Re: Origin and EA Desktop refusing to launch when both installed

Yeah, I have the same issue. I've tried everything. I have uninstalled both, now my games don't run without reinstalling BOTH. I shut both down through task manager and ran my games through steam........same error. If you guys can't resolve this for the people who consistently buy the $100+ packages for games and get super stoked for what you guys release, then people (myself very soon included), will never support you and your errors again. I know whoever is answering this probably has no say, and I'm not mad at you, but I am pissed I waited this long for Battlefield, bought a new PC strictly for this game to run, and paid over $100 for the game, and can't run it due to a BS error. I just spent thousands for this game for nothing. Please help me out and make this right.

Hi @Player_pi8g0bg1,

I get to see this error message quite often too, but that's because Origin automatically starts when I boot up my PC. That means that I cannot open the EA app as Origin has already started. 

Make sure that you close down the other app as you cannot have both Origin and the EA app running at the same time. As Darko said, this is something that you can do through the Task Manager, or just head over to your taskbar, click on the EA app or Origin (whichever is running) and press ALT+F4.

I tried that to no avail. I just uninstalled both and let steam take the reins on this one.

That's strange though, is there anything in your Task Manager that would indicate that both of the apps or one of the app is already open?

@ace0f5p4d35 

I just foolishly installed the EA APP as I also have Xbox game pass.. Now I can't run BF2042 from Steam... I don't see EA or Origin running in the background.. It's probably doing me a favor but I agree what a * show..