Re: EA Launcher doesn´t install in choosen directory

@CarbonCarl 

The problem with doing that is that the Start Menu icon that launches the app will no longer work, not to mention all of the registry links that point to it will be broken (and also the Windows will be unable to uninstall the program, update it correctly, etc.).

(This applies to many other applications btw, not just the EA Desktop app. It's generaly bad practice to just cut-and-paste folders that come from the Program Files/Program Files x86 folder.)

There's hoping that EA will change how the installer works to allow you choosing custom install location.

In the mean time, as a workaround if you want to go through the hoops, you could edit the system environment variables to indicate that the Program Files is elsewhere, install EA Desktop, and then change the variable back to original.

@GODJonez 

You and anyone that is interested in this feature should "me too" this OP in the feedback forum and maybe leave a commend.

I've already made a separate Program Files on another directory where I manually install all my other applications on. I was also able to change some of the default folder directories after a clean install of my PC, but some folders can't be relocated (such as parts of %AppData% and other system folders) unless you install your OS in that directory.

Editing the system environment variables might also break, if not cause Windows components to outright fail. In fact anything involved with fiddling the Windows Registry could end up corrupting data. Also the mentioned method of switching variables back and forth won't work since Windows is dependent on knowing where those variables are.

When installing the EA app, there is a button that you can press to customize the installation location. 

You can find it by pressing the CUSTOMIZE SETUP button, which you can find on this screen:

@贾森 点了那个按钮但还是不能自定义

Google Translate:

Jason, I clicked the button, but I still can’t customize it

EDIT by EA_Jason: Added English translation. 

The option in the launcher to customize the installation *only* allows you to change the games installation location, not the location of the client itself. My C drive does not have a lot of space in it, so I don't want to download any game clients to it. My C drive is not my default download location, and it is not listed as my main drive in my computer, so there is no reason the EA client should be installing on my C drive.

@BrennanS117 

No, it allows you to choose the install location of the client.

I can also only change the location where the games are installed. The EA Desktop app is still installed on C.

@SrNadaHimself 

I could reproduce this behaviour after deleting and reinstalling EA app.

This is strange because it worked just fine only a week ago as I reinstalled EA app, as you can see in my screenshot, because of a CPU/Motherboard change.

I will get in contact with the EA CMs.

yea came back to have a look at the messed up battlefield what is for free this month..

c drive is locked by our IT's policies so I picked another drive for installing. Im wondering the app is ignoring the policies and is on C. But nothing happens if I want to launch it. Reinstalled picked another drive again and it keeps installing on C..

what a dump piece of * after this "origin" fail 🙌

do the devs test their software before rolling it out??

at least we do not need to wait for the slow devs. So do not hesitate switching to another awesome game! there will be a new map today .. better check it out 😇

have you got any response from the EA CMs? 

A few weeks ago, installing the client on a different drive was definitely possible.

A fix would be very much appreciated.

@Redstar182 

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Redstar182 wrote:

have you got any response from the EA CMs? 

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It was passed on by the CMs, but no feedback yet.

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Redstar182 wrote:

A few weeks ago, installing the client on a different drive was definitely possible.

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Yes, absolutely.

Solution:

Just make the folder you want to install in the path you want to install in an then mark it.

Then in will be installed there.

The installer just isn't able to set the folders itself.

it's the app install not the games, and that you show won't do it have tried

I'll have to admit your're right!

It accepted the created folder outside of C:\ and also showed it in the install mask but it installed in C:\ anyway the other folder exists but is emtpy.

Also my games are still where they were inside the ORIGIN folder on F:\ in my case.

Typical EA coding junk!🤐

As a software dev myself, i am ashamed that someone released this garbage even after the "beta" clearly showed this is even worse than origin was.

A month ago, i had no trouble to install it on a custom location... now its just install itself on c:\.