There’s absolutely no shortage of battle royale games out there. More and more of these keep released within months of one another. But, there still aren’t many titles out there that can hold a candle to the BR experience offered by Fortnite. It was one of the original games to embrace the genre and quickly became the most popular one as well. Even today, it holds out as one of the best games in the category with thousands upon thousands of daily active players.
But, none of these regular players can deny that there are certain problems with Fortnite. This includes little bugs, errors, and other issues. One example of this is the 1058 launch error that some users might encounter when trying to start Fortnite. If you’ve recently run into something similar while trying to play, you aren’t alone. Lots of people have complained about facing this issue, and that’s exactly why we’ll be using this article to cover some solutions for it.
Fortnite Launch Error 1058
1. Easy Anti-Cheat Not Installed
All online multiplayer games need an anti-cheat system if they want to prevent hackers from messing with other players. If there’s no anti-cheat, there’s no way for the server to identify which players are cheating. That way, they can’t ban them. Luckily, that’s not the case, and there are all kinds of software used for this exact purpose.
One of the most popular ones of them all is Easy Anti-Cheat, which is used by many of the most popular multiplayer titles out there. This includes Fortnite, and the game won’t run without the program. It could be that EAC wasn’t installed properly when you downloaded the game. If that’s the case, you’ll have to take care of things manually.
First, go to Fortnite’s directory. In there, you’ll find a folder dedicated to Easy Anti-Cheat. The path to this should look something like this:
“X:\Program Files\Epic Games\Fortnite\FortniteGame\Binaries\Win64\EasyAntiCheat”
Once located, find the EAC setup in this folder and then run it as an administrator. Now follow the steps as the screen displays them, and you’ll be able to install the software in no time. When that is taken care of, launch Fortnite to see if it works this time around.
2. EAC Not Running
Another possibility is that Easy Anti-Cheat was downloaded properly, but it isn’t running. This might happen when certain applications or Windows itself blocks the software from launching. Fix this by opening up the “Services” menu through the Start menu.
In this menu, you’ll need to scroll down for a while until you can locate the Easy Anti-Cheat section. Right-click on it once you locate the program, and then go to its properties. From there, you’ll find a menu specifically for “start-up”. Click on this and set EAC’s start-up to “automatic”. Now restart your computer and try to launch Fortnite again. The launch error shouldn’t pop up this time.
3. Incomplete Installation
Other than Easy Anti-Cheat, sometimes there can be other entire files missing from Fortnite due to a buggy installation. This error message might pop up in these cases too. This is something that doesn’t require a complicated fix, but it’s still time-consuming.
Your only requirement is to completely uninstall Fortnite and then reinstall it. It might take a few hours depending on your internet speed. However, it’s s sure-fire way of making sure you don’t encounter this error message again.
4. Run A UAC Scan
If none of the other solutions worked, it could be that you’re missing other important files that aren’t Fortnite’s. The game needs certain Windows files and programs to run properly. Without them, you might get this error message and the game won’t start.
To ensure this isn’t the problem, try to run a scan through the User Account Control (UAC) prompt. The system file checker will search through the files on your system and identify anything missing, or possibly corrupt. That way, you can find the specific cause of the issue and fix it without having to completely uninstall and reinstall Windows.