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Freddy_Merkyuri's avatar
20 days ago

Error installing EA launcher

Hi everyone, I have a problem installing the EA launcher. When I try to install it through Steam or manually, I get error inst-14-1603. Trying to fix this, I've reinstalled all Visual C++ packages, all .NET packages (I also enabled .NET), tried clearing the temp folder, searched the registry for the ProgramData string, unchecked the “create a desktop shortcut” option, ran the installer as administrator, and also repaired the system using the commands “sfc /scannow” and “DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth”.

Please help - summer holidays just started and I can’t play Battlefield 1

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    EA_mplsnow
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    19 days ago

    Hey Freddy_Merkyuri​

    Thanks for taking the time to share all the troubleshooting steps you've tried so far. 

    If you haven't already, please give the following steps a go:

    1. Close background applications
    2. Use Revo's free Uninstaller to find and delete the EA App if applicable. If it can't locate the EA App, please use CCleaner to clean up EA-related file entries after deleting the EA Desktop folder in C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts
    3. Restart your device
    4. Try downloading the EA App from ea.com using Chrome or a different browser than the one you've been using.


    It'd also be worth double-checking if all VC Redistributables have been downloaded from Microsoft's website, with an emphasis on these versions

    Let us know how it goes, thanks! 

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