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@tom_looken wrote:@legendshonor
You can get the origin install here @
https://help.ea.com/en/help/origin/origin/download-install-update-origin/
Just click on the mac/pc link under what is origin.
If you have a pc click pc mac click mac
Please do not replay saying what is what
What is what.
You are not of any help whatsoever as putting code into notepad doesn't do anything but save text and
is what I get whether it's the "thin" or full origin install. I ***can't get to S4!
I am not a tech, capisce?
Choosing Edit on the dropdown to that file I get WordPad and the following result:
You might even be in windows 11 s mode.
Its kinda like watching someone using a torque wrench then you use a monkey wrench and say this persons trick does not work.
- 2 years ago@tom_looken You're not helping matters. Leaving it at that.
- 2 years ago@legendshonor All you half to do is open notepad drag the xml file copy one line exit/save that is it.
Over one thousand users have seen that twitter post i have seen well over 50 with proof that followed the reddit post and got it to work 0 issues. Twitter is full of replies were they got it to work,
Sense you can not fugue out the basics i recommend staying on eapp. - 2 years ago
@legendshonorFirst problem is.... Wordpad should not be opening XML files. If it's automatically opening into Wordpad, you have settings wrong in your Windows 'default apps' section. And, if you followed my guidance.....opening notepad first....then using the file menu in notepad to locate and open the 'local.xml' file....then you shouldn't be having an issue with wordpad. You are NOT creating a 'New' file in Notepad....just 'Open'ing one that already exists. So, when you scroll down near to bottom and type that code line in, you should be able to choose the 'Save' option in Notepad. Do not change the file name or extension at that point....just save and exit.
Now, another way you could do it is.....locate the 'local.xml' file and Right Click it.....then choose 'Open with' and a menu will show some apps to open it with.....one of which SHOULD be notepad. If it's not, then use last option....'choose another app' and then select 'notepad' as the option to open it with. You may as well set it as the default cuz your currently set to have wordpad as the default and that is a bad thing as it adds formatting into the file which does not belong in a code file.
- 2 years ago@Mardoin69 I changed what opens xml files to Notepad, it still wants to save it as a txt file. That's wrong too, I'm thinking.
Do I save it as All Files?
Those are the only 2 options, it doesn't save and disappear. If I overwrite the local file, it will then be a txt, not xml. - 2 years ago@tom_looken 🤐 That helps us more than anything you have to say.
- 2 years ago@legendshonor you say that all alone as i provided alot of help on this thread and forum for years.
@Mardoin69 I applaud you for continuing posting on this thread and providing comprehensive information/tutorials but at this time i do believe we are dealing with a troll.
I recommend you and everyone else no longer communicate with egendshonor as i say this i know this person will run and cry to the mods as those users do in which my account will be banned again because of those users or this thread will be locked.
In any case Mardoin69 and i have both provided steps that would help legendshonor but you refuse to do take those steps and or acknowledge there existence. - 2 years ago
It shouldn't be changing the file extension. You are just using the 'save' option and not the 'save as' option. You also would not be changing the file name so, it should just save as 'local.xml'
I comprehend that computer stuff maybe difficult for you. And, maybe English is not your native language? Either of these things could make this process a bit challenging. That's why I have been patient and trying to help still.
At this point, I believe you should have been able to put that line of code into the file. And, if you can not save it correctly...... it is a 'local.txt' file now... then you can 'rename' the file. R-click the file. Choose Rename. Using arrow keys, go to end of file name. Then backspace to delete the three letters 'txt.' Then type xml and hit enter. It should now be named correctly as local.xml.
And, yes....when using notepad and trying to save a file with a different extension name, then choose 'All' in save as option field. Then you just type the 'dot' 'extension name' you want it to be. It will save it that way.
@tom_lookenYeah....I get your frustration. Believe it or not..... there's a ton of people out there that are almost computer illiterate trying to play PC games. I deal with it a lot on various gaming forums. Usually, it's either they have no clue when it comes to PC apps and computing or they are translating to a different language. And, people with English as their primary language tend to write in compound sentences with lots of adjectives without even thinking about it--me included. So, it makes for quite the challenge to translate and comprehend it correctly. Just have to take a deep breath, count to 10, and try not to smash your PC....lol.
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