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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.
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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
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    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.

      • EA_Mai's avatar
        EA_Mai
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        9 years ago

        Hi @aylakov,

        Does the error still appear if you restart your computer and try again? 🙂

        Good luck,

        Mai

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