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Re: EA Desktop Background Services not disabled using toggle in Application Settings

I'd like to add that disabling the Background Service causes EA Desktop to fail to start. If we could disable it, as the settings in EA Desktop suggest, then why does EA Desktop critically fail when the background service can't be reached?

Right now I'm using a workaround of not allowing the service to start at system boot (change startup type to manual) and then I use scripts to kill the service after I'm done playing any EA game. This 100% isn't the way it should be but unfortunately it is how I see things going. I don't trust that EA will actually allow us to disable the background service since I'm fairly certain it does more than manage downloads when EA Desktop isn't running.

3 Replies

Limoxnero
5 years ago
Soo can you chare the fix?
RevengeOfGibbon
5 years ago
+1 to this, it's absurd the application won't even launch when the background service is disabled. It's a storefront, why does it need to be running a background process?
LLexson
4 years ago
@RevengeOfGibbon for me the background services is turned off in the settings but in task manager it is still there (even after restart) and the only way I can launch the app is through the xbox app.