on the net, but cant manage to play
does sum1 wanna give me their account user name and password???
or could sum1 atlest tell me how toplay offline?
thanx
lol
Faster better easier way, Log onto your account in eagames and click my games it will show you ALL of your ea game cd keys, Write it down. Next google and download ea download manager log into your account and bingo you will start Downloading the game follow the steps from there. and this way is LEGAL
the website dosn’t exist, its for sale.
Okay I got few problems.
The Run>Regedit method worked fine, until I found the file.
Its a 60 digit serial, how do I know what is my CD key?
after the x9392 comes a series of 0’s and 1’s.
The other problem is that I dont have a “My Games” tab in the “My Account” page. PLEASE HELP!!!
Anyone ever bought there own CD key?
I recently moved to Canada, and on my way forgot my booklet at my old house back in Florida.
So spoke to support.. they want me to turn in my CD and case and then give them a money order of 10 bucks for the cd-key.
Blah.. I could buy one for 10 bucks over the internet and not waste time shipping and waiting. But before I do that, has anyone ever purchased a CD-key over the web.. ?
Thank ;]
Hello i lost my cd key’s to
i can only get back the key from BF2142
in “My Account” / “My Games” tab.. how do i get the key for BF2 then??
btw this is a new pc and i have never instalt non of the games on it..
plz help mi thanks
Hi, um i have my CD key ( i know this kinda off the forum ) but when i try to login in it says “The CD key has already been registered an acount” What do I do?
I got the same problem as Silver..
Gaurav:
So here is what you do.
Go to this site.
http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg/php/enduser/home.php?p_sid=teIU4b5j
This is the support site of EA. I’m sure for BF 2142 you have had to create an account there. Use that account username and password to login. Once logged in click on the My Account section on the left. You will be asked to sign in again. Upon doing that you will come to a page with the Tab “My Games”. Your registered game with EA will be mentioned below(BF 2142 in my case). Just below that your CD-Key will be given. Copy that down and keep it in a safe place!!
I tried this for BF2142 and it worked like a charm! Don’t know if it will work with any other game! Hope this helps!!
Cheers.
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This worked for me to activate the xpac! Thanks so much!
i can’t go far enough back in history!! (it’s already a year ago that i removed it)
i don’t know any of this computer stuff and i am really confused!!! for BF2 i get CDcode invalid and try everything on the list but still does work….
same problem
idk why people are saying thanks because the regedit just gives us a long as code: i mean wtf is all this? that isn’t the cd registration code -_- someone back to me at bigpimpmike786@myspace.com reason for me not saying my yahoo is because i don’t need a load of shit emails and spam!
01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297
eb01000000dbbdcedab4045f4f9d47ada4901f
8fbb0000000040000000540068006900730020
00690073002000740068006500200064006500
73006300720069007000740069006f006e0020
0073007400720069006e0067002e0000000366
0000a800000010000000260dc2641943466aa7
ad0000000004800000a00000001000000040e4
8a4035f08288c7d35c8b16c515b71800000065
406dcc4fd606bc487ca5ba1c8e7ccd7a26891c
d3920951140000009ca93bb2d125532c818301
ef47223dc7566eef28
Спасибо за статью.. Актуально мне сейчас.. Взяла себе еще перечитать.
Не думал, что найду это здесь.
Я писал что-то подобное, но у Вас тема более глубого раскрыта
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Thank You! It totally worked!
ummm i did this and theres nothing TO copy help? e-mail me at tsburdon4@hotmail.com please. The game IS on here just theres nothing TO copy.