My Origin won't start up

[BlueCatRose]

My Origin refuses to start, i see the icon for a second or two then it dissappears. I've rebooted and lot of others things such as deleting cache. To no avail it still crashes. Infact i can't even send an app crash. I can't play my games either, they refuse to start up. 

[iluminatethesky · Accepted solution]

Hey @BlueCatRose

Can you try uninstalling / reinstalling the Origin Client?

https://help.ea.com/en/help/origin/origin/manually-uninstalling-origin/

Let us know if this helps.

Thanks

- iluminate

[iluminatethesky · Accepted solution]

Hey @BlueCatRose

Can you try uninstalling / reinstalling the Origin Client?

https://help.ea.com/en/help/origin/origin/manually-uninstalling-origin/

Let us know if this helps.

Thanks

- iluminate

[BlueCatRose]

Sure just let me save the important files. Also easy way or hard way? Tbh the hard way terrifies me XD But it's not like i haven't done things like that before, i think i'll try the easy way first, i do have the other client but it doesn't have all my games on it yet. 

So an update is i did and it works. I suspect it was my antivirus that had blocked an important file that origin needed. I had to stop a few false positives on my way back. so thanks @iluminatethesky Now i can play the games that's still not on the other app. 

[EA_Darko]

Hey @BlueCatRose can you try opening it again and then check your Task Manager to see if Origin is running in the background?

Darko

[EA_Darko]

Great to hear that you got it sorted @BlueCatRose.

Darko

[iluminatethesky]

Hey @BlueCatRose,

You're very welcome.

I'm very happy to hear it's working for you!

- iluminate

[BlueCatRose]

@EA_Darko I know it's fixed, but it did dissappear from the task manager almost instantly.

[EA_Darko]

There can be different things that cause issues such as this @BlueCatRose, it's always easiest to start with the small things and go from there so if it happens again let us know.

Darko