Install of EA App without Admin Rights
Product: The EA app Platform:PC Error Report ID (learn how to create an Error Report ID in the sticky post) Which client functionality are you experiencing this bug with? Application Installer Wh...
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Correct, as listed it's a non-admin account. I'm an IT professional - I would never use an administrative account as my base account. I have other user accounts, including a child, and a separate account I use for financials. There's no reason I should have to let a launcher have access to the admin and those other accounts.
EA_Darko
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Community ManagerHey @Aelaen if the app requires admin rights to install then you will need to enable this in the account.
Darko
There is no reason the app needs access to accounts for people who have not bought the games. No reason for it to have access to a minor's account. So I'm trying to find out how to get access to my already purchased games even though the new EA installed requires admin permissions it should not require since it should never be touching those accounts.
Basically, I've already purchased my games - there's no "well we changed the installer and now you have to grant us this access to play them" that's acceptable.
- EA_Darko
The account installing it would need have those privileges @Aelaen.
You can try running the app/installed as admin but if you continue to see the error I would recommend setting the admin rights on your account.
DarkoIf the new EA App requires Admin rights, then I need a way to install my already purchased games without the EA App. I'm more than willing to do that.
The only unacceptable answer is "we've retired the Origin App and now there are additional rights we require to install your games". That's putting in a barrier after the sale.
