EA app STILL doesn't work - what's going on?!
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Having the same issue ☹️
@DadsSpaghettios and @Runalicious - there is a similar issue with Command & Conquer, but someone posted a workaround which actually works.
The workaround is the 6th comment here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Command-Conquer-Games/Command-and-Conquer-Remastered-Failed-to-launch/m-p/12290229/highlight/true#M46616
The instructions for Red Alert were:
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I had same issue but managed to get C&C Remastered to launch by selecting it in the EA App, clicking MANAGE, then View Properties and then adding -REDALERT to the Advanced launch options. After clicking OK to the admin prompt, the launcher successfully ran and allowed me to select my C&C original game or Red Alert.
Hopefully this will work for others too until EA sort out the bugs in this awful EA app.
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You might have to use something like -SIMS4 (that's a guess, so it could be something else like -SIMS).
Hope that works.
If it does, let others know.
Cheers,
Darren
Thanks. It works.
Did you use it for C&C or SIMS 4? It didn't work for me with SIMS 4 and I never even had ORIGIN...SMDH
@DadsSpaghettios and @Runalicious :
A bit of an update for this.
So, apparently for Command & Conquer, adding -anything also works (as does /anything and +anything), so the Advanced launch options could literally be anything that includes a dash at the beginning.
The person who pointed this out to me thinks that there is an issue with invalid paths/filenames, so I recommend checking to ensure that the EA app is using the correct path.
Below is a quote from that person:
"My theory is that the EA app is trying to call the C&C exe using an invalid path/filename. Adding the switch seems to invoke a different call which uses the correct path/filename. You can actually use any switch you want, even gibberish."
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