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Eyylimao
4 years ago

EA Desktop asks me to log in to my microsoft acc, but I own the games.

I wanted to play Mass Effect Legendary Edition, but the EA Desktop app keeps asking me to log in to my Microsoft account to verify my EA Play, so I can update and play the game. I OWN THE GAME. It s...
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EA_Leeuw
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3 years ago

Hey all (tagging @stillcr4nk, @Daveed84x, @Jumbobreakfast), 

A little update about the situation; so at the moment, this seems to be working as intended.

The teams also came up with a potential solution: 

  • Clicking "cancel" on the log-in prompt, and then clicking "close" on the next window should allow you to download or launch your game.

Could you maybe give this a try and report back if this works for you?

However, I understand that this isn't exactly a nice flow, and that feedback has been passed on to the teams.

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Jumbobreakfast
3 years ago
@EA_Leeuw great, sounds like you are able to reproduce the problem I'm having. will be nice to get this fixed

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