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Seasoned Newcomer

3 years ago

Solved

[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

waterywatermelo

3 years ago

I own Plants vs Zombies PC game through Origin, and I am supposed to access it nowadays through the EA App.

The problem is, the game will not launch.

It keeps giving me an error message.

ctoyhep420

Seasoned Novice

2 years ago

i am getting the same message. i chatted with ben d on ea chat and he said its a bug or something and thats its being looked into. no answer as to how long when or what. just told me to come to ea help for updates. which is terrible cause there is nothing here either.

EA_Shepard
Community Manager
2 years ago
Hi @ctoyhep420, this is an issue that is affecting quite a few older titles like this. There are many troubleshooting steps players can take on it but, yes, it is an issue that is still being looked into.