@MockpoAfter EA gave me a supposed solution (essentially reinstall all the Microsoft Visual C++ runtime libraries), I STILL CANNOT INSTALL THE EA App!!
This is INCOMPETENCY ON THE PART OF EA!
GIVE US ACCESS TO THE ORIGINS LAUNCHER WHICH WORKED BEFORE FORCING US TO USE YOUR PATHETIC, BROKEN EA App!
Their solution was pointing to this page: https://help.ea.com/en-tr/help/pc/troubleshoot-vc-dll-errors/
What they don't seem to understand is that the MSVC DLL series with the 130 designations DON'T EXIST ANY MORE. If they've programmed their stupid EA App with the need for the 130.dll series, then they've really messed up.
You know what REALLY weird me out about all these launcher issues?
Considering how common it is for users to be locked out of their purchases... This HAS to be costing them a metric ton of sales (and thus, money).
You'd think this would be a Priority 1 thing that they'd have fixed by now. But alas, I see the issues go all the way back to at least January. ;>_> Apparently EA is fine with losing money.
I'm also shocked at how, despite this issue seeming to be really common, I haven't heard about it until I installed Mass Effect LE the other day and got nonstop "Temporary connection issue" errors that refuse to go away (I've already spent hours debugging, reinstalling, repairing, making exceptions in my firewall,etc).
