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justcapucine1
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2 years ago

Ea app not downloading windows 11

So I have EA App and today I was asked to update. I was asked by the app to update over and over and restart. I did and kept getting the same message.  So I thought maybe this was an error and I should reinstall the EA app. Well now the EA app will not install. I keep getting the error INST- 14-1603. I called customer service for them to tell me to update Windows Visual C++ did that, and then was told to delete temp files did that. The gag is no other app has this issue. I Uninstalled Xbox app was able to reinstall with no issue, I uninstalled steam reinstalled no issue. What is going on with the EA app.??

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  • It's a well known problem and has been going on for a couple of years now. EA haven't bothered to fix it though.

    If you do a Google search on "EA app won't install" you'll see dozens of websites where this is discussed and various fixes you can try (Visual C++ being one of them).

    I've just tried to get this to work after purchasing Mass Effect on the Steam store. I've given up now, after several hours of trying and got a refund on the game.

  • @justcapucine1 This might help - I finally found a solution. Lauch the EA APP installer and choose the custom installation. Change the folder it wants to install to. I created an "EA" folder on a separate hard drive, but other people just created a folder on their C: drive. It installed first time this time.

  • @justcapucine1 wrote:

    So I have EA App and today I was asked to update. I was asked by the app to update over and over and restart. I did and kept getting the same message.  So I thought maybe this was an error and I should reinstall the EA app. Well now the EA app will not install. I keep getting the error INST- 14-1603. I called customer service for them to tell me to update Windows Visual C++ did that, and then was told to delete temp files did that. The gag is no other app has this issue. I Uninstalled Xbox app was able to reinstall with no issue, I uninstalled steam reinstalled no issue. What is going on with the EA app.??


    I see several people saying that contacto costumer service and they replied, i opened a case yesterday and no answer so far. How do you contact them, via email?

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