I don’t want the EA app.

Let's see is EA going to fix an old game like BF4 to work with EA App.........NO!

They don't care about that anymore...2042 was hanging on me as well...guess that will get fixed.

Go take a read of https://www.reddit.com/r/origin/new/ 

To ALL those who don't want the garbage problematic EA Client!!

The update to the EA client is problematic for a lot of people for a bunch of their games. Solution is to re-install the Origin client and apply a fix to it. After having installed the EA client, it uninstalls the original Origin client. But, you can get the last good working Origin client installer on TechSpot;
https://www.techspot.com/downloads/5783-origin.html

Keep the EA client app as it's needed for verification in some games. But, you'll want to change some of it's settings. Disable 'start with Windows. Change game install directory to the Origin clients game install directory... \Orign Games. Link steam if you have games bought through Steam for EA/Origin client. Restart PC after all this so all these changes are saved in Windows Registry.

Now install the Origin client, log in....it'll self update and softlock due to that stupid EA client notice. That's ok. Close out Origin client. Run task manager and kill the Origin web helper service.....it keeps running in background. Now open file explorer and change view settings to 'show hidden system files and folders.'

In the C: drive, you should now see a folder called "Program Data." Open it and go to the Origin folder.......

Stop origin client loading EA app message;

1. Open C:\ProgramData\Origin\local.xml in notepad
2. Add new key there:

<Setting key="MigrationDisabled" type="1" value="true" />

This should go at bottom just above the last line which is "</Settings>."
Save the file and exit. Now launch Origin and that stupid notice will be gone. Exit and Restart your PC again to finalize settings.

Congrats...you should be able to play your games properly now.

If a game is not working correctly, click it in Origin client library, click the gear icon and select 'Repair.' If it still doesn't seem to work, try uninstalling and re-installing.

If it's a game bought through steam, you'll install it using steam. Then launch Origin client, select that game in the library.... it'll show a 'download' button still. Click it, Origin will find the steam install and change the button to 'Play.' Always play your games using the Origin Client and the 'play' button for that game in the Origin client library. Some games will work properly using the desktop shortcut but, others will try an launch the EA client.....which we know can be problematic for some games. Still, some games maybe throw errors if you don't have the EA client background task running so, for those, run the EA client, minimize it, then use the Origin client to launch the game.

Special thanks go out to user @tom_looken for pointing me to the code line for fixing Origin client.

You, sir (or madam) are AMAZING. This worked beautifully!!!!

after the EA App got rid of Origin I am unable to play BF2042 I had the full edition and now cannot play ....please help me...I have placed numoures pleas which seem to have fallen on deaf ears, I have the game via steam

@jimmyboy1952See above....a couple posts before yours...I gave a full step-by-step.

If you thought Origin was bad then this much "Improved" EA App, is much worse, most of time it just launches with a blank screen, it never remembers my log-in information, it persists i'm offline and can't connect when i'm clearly online, this is just the start i'ive only had it for a few days.

I agree. I didn't even migrate back in October(?) because I knew it would be a worse disaster than the Exxon Valdez. Then I was forced and can't get my game (and I only have 1) to work. EA will not be getting another dime from me, ever, because players mean so little to them. A modder could have fixed the APP in 48 hours no doubt.

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Your EA App doesn't even work, why are you forcing me to "upgrade"? I don't want to. I want to play the games I paid for, not to look at your App failing to launch