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endersniperwds
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9 years ago
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[PC] - "Play" in Origin is grayed out, won't open from desktop application

First. My specs. GPU: 1070 w/ 8gb CPU: i7 6700k

Okay, the problem. When I go to battlefield 1 on my desktop, it's there. I can click it, and nothing will happen. So then, I open origin. Tried clicking "Play". It was grayed out, but the play button isn't grayed out on BF4 or anything else. 

This just started about 2 hours ago.

What I've tried: Right click origin, run as admin. Right click BF1 origin app, repair and update. They're grayed out. I'm on origin 10, by the way.

I've tried everything I've found, nothing has worked.

I attached an image. Can somebody please tell me how to fix this?

  • Yes, I bought it. No, it's not a trial. I have the full game.

    I couldn't even launch the repair. And yes, I tried everything else.

    BUT!

    Somehow, it fixed ITSELF? I loaded up origin the next day to try to fix it, and boom. I could play it. Thanks to everybody that responded. 👍🥳

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  • @endersniperwds wrote:

    First. My specs. GPU: 1070 w/ 8gb CPU: i7 6700k

    Okay, the problem. When I go to battlefield 1 on my desktop, it's there. I can click it, and nothing will happen. So then, I open origin. Tried clicking "Play". It was grayed out, but the play button isn't grayed out on BF4 or anything else. 

    This just started about 2 hours ago.

    What I've tried: Right click origin, run as admin. Right click BF1 origin app, repair and update. They're grayed out. I'm on origin 10, by the way.

    I've tried everything I've found, nothing has worked.

    I attached an image. Can somebody please tell me how to fix this?


    Did you purchase BF1, is this a trial, etc? When you launched the repair did you run Origin as an administrator as well by right clicking the Origin icon on the desktop and selecting "run as administrator?"

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    endersniperwds
    Seasoned Newcomer
    9 years ago

    Yes, I bought it. No, it's not a trial. I have the full game.

    I couldn't even launch the repair. And yes, I tried everything else.

    BUT!

    Somehow, it fixed ITSELF? I loaded up origin the next day to try to fix it, and boom. I could play it. Thanks to everybody that responded. 👍🥳