My God, I'm completely fed up. My computer has been running for almost 2 days straight trying to install it. Downloaded it twice, installed from disc twice, completely erased temporary and Origin data, everything. Support tells me to return it for a refund, something the retailer I know can't do because it's been redeemed. So, after having given more than a thousand euros to EA in a few years, this is what I get for buying day one again. Thanks EA, I never had a 50€ paperweight.
Allright folks i got a working solution : First go to dvd folder autorun, and start origin setup.exe to reinstall origin. Don´t ask why. Next DISABLE origin in your windows systrem tray. Then start autorun.exe. This in turn starts origin again, and the install from disk.
Hurray, not even the tech support came up with this.
I guess the programmer thought to himself that no sane person would voluntarily install origin and have the prog running , so he didnt mind if the autorun installer blocks if origin is already running.... Bloody ridiculous peace of trashware.
Thanks, man!^ You r my hero! :D 🙂
Nice one - that works!
@Philipposmagnus wrote:Allright folks i got a working solution : First go to dvd folder autorun, and start origin setup.exe to reinstall origin. Don´t ask why. Next DISABLE origin in your windows systrem tray. Then start autorun.exe. This in turn starts origin again, and the install from disk.
Hurray, not even the tech support came up with this.
I guess the programmer thought to himself that no sane person would voluntarily install origin and have the prog running , so he didnt mind if the autorun installer blocks if origin is already running.... Bloody ridiculous peace of trashware.
THANK YOU - Finally got this stupid thing to work.
You gave me hope! But.. How do I disable origin in my windows system tray?
Thanks, it worked for me... after I canceled the partial download Origin had started previously.
Anyone following Philipposmagnus's procedure: make sure you have no active downloads of the game. You can cancel your download through the download queue in the Origin menu or clicking on the words in the progress bar at the bottom of Origin program. There will be a pause button and an "x" for cancel. Beware that this will delete your partial download and you'll have to start downloading over again if this procedure doesn't work.
Good Luck!
BTW: EA "support" chat told me that there is no way to install from my discs. Time to update their scripts!
What do you mean go to the DVD folder autorun?? Where can i find this??
