How to Remove the Easy Anti-Cheat Driver

If the Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) drivers are blocking (Safeguard Id: 52325539) the installation of a feature update, this article tells you how to remove the EAC driver/service.

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How to remove the EAC driver

Step 1: Delete the EAC service

You can delete the EasyAntiCheat service using the following commands:

From an admin Command Prompt window, run:

reg export "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EasyAntiCheat" c:\EasyAntiCheat.reg
sc.exe delete EasyAntiCheat
reg export "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EasyAntiCheat_EOS" c:\EasyAntiCheat_EOS.reg
sc.exe delete EasyAntiCheat_EOS
Note: The “EasyAntiCheat_EOS” service may not exist on some systems. If you receive the errors ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value. and [SC] OpenService FAILED 1060 for the last two commands mentioned above, ignore them and proceed to the next step.

Step 2: Rename the EAC folder

After restarting Windows, please rename this folder:

c:\program files (x86)\easyanticheat

to

dummyfolder

Step 3: Refresh the eligibility assessment using CompatTelRunner

From an admin Command Prompt window, run this command to refresh the eligibility assessment for the latest feature update.

CompatTelRunner.exe -m:appraiser.dll -f:DoScheduledTelemetryRun

It takes a few minutes to complete. After the task completes execution, restart Windows and check for updates. Windows Update should offer you the latest feature update — e.g., Windows 11 24H2.

References

0xC1900209: This PC can’t be upgraded to this version of Windows

How to Delete a Service in Windows.

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Ramesh Srinivasan is passionate about Microsoft technologies and he has been a consecutive ten-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in the Windows Shell/Desktop Experience category, from 2003 to 2012. He loves to troubleshoot and write about Windows. Ramesh founded Winhelponline.com in 2005.

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3 thoughts on “How to Remove the Easy Anti-Cheat Driver”

    • @Fletcher: To undo the steps, do the following:

      Run these two REG files you backed up earlier:

      c:\EasyAntiCheat.reg

      c:\EasyAntiCheat_EOS.reg

      Rename:

      c:\program files (x86)\dummy

      to

      c:\program files (x86)\easyanticheat

  2. Ramesh – you are the best! 👍 It was only thanks to this article that I was able to properly remove EAC, otherwise I was going to reinstall Windows.

    P.S. Good luck to you and your site!

    Reply

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