Why am I getting forced to install EA App?
every time i open origin it softlocks me into a window that suggests to install ea app. now i thought okay its forcing me to install this must be a good reason but no. i log in with the right account...
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The EA App hasn't let me play a single game in over a week. I have tried over 30 "fixes" and nothing works. 2 days ago all of my games worked on Origin. I, like so many others, am giving up on EA until Origin is restored.
On this Thread there is a solution:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Origin-Client-Web-Technical/How-do-I-bypass-the-EA-App-and-access-Origin-to-play-games/td-p/12121303/jump-to/first-unread-message
To summarise, you firstly need to go to File Manager, and under the View option, tick the box that allows you to see Hidden Files.
Then go to your C:\ Drive, and then you will see the following Folder:
C:\ProgramData\
In that you'll see an Origin Folder, open that.
C:\ProgramData\Origin\
In there you will see this File:
local.xml
C:\ProgramData\Origin\local.xml
Save a copy of that, just in case, so you can put it back if needed.
Now open that File with, say, Notepad, and add the following Key just above the last line:
<Setting key="MigrationDisabled" type="1" value="true" />
Save that.
Go to View and un-tick the option to view Hidden Files.
Then when you launch Origin or a Game, the EA App pop up from the Origin Login, should be gone.
Worked for me.
thanks, work for me
As @speedracer523 on another Thread has also pointed out, the XML File could potentially be changed back if the upgrade push does that.
Below are his comments (in blue), that I think are worth repeating here:"...this is the missing key to the puzzle
by blocking api1 you do no remove the setting* from the xml, but since I restored mine, it never shows!
I assume if the Api1 is not blocked and ea pushed a 'removal' of the migration, the xml will be updated.
the...
api1.origin.com
is the domain it uses to check for updates, which also happens to be how it fetches data to write to the xml.
*-presumably another setting to show it or disabled set to false and hence, it shows it."
Hope that also helps.
The solution no longer works, when you place the script in the xml file and open Origin it now gets deleted, even if you didn't update Origin. You're truly forced to install EA App, ughh. Has EA App improved at all, can anyone confirm if the games are at least playable? I've been refusing to install it since all I've seen is that no one can play their games at all.
Thank you for this
If I actually had to use that dog poo EA App to play Mass Effect again, I'd never touch an EA product.
Thank you so much, All my DLCS weren't working on the EA app.
- @MayPanDay thanks... saved me from that utter garbage of an app.
The above XML File modification is still working fine for me.
Basically, I just click the Game's icon on my Windows 10 Pro Desktop, and a simple screen pops up saying logging in to Origin, that goes, and the Game then comes straight up.
When I exit, I am left with the usual Origin screen, so it must be loading up as the Game fires up.
I think that's what it always did, but cannot say I really paid any attention to it until the EA App forced upgrade pitched up to spoil it all.
I've saved a copy of both the original XML and also the modified XML, in case I need either.
If the EA App upgrade pops up again, it will probably just mean that I need to copy the modified XML back in again.
So far, so good, and that has not been needed.
When the Origin screen was up, I did disable anything I could see that may upset my little apple cart, so I have disabled Updates, Notifications, and so on.
I just play solo, so that may not be workable for those who enjoy multi player Games across the web.I do not have that file. On Windows 11
Love you!
I can install EA App, but it will not start unless I set my windows regional to something strange, messing up a couple of characters in texts everywhere.
So, I did not want to.
Thanks for the fix.
- @MayPanDay cant find local.xml file
@iiN-The-FaCeS The XLS is not visible unless you do the following:
"To summarise, you firstly need to go to File Manager, and under the View option, tick the box that allows you to see Hidden Files."
Once you do that, look at your C:\ Drive and you should then see the otherwise hidden folder:C:\ProgramData\
Then follow the instructions a couple of Posts further back, partly copied below:
"In that you'll see an Origin Folder, open that.
C:\ProgramData\Origin\
In there you will see this File:
local.xml
C:\ProgramData\Origin\local.xml"
Hope that helps.I got origin to work but now my Sims 4 won't open!!! i tried running it as admin, running the .exe and nothing is working! please help
Me too. EA has forced an unfinished Beta app version on all of us
- @MayPanDay Thanks. EA app was reliably crashing my non-legendary Mass Effect 1 less than 5 min into a session. Origin does not.
- @MayPanDay Works
Thanks, that worked.
Battlefield 2042 doesn't run in the ea app for some reason and there was a work around by installing and starting through origin. If this ends up not working i will finally take the hint and never play 2042 again
This worked for me on my new AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Nvidia 1650 build. What a relief. I was having issues with crashes in many games, including Mass Effect, and Jade Empire. I can confirm that my wife's Intel i5 build (same GPU) has no issues with the EA app (at least with Mass Effect, didnt test others), so I believe EA is just dropping the ball with AMD users. Thoughts?
