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2 years ago

Unable to download a majority of the games I have purchased

Product: The EA app
Platform:PC
Error Report ID (learn how to create an Error Report ID in the sticky post) N/A
Which client functionality are you experiencing this bug with? Download Game
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 11/13/2023
Summarize your bug When attempting to download games some will download however, a significant chunk of my games that I have purchased will get stuck on "preparing" and "calculating time" will not shop up, this will persist for a minute or two before the error: "Something went wrong with your download, please try again later." I have already done the following to attempt a fix: 1. Reinstall the EA App 2. Run the EA App as administrator 3. Add the EA app to my list of excluded app in my anti-virus 4. Lowered my security level on my windows defender 5. Changed my Download folder to a separate drive
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Click the download button on any of the games I have purchased in my library.
What happens when the bug occurs? When attempting to download games some will download however, a significant chunk of my games that I have purchased will get stuck on "preparing" and "calculating time" will not shop up, this will persist for a minute or two before the error: "Something went wrong with your download, please try again later." I have already done the following to attempt a fix: 1. Reinstall the EA App 2. Run the EA App as administrator 3. Add the EA app to my list of excluded app in my anti-virus 4. Lowered my security level on my windows defender 5. Changed my Download folder to a separate drive
What do you expect to see? The ability to download and play the games I have purchased from your company.

When attempting to download games some will download however, a significant chunk of my games that I have purchased will get stuck on "preparing" and "calculating time" will not shop up, this will persist for a minute or two before the error: "Something went wrong with your download, please try again later."

I have already done the following to attempt a fix:

1. Reinstall the EA App
2. Run the EA App as administrator
3. Add the EA app to my list of excluded app in my anti-virus
4. Lowered my security level on my windows defender
5. Changed my Download folder to a separate drive

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