Desktop shortcut

by uco73
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Desktop shortcut

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Although it is set to set a desktop shortcut, this no longer happens. What happened so Origin no longer has a desktop shortcut for games?

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Hi @uco73

It should give you the option to create a desktop shortcut when downloading the game at the same point it asks you to choose an install location.

I have just tested it out and it seemed to install a shortcut for me without issue, do you have anything that could block it for some reason, possibly anti virus etc?

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I tried all possible options and nothing. I note that this was not the case 3 months ago. Then everything worked perfectly. After two upgrades, Origin is no longer what it used to be.

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Community Manager

Hey @uco73 it could be that something on your system is stopping the creation of the shortcut. Do you by any chance have One Drive running on your system?

 

If you create a shortcut from the install location are you able to drag and drop/copy this to the desktop?

 

Darko 

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@EA_Darko, I don't have One Drive. I deleted it.
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Hey @uco73 I tested this with a couple of games and if I select desktop shortcut one is being created. Your issue is most likely being caused by something on your system blocking this, try disabling your anti-virus when next installing a game to see if you see the same issue.


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Hey, ljudino,@EA_Darko Not an antivirus problem. Until the last two upgrades, everything was fine. I have STEAM, EPIC, Uplay, GOG, Bethesda, Battle.net, Rockstar and Itch.io launchers and I don't have any problems with any of them. Only Origin broke down. I wrote complaints via email, but no one from EA has answered me yet. Shame!

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