Oh, I forgot to mention that I deleted the entire game and re-installed it (paying closer attention to the directions while doing so) before filling out the HUB stuff (apparently superficial details).

When i see the name spudnick i am sure i've played a few years with you. Where are your Stars Bro?

Actually, I created the spudnick profile back when I was trying to get the game going. I thought a different profile name might fix the problem, which, of course, it didn't. I actually never used the account and I forgot the password. I don't know why the program allowed me to make a profile with a name that's already in use. Maybe it was because I was having BF2HUB connection problems back then??
Anyway, I deleted it.
I searched my other profile name "potatoe" and it's also been in use. So I guess I'll have to delete that too and create an original profile name. (The "potatoe" profile I created was also created when I was having HUB problems).

As for my Stars. . . well, I won't have any, since I'll be creating a new profile.

Has certainly nothing to do with, be just glad it works.


When i see the name spudnick i am sure i've played a few years with you.
Where are your Stars Bro?

Discovered the problem.
I hadn't filled out my BF2HUB Profile ID in my lost-soldiers account.
Once I did that, it worked great.

The BF2Hub is still saying the same thing, but, as said earlier, that does not matter.

Enjoying the game!

What BF2Hub shows matters very little. Try actually playing multiplay. If your not getting kicked, everything is good. If you are still getting kicked, try using the desktop shortcut, to launch game and see if you can play multiplay. If you still get kicked, try again using the shortcut, but right click and run as admin instead. See if you still get kicked again.

PS-2f4y is a server, you may get kicked, even if things are correct. Don't try playing on this one, until other servers work fine

PvtStandOn- Sounded like it might work, so I tried it. It didn't work The same message comes up in the BF2hub. See here: https://imgur.com/a/rayemX8

Potatoe- you can go into the downloaded folder Battlefield 2 Complete collection and then into the Redist folder. Inside you shall find BF2Keyman. Doubleclick it to run, click random at least once, then click apply to insert the shown key into the registry. Try playing again. It should be all good now.

ItsBrandyBro- Your issue is either anti virus stopping it from running or you have a secondary monitor installed, but not in use. Check your anti virus and make sure it hasn't stopped or quarantined bf2keyman. Most key generators are flagged by anti virus, so they can't get into trouble for allowing copyright material to run. If you have keyman shown in the toolbar, but can do nothing with it, you need to disable the secondary monitor or have it turned on. The program is starting but it starts desktop center, which is between two monitors, if another is installed. If this doesn't fix the issue, see rotblut or me on discord and ask for the fixed version of bf2keyman. Basically the fix is this line Self.Position := poDesktopCenter changed to be like this Self.Position := poScreenCenter Very subtle change but it doesn't give an issue with two monitors

ItsBrandyBro, that's not quite the same thing.
In my case, all the correct screens came up (including the CD key input screen) and I also ran the BF2keyman, which functioned properly. But, unfortunately for me, I didn't use either of them. I just hit "close" on both boxes.
For me, I think the files and programs are working correctly. I just bungled the installation.

I think I'm also running into the same problem. On the BF2 Hub, 'keys are not found. When going through the installation, I too was not able to input in any cd-key. The program that is suppose to appear after the download, I guess to enter a key-code is not popping up. I tried manually clicking 'BF2keyman' application to run. The icon shows but no actual window for the program pops up.

Well, actually, I just ran the "invalidcdkeyfix" and assumed it had fixed the problem by providing a CD key, but apparently that's not what it does.

Unfortunately, I did not enter any CD key during the installation. I just dumbly clicked "close".


Here is the picture of the bf2hub before I used the "invalidcdkeyfix": https://imgur.com/a/QdRtb9N
After I used the "invalidcdkeyfix" there were red X's on the icons. (I didn't screenshot that).
I then clicked "backup accounts" and followed the appropriate instructions. Not knowing any better, at that time, I thought everything except the icons looked fine: https://imgur.com/a/IYu4Qga
Then next day on startup: https://imgur.com/a/rayemX8

Is it possible to enter a key after its already been installed? Or will I have to delete the program and install it again? (I haven't been able to find an uninstall.exe).
What do recommend?

The servers I tried to join were: "First-Legion" and "SUPER@ - S1 Strike at Karkand Infantry Only"

Yeah, they say images speak a thousand words right? So definitely would make it easier you can upload a picture on https://imgur.com/upload and then share the link here.

Anyway, what I meant to say is that those red crosses on the BF2Hub Client aren't a problem, you can actually ditch the program altogether once installed (stop it from running on startup too) and just boot the game through the shortcut to BF2.exe that is on the Desktop.

What is important, though, is that a license code is applied. In your opening post you mentioned that you skipped that part of the installation (it comes at the very end, with a "Key Manager" program popping up), and so you were experiencing crashes on server join.

But then you mention that you could join servers so I figured you somehow applied a CD-Key? The invalidcdkeyfix.exe from BF2Hub doesn't provide you with a key, it just fixes some problems in case you already have one applied (but written wrong, or in the wrong location).

Red crosses next to your profiles aren't important, you can dismiss them, what is important is that next to the CD Keys icons you have black CD-Rom icons (not greyed out); that means you have a license applied and readable. What server did you try to join yesterday, multiple times?