Re: Games are already running (they are not) and sometimes it changes to Error 500

I managed to find a work around in this thread https://answers.ea.com/t5/EA-General-Questions/switch-from-ea-to-origin/td-p/11353411/page/2

I had to completely uninstall the EA app and install the old Origin app.  

You can download Origin here https://www.dm.origin.com/download

When you launch the game from Steam it will prompt you to install the EA app again.  Don't do it!.  Just cancel or close that window.  Then the game loads.  I also found that it does not work if you are in Family View on Steam so make sure you exit that if you are before launching the game.

Pretty janky way to do it but at least we can play games again.