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MaryM2013
13 years ago
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A window pops up and says "Origin Already Running"... what do I do?

So I have bought myself Sims 3 about a month ago and it has been working perfectly until today. This morning, the game launcher wouldn't even open. So, I tried turning off the computer, and came back...
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  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    13 years ago
    • Right-click on the bar at the bottom of your Windows and choose Start Task Manager
    • Go to the tab Processes
    • Check if you have any process called origin.exe running. If so, kill it.
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crinrict
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13 years ago
  • Right-click on the bar at the bottom of your Windows and choose Start Task Manager
  • Go to the tab Processes
  • Check if you have any process called origin.exe running. If so, kill it.
  • MaryM2013's avatar
    MaryM2013
    13 years ago

    Thank you so, so much; it worked! I really appreciate it! And thank you for the time you put into helping me! Again, thank you! I owe you one!      😕mileyhappy:

    :heart:,

    Mary

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      crinrict
      Hero+
      13 years ago

      Glad it helped and thank you for accepting a solution🙂

      • aylakov's avatar
        aylakov
        9 years ago

        mine is different, whenever i go into the task manager and close origin it still says origin is already running.

        please help, i'm not sure what to do.

  • 222121212212122's avatar
    222121212212122
    8 years ago
    I have the same problem and i cant find the one called origin.exe but i have one called Origin
  • teenher's avatar
    teenher
    7 years ago

    It happened to me too but when I tried your strategy it worked so thanks crin

    - teen

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