I had the same issue and the following worked for me: I checked all the "Microsoft Visual C++..." under "Apps" and choosed "Repair" where it was available. I restarted my computer and then the installation went just fine.
Community ManagerWhat I did was go back to the Origin Client. that works. Also changed to google dns numbers. but still the EA thing did not work. Origin does.
Community ManagerI tried out every fix i found and nothing worked, then i tried just using origin again but it forces me to install the ea app which is broken? I know you dont have anything to do with this but why bring out a app which is broken and then force players to switch from a working app to a broken app.
Got it installed, but am now getting error 500 for anything I try to view or launch. Weird. Yes, I'm on a 64-bit machine. Don't want to use my administrator machine account, because my user account is also administrator. Run as admin may do something, but I doubt it. I'm going back to Origin like quick. I want to play my game; not wait for a solution to this not to be publicized to everybody who tried & failed. Can't go back to Origin because it's now pushing that EA app on us all. EA should've tested this thoroughly and not left us completely disabled. WE ARE NOT BETA TESTERS, EA! Stop using us like this and go back to the old way of putting out software features. We don't get paid for this; YOU DO! For the game(s), for being an employee who should do QA better, and please stop the madness. I would've never kept my job as a developer putting out bad code like this.
Where did you find the original Origins client?
