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N0QN0Q's avatar
N0QN0Q
6 years ago
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Origin Overlay Restriced

Cannot access Origin Overlay while in game (BFV). Says, "This setting is temporarily disabled while in restriced access mode." I did all this: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/origin/origin/enable-rest...
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  • laquenett1's avatar
    laquenett1
    6 years ago

    Solution:

    I was having the same problem. I'm not sure what it is with The Sims 4 but changes have to be made using The Sims 4 for settings. Go to Game Library in Origin. Click on The Sims 4 game which brings you to the window with PLAY button. Under that button is 2 buttons. Wheel on left and star on right. Right mouse click the wheel button which is the settings then click on game properties. In that window bottom left you should see an "Enable Origin in Game for The Sims 4" check this box and click Save it should remove restriction. Uncheck this box and Save to place restriction back. This worked for me. Hope it works for you.

    Laquenett1

SKOM21's avatar
SKOM21
6 years ago

I think I have a solution. In Windows, close your Origin app, open the Task Manager and kill the Origin background process. Then right click on the Origin app icon and select "Run as administrator". In the Origin app, select the 'More' tab, and then 'ORIGIN IN-GAME'. On the subsequent screen, the 'Enable Origin In-Game' switch should now be active.

In addition, you should make sure that it is enabled for the game you want to play. I.e. go to your 'My Game Library' (it freezes terribly on my computer, you might have to e.g. Ctrl+R to reload)), click on the game's cover, and on the game's screen click the cog-wheel / Settings icon (in the middle, next to the star icon), select 'Game Properties', and check/tick the check mark for 'Enable Origin In Game for...' on the 'General' tab.

  • Relly_cz's avatar
    Relly_cz
    5 years ago
    @SKOM21 ohhhhh. Man i foud out how to fix that thingy with RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR. Like u said u have to kill all origin background process or else ur not able to run it as administrator.
  • YaBoiiiZach-v2's avatar
    YaBoiiiZach-v2
    5 years ago
    @SKOM21 This process worked! I was having Origin In-Game issues on Apex Legends (2021). Hope somebody else sees this as well.
  • Browncoat-Zombl's avatar
    Browncoat-Zombl
    3 years ago

    Thank you for this. I've been looking for so long. The real solved reply didn't work for me. Thanks again.

    Cheers.

    Browncoat

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