Firewall and Symbolic link
The app creates a new folder with a version number every time when it updates. The app creates a symbolic link folder: EA Desktop. Windows Firewall ignores rules for symbolic links. The EA app start showing: Unable to connect to the Internet. Do not tell me to turn off the firewall. All other programs update correctly. Stop using symbolic links. A program must ber in one folder.
App is faulty, unreliable & keeps players from launching games
I’m kicked out of the app every time time even though I always select to keep me logged in. Even with high speed Internet there’s constant issues connecting to the servers or updating in less than three hours. Half the time the app doesn’t even open correctly and I have to use the repair system which by all appearances just redownloads the app that’s already taking up way too much space for something that serves no purpose other than launching a pre purchased game. Not to mention ea forces you to use this extremely faulty app to open up any of those games even though they open them up independently when origin still existed. How has all this time past since they shut down origin and still no actual effort has been made to make the platform even the slightest bit reliable for people who never wanted to be your customers to begin with. If there was a way to disconnect the games that I purchased years ago from this terrible platform I wouldn’t a heartbeat.
Game Keeps Auto-Updating Even Though I have Auto-Updates Disabled
I have auto updates disabled. The Sims 4 started automatically updating upon starting the EA app. The update remained paused upon closing and reopening the app, but automatic updates starting despite having that setting disabled has been a continuous problem for months.
Sims 4 won't download or update
Hey there, since recently I have experienced some issues with updating my game and re-downloading it. It first started when my game needed a regular update, which failed from time to time again. I decided to download the entire game in general and now the download fails to start in the first place. I have checked my files and nothing seems odd about it. I also do not play with any mods or custom content. I play on a Macbook Pro M2 2022. Has anyone experienced this for themselves as well or do you have a clue why this could happen? Please let me know. Thank you in advance!
EA app wont load after update
So there apperently has been an update. As soon as i preess the button to agree to it, it does this, keeps saying background wont work and it is. And now I cant load the app at all. Ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling it and everything. And when i try to report the bug from the error report in the folder the one on the right pops up. Sims 4 has a weekly event i want to fill but I cant if i can even get the app to play to even run the gameUnable to download and install the Sims 4 - download stuck at 2%
I have been trying to download the sims 4 but the installation is stuck at 2%. I have been playing the game for many years now, however, on May 21, 2026 there was a new update. When I tried to update it failed. And so I decided to uninstall the game and then reinstall it. The game was installed on my external hard drive (D: Drive). When I try to reinstall the game it keeps getting stuck at 2%. I have tried every suggestion online; I have tried clearing EA cache, uninstalling EA app and reinstalling, uninstalling Microsoft Visual C++ and reinstalling, turning off anti virus and installing, I have even tried putting the EA app on the D drive itself instead of C. Nothing has worked. I dont have enough space to install the game plus all expansions on my C drive / windows. I have 30 gb left on my laptop and it takes 26 gb to install the base game alone. Hence me having used the external hard drive in the past for installation. I tried installing base game alone on pc and it worked. so I think the issue lies with trying to install it on my external harddrive. But it has to be installed there because I have no space for the full game on my pc. I even tried formatting the hard drive before and nothing works.
