Can I transfer my origin games to a new computer?

[holger1405]

@sr1603wm 

Of course you can, with or without EA Play.

[lceManiac_]

and here we are 5 years later, and still not implemented

[holger1405]

@lceManiac_ 

What is not implemented?

[lceManiac_]

Verifying games already on the harddrive, like you do with Ubisoft or steam or gog or blizzard, epic store has the same issue

[holger1405]

@lceManiac_ 

If you point Origin to the install location the normal behaviour is that it is recognising the game and verifies the files.

[Lodhar79]

Hi everyone.
I don't come here often and I see that some people are struggling with the basic commands I posted.

I am not expert in powershell but this should help.

Copy the file in the same folder as your "touchup.exe" (ex:[drive letter]:\Origin Games\FIFA 16\__Installer\) and rename "install.txt" into "install.ps1" (powershell script). Execute it with powershell.
Good luck!

The content of the file:

$out=cat .\InstallLog.txt | Select-String "CommandLine"
$lastline= echo $out[-1]
$found = $lastline -match '(install .*)'
if ($found) {
$commandLine = $matches[1]
echo $commandLine
}

$isPresent = Test-Path -Path .\Touchup.exe
if ($isPresent) {
echo ".\Touchup.exe is found"
Start-Process -FilePath ".\Touchup.exe" -ArgumentList "$commandLine"
}else{
echo ".\Touchup.exe is not found"
}

[Lodhar79]

Hi everyone.
I don't come here often and I see that some people are struggling with the basic commands I posted.

I am not expert in powershell but this should help.

Copy the file in the same folder as your "touchup.exe" (ex:[drive letter]:\Origin Games\FIFA 16\__Installer\) and rename "install.txt" into "install.ps1" (powershell script). Execute it with powershell.
Good luck!

The content of the file:

$out=cat .\InstallLog.txt | Select-String "CommandLine"
$lastline= echo $out[-1]
$found = $lastline -match '(install .*)'
if ($found) {
$commandLine = $matches[1]
echo $commandLine
}

$isPresent = Test-Path -Path .\Touchup.exe
if ($isPresent) {
echo ".\Touchup.exe is found"
Start-Process -FilePath ".\Touchup.exe" -ArgumentList "$commandLine"
}else{
echo ".\Touchup.exe is not found"
}

[allen_thicc]

@lceManiac_ Hello,

Just had to chime in because I found the functionality is under the settings gear -> Locate game. Works perfectly with the game I tried it with. I transferred the game from another computer, to my USB drive, to my hard drive, and then was able to get Origin to recognize those files. Unlike the solution on the first page, the directory between the old computer and the new one is totally different.

[bigethe]

im having the exact same problem

[Sojourner2183]

1. In the EA app, change the "Install location" where you want the game to go.

2. Quit the EA app and terminate the EABackgroundService.exe in Task Manager.

3. Move the folder of the game to the "Install location" you chose, then start the EA app. The game will not show in library, so look it up in the search bar.

4. When you find it, click download. The EA app will show "Preparing / calculating time..." It will actually be performing a file check, instead of re-downloading the game files again.

5. When the progress bar completes, the files have been verified and the game should be playable.

[smndark24]

i manually moved my fifa 22 through a hard drive so i do not have to download it again to the file directory but it is showing an error that the game is not installed