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3 years ago
The local.xml trick does not work for me anymore. I've spent hundreds of dollars in the Sims and it's dlc, only for it to be locked off. Very crummy EA.😠
- MlecznyDuet3 years agoSeasoned Veteraneh, looks like the xml is updated everytime origin is launched and the added entry (migration disabled) is removed
any potential workarounds in existence already?- 3 years ago@MlecznyDuet
Reinstall the 10.5.119.
When you inicialize Origin, it will ask to update. Close. Do the xlm trick. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin and delete OriginSetupInternal.exe. For now, it is working for me. How long? I don't know.- 3 years ago@rldsantos Worked for me, was trying for a couple of hours to find some workaround with no success, so thank you!
- 3 years ago
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- 3 years ago
@lance8765 There is no current workaround.
- 3 years ago@xGallifreyanGirl Yeah, ea mafia again disable it, hope some of us will found solution to brake it again. * you @eadarko
- 3 years agoUPDATED GUIDE FOR RETURNING TO ORIGIN
1) Uninstall your Origin, because the new patch (10.5.122) from EA broke everything again
2) Download the Origin Offline Installer (https://download.dm.origin.com/origin/live/OriginSetup.exe)
3) Install, be sure to remove the checkboxes from the paragraphs about "auto update"
4) After installation DO NOT log in to your account. Go to "C:\ProgramData\Origin" (attention, the folder "ProgramData" will be hidden by default), find there and open in Notepad (or any other text editor) file "local.xml", the last line there will be </Settings>, BETWEEN this line add this line
(you will most likely need to add an empty line by pressing Enter first)
<Setting key="MigrationDisabled" type="1" value="true"/>
5) Delete the three files called "OriginThinSetupInternal.exe" which are located at THREE LOCATIONS
C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin
C:\ProgramData\Origin
C:\ProgramData\Origin\SelfUpdate\Staged
6) Log in to your Origin account, now everything should work
There may be a little update notification on top of Origin window, just don't click on it (you can close it by clicking on the cross)- 3 years ago
Thank you. Do we still mark the xml file as read only?
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