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Temennigru
4 years ago
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EA app and steam

When you run battlefield on steam, it opens origin to load your account or something. I just installed the EA app and it blocks origin from starting. I though steam would switch to the EA app, but i...
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    EA_Leeuw
    4 years ago
    Hey @Temennigru,

    No, unfortunately, the Steam integration is not available yet for the EA Desktop app and will require Origin. The EA Desktop app and Origin can indeed not run simultaneously. However, fully closing either Origin or the EA Desktop app (kill all processes via Task Manager etc. including background services) should allow the two programs to boot separately.
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EA_Leeuw
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4 years ago
Hey @Temennigru,

No, unfortunately, the Steam integration is not available yet for the EA Desktop app and will require Origin. The EA Desktop app and Origin can indeed not run simultaneously. However, fully closing either Origin or the EA Desktop app (kill all processes via Task Manager etc. including background services) should allow the two programs to boot separately.

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