July 2019
It was suggested to me on a phone call to Origin help to use Revo uninstall to completely remove Origin from my computer, however during the process, the uninstall froze and did not fully complete the process, and I had to restart my computer to get it going again.
Revo has uninstalled Origin however I am wondering whether some parts of it has been left behind in the registry as this solution did not resolve my problem, I am still unable to reinstall and run Origin.
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July 2019
Can you try reinstalling Origin following the steps below:
Try running Origin as an administrator:
This runs the Origin client as an administrator account, and should let the game install.
Try lowering the User Access Control settings:
Let me know how you get on.
Darko
July 2019
When I first started having a problem with Origin following the recent update, I uninstalled it manually and was then unable to install it again. Eventually after following many different suggestions which haven't helped, I downloaded an old version of Origin from the internet and that DID install and updated to the new version but it still wouldn't launch.
When I try to play my game (Sims 4) from the desktop icon it wont run, but is showing as running in Task Manager along with 6 Instances of EA activation UI.
July 2019
Sorry to hear that you are having issues @PinkTweedy.
Could you try the following steps to see if they help with your issue:
Let me know how you get on.
Darko
July 2019
Thank you for trying to help. Unfortunately this did not solve my problem. I currently don't have Origin installed on my computer and can only do so by downloading an old version and updating it, which will still not run. I have another user account which I set up during the course of my investigations but that won't install Origin either.
I have carried out your walkthrough instructions, but still can't open my game via the icon. It did at one time say that I would need an app to open that link but now it doesn't even do that.
July 2019
Can you try reinstalling Origin following the steps below:
Try running Origin as an administrator:
This runs the Origin client as an administrator account, and should let the game install.
Try lowering the User Access Control settings:
Let me know how you get on.
Darko