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congaquiet's avatar
5 years ago
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the EA installer app says that I

So im trying to reinstall EA desktop after uninstalling it and it says that its already installed and asks if I want to fire it up. When I click open and it just leads me o the file location of the EA desktop installer. Can someone help me? Ive already looked through all the files in my computer and task manager and not a single instance of EA desktop has appeared, besides the installer of course. I just want to play plants vs zombies and im getting frustrated. I used IObit uninstaller to uninstall the program

  • jawbaws's avatar
    jawbaws
    5 years ago
    @congaquiet I managed to reinstall. It takes forever but...

    You go in to RegEdit/Registry Editor -> Edit -> Find -> type 'EA Desktop' -> Find Next -> delete anything that seems to relate to EA Desktop -> press F3 ('find next) and repeat until you've been through everything. Repeat again but search for 'Electronic Arts'.

    This is time consuming and also potentially dangerous as you are messing with Windows registry. Proceed with caution. In absence of a competent uninstaller from EA you don't really have much better option.

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