Paladins were very popular a few years back, being a free-to-play hero shooter with a huge cast of characters that actually continues to increase to this very day. The game even rivaled Overwatch for a time when it came to fame, and continues to be an engaging game that thousands upon thousands of players enjoy on a regular basis thanks to the variety of content. If you’re one of the many in the lively community for Paladins still enjoying it today, there’s no doubt you’ll be familiar by now with some common issues.
While the game itself can be quite fun to play, getting it ready to play in the first place can be quite annoying. There are occasional errors that might prevent it from starting, such as the Paladins error code 20006 which blocks players from starting the game. Some might already know this, but this specific problem isn’t actually one with Paladins. Instead, it is an issue with the anti-cheat software the title uses to protect its players from any hackers and/or exploiters. Regardless, here’s how to get through the error message and play.
Solving the Paladins Error Code 20006
- Error 1058
If you carefully read the full error message after the 20006, you’ll be able to notice that there’s another set of numbers after this as well. This can either be 1058 or another set of numbers which will be discussed later down below. In the case that the number users are seeing is 1058, it likely just means that EasyAntiCheat has been disabled for some reason.
It needs to be enabled once more before users can begin to play Paladins again. To figure out if the program has been disabled from functions or not, simply click on its icon and then check the properties. Within these properties, there will be a tab for start-up type. Make sure that this is set to automatic so that EasyAntiCheat can work without any issues from now on. Once the changes have been applied consider restarting the computer before trying to launch Paladins again to see if it worked.
- Error 1072
The previously mentioned “other” set of numbers is 1072. If this is the error message that is displayed after 20006 then the issue is likely one with EasyAntiCheat having been scheduled for deletion. This can happen randomly and is rather annoying, but there’s a pretty simple solution. All that needs to be done is making sure that the software isn’t marked for deletion any longer, which should be more than possible by opening up Regedit.
Once open, copy and paste the following without the quotation marks: “Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EasyAntiCheat”. Now just hit enter and you’ll see many things related to EasyAntiCheat. Out of these many things, one will be a property called “DeleteFlag” which might be set to 1. Change this to 0 and restart the computer after saving these changes. Now restart Paladins to see if this worked.
- 32/64-Bit Confliction
EasyAntiCheat is a software that tends to work best on 32-bit Windows and might cause many issues like this one with 64-bit Windows. This error might work if you’ve got the program using the latter instead of the former. That said, there is a very easy way to get rid of this conflict.
Simply go into your main drive’s folders to find the 64-bit Windows folder. Locate the EasyAntiCheat.exe file from here and cut it. Now just find the 32-bit Windows folder within this same drive and paste the .exe there. This should solve the issue and let you play Paladins once more.
- Uninstall EasyAntiCheat
The last solution left which might work best if all else have failed is to just get rid of EasyAntiCheat entirely. Obviously, this doesn’t refer to getting rid of it permanently, as that simply isn’t an option if users wish to keep playing Paladins. Instead, just get rid of every file related to it by performing a clean uninstall of the software and then reinstall it shortly afterward. This shouldn’t take as much time as it sounds like it would take and will likely solve the issue.