Re: the new EA app is a dissaster !

I understand how you feel, in my opinion the EA app is not fit for purpose for a lot of us PC users.  I know there are lots of different hardware configs out there in PC land but it seems that there are issues out there with a lot of different (not unusual) configs.

Anyway Windows 11 is a little specific about the version of Visual Studio you have installed.  But DON'T panic installing another version shouldn't have any adverse effects on your system, they are designed to peacefully co-exist on your computer.

So regardless of the ones you've installed so far installing this one shouldn't mess anything up.

The version you require contains the files for version 2013 and a few friends have told me that installing this on Windows 11 has solved their issues.

This is the link you need just click it Visual Studio 2013    This file is from an official site - but do yourself a favour and scan it with your AV software before installing it 🙂

After installing it EVEN IF WINDOWS DOESN'T SUGGEST A RESTART I sugges you go to the start menu - power - and select "Restart" - I say restart because it forces Windows to unload all the resident stuff and clear the cache, meaning there shouldn't be any rogue files hanging around from previous versions.  It basically forces a clean restart.

Let us know if this sorts out your issues.  I'd always suggest doing any installing of this type of program as admin as you are aware of.

If you get any error messages then please post them here as a screenshot as it will help with troubleshooting.

And as I always say - if the prog. installs then make sure it's looking in the correct directory/folder for your installed games as there can sometimes be migration issues and it could be looking in the wrong place on your PC.

Hope that helps.

Cheers.

Zac, :D

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@Laurnarose wrote:

I wish I could get a solution, it has been a week and I can not get EA App to install. I have tried running as admin, dropping my firewall, downloading to different locals,  updating windows and the C++, deleting everything that says Electronic arts (except the game folder that i changed to Sims4bk) from my computer and starting all over again. Every morning for 5 days. 

Stupidly the EA App did down loade to my windows7 12 year old computer. and I can play Sims 4 for a little while before it totally glitches out. but Curseforge does not support windows 7 so I have to play without mods.

Is there no other solution out there? It has been a week, guys! Surely there must be an answer to installing the EA App on windows 11 computer.

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Not sure if you have seen this from the other threads, but uninstall EA, reinstall Origin, don't put your credentials in, get out of Origin then do this:

https://twitter.com/p0358/status/1626811868412010497

Thank you Durt Knap.

I wish I had a better understanding of computers. I followed the instructions given. I got the line added in notepad. but then what should I do? How do I use this script from notepad into opening origin?

hello, i didnt try to do it, so i dont know. I would only try if the games dont run with the ea app. What i think is that this trick may be good just for a while. Because sooner or later the origin app may not run or run bad. Anyway i agree that the instructions r not very clear. sorry. 

btw people, be careful with adding that patch to go on using origin, we dont know if punkbuster can detect it as a hack and so we lose our account. PB is not fair .. 

@LaurnaroseIt all depends which file you edited? Not everyone has their game installed in the same directory. Once you find the file it's simple enough to search inside the notepad for the line you need. It then has to be saved with the SAME name as the original file - HOWEVER it is always a good idea to make a copy of the original file BEFORE editing it. If you simply tell notepad to "Save" it will overwrite the original file (after a warning, sometimes) and if anything has gone wrong in the editing you'll be left with an edited config file and no backup of the original. Then your only option is to either try and find another copy of the original file or a "Repair" of the game.

As Albert has stated, be very careful about altering any file in your game folder, PunkBuster can analyse your game directory and may regard any changes as suspicious and issue a ban. It doesn't happen very often but I'd hate you to have to buy the game again. Punkbuster almost never revoke any bans they impose.

Zac. :D

It's quite amazing that when it comes to such post and discussion, EA_Leeuw hardly shows up to share his smart-ish wit or try enlighting us with sth similar to his latest "Import Games" repsond. 

To be honest, I'm impressed. LOL. Just saying.

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@Laurnarose wrote:

Thank you Durt Knap.

I wish I had a better understanding of computers. I followed the instructions given. I got the line added in notepad. but then what should I do? How do I use this script from notepad into opening origin?

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All you should have to do is add that line to the file and then run Origin.  Once inside Origin, you input your credentials and it should go find all your purchased games....