Why am I getting forced to install EA App?

[MayPanDay]

On this Thread there is a solution:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Origin-Client-Web-Technical/How-do-I-bypass-the-EA-App-and-access-Origin-t...

To summarise, you firstly need to go to File Manager, and under the View option, tick the box that allows you to see Hidden Files.

Then go to your C:\ Drive, and then you will see the following Folder:

C:\ProgramData\

In that you'll see an Origin Folder, open that.

C:\ProgramData\Origin\

In there you will see this File:

local.xml

C:\ProgramData\Origin\local.xml

Save a copy of that, just in case, so you can put it back if needed.

Now open that File with, say, Notepad, and add the following Key just above the last line:

<Setting key="MigrationDisabled" type="1" value="true" />

Save that.

Go to View and un-tick the option to view Hidden Files.

Then when you launch Origin or a Game, the EA App pop up from the Origin Login, should be gone.

Worked for me.

[OhTeks]

thanks, work for me

[MayPanDay]

As @speedracer523 on another Thread has also pointed out, the XML File could potentially be changed back if the upgrade push does that.

Below are his comments (in blue), that I think are worth repeating here:

"...this is the missing key to the puzzle

by blocking api1 you do no remove the setting* from the xml, but since I restored mine, it never shows!

I assume if the Api1 is not blocked and ea pushed a 'removal' of the migration, the xml will be updated.

the...

api1.origin.com

is the domain it uses to check for updates, which also happens to be how it fetches data to write to the xml.

*-presumably another setting to show it or disabled set to false and hence, it shows it."

Hope that also helps.

[ApatheticWeeaboo]

Thank you for this

If I actually had to use that dog poo EA App to play Mass Effect again, I'd never touch an EA product.

[b6htiyar]

Thank you so much, All my DLCS weren't working on the EA app.

[paperkn1fe]

@MayPanDay thanks... saved me from that utter garbage of an app.

[Kutyamutya1]

Love you! 

I can install EA App, but it will not start unless I set my windows regional to something strange, messing up a couple of characters in texts everywhere. 

So, I did not want to.

Thanks for the fix. 

[MayPanDay]

The above XML File modification is still working fine for me.

Basically, I just click the Game's icon on my Windows 10 Pro Desktop, and a simple screen pops up saying logging in to Origin, that goes, and the Game then comes straight up.

When I exit, I am left with the usual Origin screen, so it must be loading up as the Game fires up.

I think that's what it always did, but cannot say I really paid any attention to it until the EA App forced upgrade pitched up to spoil it all.

I've saved a copy of both the original XML and also the modified XML, in case I need either.

If the EA App upgrade pops up again, it will probably just mean that I need to copy the modified XML back in again.

So far, so good, and that has not been needed.

When the Origin screen was up, I did disable anything I could see that may upset my little apple cart, so I have disabled Updates, Notifications, and so on.

I just play solo, so that may not be workable for those who enjoy multi player Games across the web.

[greenfaerie]

I had no issues when using Origin, but now that I am forced to use EA app then now I cannot access ANY of my games. Why is this now my problem when there was no problem when I could use Origin? EA created the problem, YOU fix it EA!

[Qatryk]

Today the fix dosent work anymore so EA did not want us to play at origin.