Re: EA App uninstalled, still thinks it's installed, therefore I can't re-install

@virtualbalboa_gg  they took over my screen through Quick Assist, found a file that was stuck within my control panel, got rid of it for me & it was that easy! The reason EA App was appearing as installed even though I'd uninstalled it, is because that file wasn't labelled as an EA file even though it was, so I didn't know I needed to delete it! EA were useless, Microsoft literally fixed it in 10 mins! X

@EA_Shepard I have no idea.. I have emailed them to ask if they remember which file it was. Would've been nice if EA had actually done more than just dismiss my issue and refer me to Answers HQ where I still didn't really get any help..

@QuicheBoard This sounds like a registry file or a file that is installed that the specific PC doesn't have permission to delete. 

I would wipe out the EA app, and use a trusted registry cleaner.

Go into task manager, and disable all nonessential programs on start up.

These are the steps I start with when there is a file that cannot be deleted.

Delete Windows Temp Files

• First, make sure you close as many programs as you can
• Press the Windows key + R, go into the file explorer
• Type in %temp%, and hit Enter
• Delete everything it allows you to delete
• Reboot the PC

Optional Registry clean-up

• install CCleaner (it's free) from here
• Run Registry cleaner
• Click review selected issues
• Do you want to back up? No
• Click Fix all selected issues