CD-Key not valid

[=ASY=jof]

I got this message the other night after running one of these to try and see which CD key I was using (gav was trying to reinstall his BF2 on Win7):-

Code:

C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\Support\
Battlefield 2_code.exe
EasyInfo.exe

Then when trying to join a server it would kick me to the multiplayer screen with the message:-

CD-Key not valid

This was the only thing I found that worked without me having to do a full reinstall of BF2:-
BF2 CD-Key not valid anymore? WTF!?

If anyone ever gets this problem, just have a skim over that thread. I found that I only needed to change the entry in regedit to fix it. Everything else he says was unnecessary.

Open regedit (start > run > regedit)
Go to HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Electronic Arts\EA Games\Battlefield 2\erg
I had one entry names Default
Change it so it has your CD Key there (altogether without spaces or dashes) but make sure it starts with x9232

[lozzyho]

Yeah, I had that problem. F***ing nightmare to reinstall all over the place.

I think it was caused by the way I did the upgrade - I think you need to install from scratch, run the game at version 1.0 to set the key properly, upgrade to 1.41 and then upgrade to 1.5.

I think I skipped one of those steps but I'm not sure which.

[AmathusUKX]

Lozzys right, i had the same issue. All you can do is reinstall from scratch, although i patched it all the way to 1.5 before running the game, worked for me.

[=ASY=jof]

All you can do is reinstall from scratch...

Nope, just do the little regedit change if it happens again.