A window pops up and says "Origin Already Running"... what do I do?

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A window pops up and says "Origin Already Running"... what do I do?

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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 to it a little later. I tried again a little while ago and a window pops up saying

 

"ORIGIN ALREADY RUNNING: Only one instance of Origin can run at a time. Please check other Windows accounts to see if Origin is running."

 

So I checked the other Windows accounts, but it wasn't running. It wouldn't make sense if someone hacked into my account since it worked perfectly yesterday. Plus, my password is somewhat difficult to guess, and most people don't know that I have this game. 

 

Please help! Sims 3 is my all-time favorite game and I spent most of my allowance on this game. Help!

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Hero
  • 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.

Good Luck
Crin

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Re: A window pops up and says "Origin Already Running"... what do I do?

Hero
  • 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.

Good Luck
Crin

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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!      Confusedmileyhappy:

 

:heart:,

Mary

 

 

 

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Glad it helped and thank you for accepting a solutionStandard smile

Good Luck
Crin

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★★★★★ Newbie

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.

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EA app Team

Hi @aylakov,

 

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

 

Good luck,

Mai

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I have the same problem and i cant find the one called origin.exe but i have one called Origin
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It happened to me too but when I tried your strategy it worked so thanks crin

- teen

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