Yeah he just said he tried the executable, a shortcut, and ASE all with no avail. But if you were using SAFE MODE, then do what Maple says. Try NORMAL MODE.
It is just a dead link nothing happnes, i turned off all the extra video setting on my GF 4 420. I had this problem the other day, and i just re installed it. but spearhead still works. but re installing dont work this time.I uninstalled everything apart from my game. and the tried but nothing, console dont even come up . looks like i am going to have to format the drive ( not that i want to) I would like to find the cause so i can forward it to EA (like they care) but it could help people who encounter the same problems in the future.