My Origin Client continuously writes to an xml file in C:\Users\[username]\AppData\roaming\Origin every second. This has happened to me on a previous install of Windows on my machine, and after installing Windows from scratch, it is still happening. In my case the file is called local_72e10e604ec451c9e31d8905ce8f8e36.xml, even though there is a local.xml file there already.The contents of the XML file seems to contain settings for the Origin Client such as AllowNonSecureDownloads, AllowNonSecureDownloads, AllowNonSecureDownloads, and AllowNonSecureDownloads among others. It is a relatively small file: 1.5KB. In Windows Explorer, I can actually see the file being updated by a temporary file which is then renamed to the above filename with the current date/time as the timestamp.
The frustrating thing is that whenever the Origin Client is running (which is whenever I play any EA games I own), I can hear my drive being written to every second. For a gaming client, I believe this is quite unacceptable. Having being a developer for a few years and currently an IT specialist/architect, I find this to be rather sloppy of the Origin Client developers.
I have already tried to contact EA support using the online chat, however the AI/individual that assisted me did not quite grasp what I was trying to explain since they are only a support person with limited knowledge into how the Origin Client works. Since the only other form of support on this site is through the Answer HQ, I thought I would post this in the hopes of other people experiencing a similar problem and hopefully EA can actually do something about this.
