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Seasoned Newcomer

3 years ago

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[PC] Plants vz Zombies - "We could not activate on this computer"

When I try to start Plants vs zombies, I always get the same error message. It says I haven't activated the game, even though I was able to play it normally on Origin. I also have some ingame time. A...

ImmenseBeing
2 years ago
@in2action Thank you so much! I figured it was only the license file so I just deleted the below file and it worked:

C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\EA Services\License\71592.dlf

HoshinoSOL

2 years ago

Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year won't launch. It keeps giving me a Origin pop up to activate a key, but I already had the game via EA Play on the EA App and bought it today, and when I choose the activate key option in this pop up, it says my computer is offline. Is there a certain file that's preventing this or a bug within the launcher's coding? Would doing a factory reset of my PC be required? I'd like to hear from someone soon as I love the Plants vs. Zombies franchise and not being able to play the original game is such a shame.

EA_Shepard

Community Manager

2 years ago

Hi @HoshinoSOL, Check out the steps on this thread. This should help you out.

HoshinoSOL
2 years ago
I managed to fix it by factory resetting my PC. Thanks for the messages.
- HoshinoSOL
  2 years ago
  The error seems to have returned... I'll have to look into it more and find what's causing the problem
  - 5678343
    2 years ago
    If you didn't have it installed before, and you installed it in a different language, i don't think there's a way to solve it from what i know.