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MegaDuck10's avatar
MegaDuck10
3 years ago

"Origin is required to play your game, please install Origin" error

Origin is required to play your game please install origin error  I can’t open FIFA on my pc after countless hours of playing and money spent very disappointed and was on to two ea help workers and...
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54Amenadeal's avatar
54Amenadeal
3 years ago

haven't have origin installed on this build ever. Always used EA app.
Got the message yesterday - but it worked the second time.
Today the error stays - EA App has been reinstalled - no change.

EA_Shepard's avatar
EA_Shepard
Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
3 years ago

@54Amenadeal Do you have multiple drives? If so do you have the game and the EA App installed on the same drive? I just did a fresh install of the game and did not get that error. Have you r un a repair on the game or uninstalled it within the last couple of days?

  • Venuuuuuuus's avatar
    Venuuuuuuus
    3 years ago

    i have same issue 

  • futaddictt's avatar
    futaddictt
    3 years ago
    @EA_Shepard Just one drive where the game and the ea app are.
    • EA_Shepard's avatar
      EA_Shepard
      Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
      3 years ago

      Hey All,

      For this let's do some clean up. Even if Origin was never installed, there may be old or corrupted files when the game is installed or updated.

      First, make sure you close down as many programs running on Windows as you can. The only thing you want open is the EA App.

      • EA App - Repair (My Collection > Tile Dots > Repair)
      • EA App's Cache (Top Left Menu > Help > App Recovery)

      Close down the EA App completely.

      Delete Windows Temp Files

      • First, make sure you close as many programs as you can
      • Press the Windows key + R, go into the file explorer
      • Type in %temp%, and hit Enter
      • Delete everything it allows you to delete
      • Reboot the PC

      Optional Registry clean-up

      • install CCleaner (it's free) from here
      • Run Registry cleaner
      • Click review selected issues
      • Do you want to back up? No
      • Click Fix all selected issues

      Lastly take a look at the Help page Here! It does have Origin but just replace the folder with the EA App and test out the steps that you can.

      • I-_-Flo-_-I's avatar
        I-_-Flo-_-I
        Rising Novice
        3 years ago

        Did all that. It is still not working. Nobody cares about FIFA 23 anymore but usually the same glitches are going to happen in the next game too. I bet it will be the same tomorrow with the lunch of FC24... It's sad that PC is not being taking more serious.

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