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DrippinPurppp
6 years ago
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[Fixed] Origin - Games Auto-Launching and Tabbing

Hey so im having a problem where i will be playing a certain game on origin. But whilst in the game another game will open on its own in the background. For example i will be playing madden 20 but wh...
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  • Straatford87's avatar
    Straatford87
    5 years ago

    Hey everybody,

    Sorry to hear if you are still experiencing this issue, and thank you for sticking with us.

    We've since released an update to the Origin Technical Preview client. If you aren't yet on the Technical Preview (previously called Beta), please update as follows:

    1. Launch Origin
    2. Click the Origin menu
    3. Click Application Settings
    4. Scroll down, and enable "Participate in Origin technical previews"
    5. Restart your client

    If done correctly, after the relaunch you'll see "Technical Preview" in the upper right corner of your client.

    Please let us know if you still experience the issue after this update

    Thank you for your patience,

Maximalnomore's avatar
Maximalnomore
6 years ago

The Origin app was closed when the Origin login screen randomly popped up. Since I wasn't intending to use it, I closed it, but a few minutes later, the login window popped up again. This time, I right clicked Origin in the task bar and selected "Quit Origin". A few minutes later, it popped up again. I was not playing any games or using multiple screens, but the app and login won't stay closed.

  • EA_Kent's avatar
    EA_Kent
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    6 years ago

    Hey @Maximalnomore. 

    That's definitely weird. When you've got a chance can you try clearing out your Origin cache to see if that helps at all? If there's something cached that's causing this to happen it may help. 

    For more info on how to clear the cache check out the EA Help website. Let me know if it's still popping up afterward. 

    /Kent

    • ftloinate24's avatar
      ftloinate24
      5 years ago

      How do I clear my cache? 

    • putje007's avatar
      putje007
      5 years ago

      Its stil the same form me after removing cache

      So when i play fifa online it kicks me out because of the popup 

    • Lassenet's avatar
      Lassenet
      5 years ago
      @EA_Kent: Happened me a month ago, did this, it helped.
      Now(today) Origin startet popping up again.
      Cleared the cache again, helped again..but will it happen again on 2 weeks or a month?
      Time will show.
      • Stratis_kls's avatar
        Stratis_kls
        5 years ago

        @Lassenet Mate can you tell me how to do this it would be really helpfull

  • EA_Kent's avatar
    EA_Kent
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    6 years ago
    Hi @Maximalnomore,

    Did you have a chance to try clearing out your Origin cache? Are you still running into issues with the client opening up on its own?

    /Kent
    • Maximalnomore's avatar
      Maximalnomore
      6 years ago

      The app is still popping up with the login, even when closed. Clearing the cache now.

      • SamScrapps's avatar
        SamScrapps
        5 years ago

        turn off xbox game bar

    • Maximalnomore's avatar
      Maximalnomore
      6 years ago

      I cleared out the cache. Now we'll see if the issue continues.

      However, when I opened Task Manager to make sure Origin was closed, it did show OriginWebHelperService.exe as active. So maybe that had something to do with it.

      • EA_Kent's avatar
        EA_Kent
        Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
        6 years ago

        I appreciate you following up! Seeing the Origin Web Helper process in your task manager is normal. It runs in the background, but the actual Origin client shouldn't be launching unless you manually start it up. 

        If it does keep happening after clearing the cache please let me know. 

        /Kent

    • Dutchstep's avatar
      Dutchstep
      5 years ago

      After clearing cache Origin still randomly pops up. Not only that but when playing Battlefield V the game minimizes to desktop randomly while I'm playing mid game. Lost a few lives because of that.

      • Kabouki1965's avatar
        Kabouki1965
        5 years ago
        Hi @Dutchstep. What worked for me was clearing the license thing AND SIMULTANEOUSLY clear the Origin cache. I tried first deleting the licenses and after that, the cache. It didn't work. Only when I did them together it worked.
  • lepel100's avatar
    lepel100
    5 years ago

    I fixed it by completely uninstalling origin, I never game on origin anyway.

    • Ph3nom12345's avatar
      Ph3nom12345
      5 years ago

      In what way was that even remotely helpful?

  • Thors-Hammer16's avatar
    Thors-Hammer16
    5 years ago
    @Maximalnomore This is happening to me in-game. Game freezes, Origin app pops up and I have to try to close it before the game resumes. This is since the update on 4/17/2020. Of course, it happens at the most inopportune times too..
    • incredible26069's avatar
      incredible26069
      5 years ago

      me too since update pops up when gaming freezes the game for a split second. seem tho the game still plays but looks frozen for a second. but the origin login pops up. bad timming

      • incredible26069's avatar
        incredible26069
        5 years ago

        also i have it on the other monitor and it pops up there and still semi freezes the game. playing apex ranked. origin please fix.we pay a monthly fee for a service.

  • motav's avatar
    motav
    5 years ago

    Is there a reason or fix for Origin pushing itself to the front of all screens. I have Origin open but minimized, it will push to the front for a few seconds then minimizes itself again. It will do this while playing a game in windowed fullscreen and while I'm not playing a game and just on the internet. It stops If i shut Origin down but it pauses my games and interupts internet browsing as a whole. Is there a setting I'm missing that's triggering this annoying feature or a new Origin bug?

    • EA_Kent's avatar
      EA_Kent
      Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
      5 years ago

      Hey @motav. 

      That's definitely strange. I don't think I've ever encountered that myself. 

      I wonder if there's something in the Origin data itself that's causing this to happen. When you have a chance can you try clearing out the Origin cache to see if that helps at all? For more details on how to clear the cache visit the EA Help website. 

      Let me know if that helps at all. Thanks!

      /Kent

      • 100mg's avatar
        100mg
        5 years ago
        @EA_Kent It doesn't work. Same Problem...
    • iTzDJX's avatar
      iTzDJX
      5 years ago

      Same problem, really frustrating me - especially after spending £15 on premier for the month...

      • ShubhamHardCore's avatar
        ShubhamHardCore
        5 years ago
        @iTzDJX yeah bro its been so frustrating last week, i regret paying for the origin which is just popping in between games every 10 mins. ORIGIN is soo buggy that in background it is launching all the games which i have in my library one by one automatically.
        clearly wasted my money i should have played fifa 19 cracked one
        never gonna do it again



        this lock down is killing us.
    • GreenHoldsworth's avatar
      GreenHoldsworth
      5 years ago

      I’m having exactly the same problem sadly

      • EA_Kent's avatar
        EA_Kent
        Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
        5 years ago

        Hey all. 


        Thanks for giving this a shot. 

        The Origin team is currently tracking this issue and working to get it fixed. In the meantime we've heard about a workaround that may help. If you're opted in to participate in the Origin beta program, try going to your Origin Settings and opt out. After that, uninstall the Origin client.

        Download the client again, and it should install a previous version. This issue should stop happening once the client is reinstalled. 

        /Kent

  • xShirata's avatar
    xShirata
    5 years ago

    I have the same Problem. I cleared the cache and restarted my PC but Origin still pops up every few minutes.

    • EA_Kent's avatar
      EA_Kent
      Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
      5 years ago

      Hi all. 

      This is an issue we're currently tracking. We should have a workaround in the meantime. 

      When you have a chance check your Origin settings to see if you're opted into Beta participation. If you are, try opting out of participation, then uninstall the Origin client. 

      Download the client again from the website and see if you're still having the same issue with Origin popping up. 

      /Kent

      • xShirata's avatar
        xShirata
        5 years ago

        I checked and it turns out I'm not a participant for the Beta. I did reinstall Origin though, but nothing changed. A friend of mine told me he would get notified about me being online again every time Origin pops up.

    • raminasrr's avatar
      raminasrr
      5 years ago

      origin keep popping up and interpreting anything am doing every 5 minutes,  I removed the cache but still popping up. it's not only my problem a lot of users complaint also. please provide solid solution, otherwise I have to cancel my subscription.

      • thunderhawk151's avatar
        thunderhawk151
        5 years ago

        Cleard it for a week now its back again. I guess I will go the Steam.

  • kromosto's avatar
    kromosto
    5 years ago

    While I see that bug reports about this incident started to drop I also wanted to report mine.

    After updating Origin here is what happens:

    1. On Jedi Fallen Order suddenly mouse cursor appears like somebody pressed Alt+TAB (but of course nobody pressed it) and I lost all my control on my character until I press left mouse button on the game window. (My game runs at fullscreen mode). This also happened once while entering the game.

    2. On Madden 20 while playing game suddenly game enters windowed mode and game window shrinks like somebody pressed Alt+TAB. When I press left mouse button on game window it returns to fullscreen mode.

    3. While on desktop browsing or etc. suddenly Origin brings it self to the front of every window. This happens while Origin is at the back or even minimized.

    I hope this will be fixed soon as I was trying to finish Fallen Order.

    Thank you.

  • YT_TristinPlays's avatar
    YT_TristinPlays
    5 years ago

    Origin keeps popping up for a second or two and then going away randomly, even when origin is not open. I have reset the caches, but it didn't help.

  • Cousigames's avatar
    Cousigames
    New Adventurer
    5 years ago

    Recently, there is this major error where Origin pops up while I'm playing a game (a game from Origin or from Steam) and I have to click the x button. Then the pop up appears again a few minutes later.

    I tried uninstalling and re-installing but the error persists. I guess I will uninstall origin for now.

    Also, I deactivated start-up in Origin's application settings but the error keeps happening.

    What is causing this? Also, a box for Fifa18 (one of my Origin games) keeps popping up as well.

    • naMnePc's avatar
      naMnePc
      5 years ago
      @Cousigames Same same... its super annoying. Origin is popping up every 5mins or so interrupting the gameplay.
  • Darkzide86's avatar
    Darkzide86
    5 years ago

    Same issue. it acts like a malware, desinstalling and reinstalling temporary solve the problem, but it back as soon as you reboot the computer

    • apurton_82's avatar
      apurton_82
      5 years ago

      I have cleared the cache and it worked for all of 30 mins. Origin app is ruining playing Battlefield for me, keeps minimising my game and popping up at random times when I'm working causing typing mistakes.

      • notzaq11's avatar
        notzaq11
        5 years ago

        Same here. Started yesterday. Clearing cache and reinstalling the app didn't help. It makes playing any game totally impossible. 

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