so why does the ea app give the option to install to another location if it then refuses to install to that location and install into the default location in c:\, makes no sense to not be able to install to any location of my choice
Oh EA! Never change!
2 and a half years later and you still haven't sorted this out. No wonder I haven't bought anything from you guys in years.
As the rep has stated the only thing you can change in the launcher is where the games are installed to, NOT the freakin' launcher itself.
If you want to change the location for the launcher, download the exe (in my case I use Sandboxie so have to move it out of the sandbox to another folder like Downloads).
Hold down SHIFT and right-click on the folder and choose 'Open Powershell window here'.
In Powershell paste the line:
.\EAappInstaller.exe /i DefaultInstallFolder="D:\Program Files\Electronic Arts" (changing location to whatever you wish)(credit to a reddit post).
This will then start the executable and install the launcher to the desired location.
One f'ing line, EA. One line!
