Delete the entire %LocalAppData%\Origin folder. Delete the entire %AppData%\Origin folder. Delete everything from the %ProgramData%\Origin folder except for the LocalContent subfolder. If they are, use the End task button to kill them. Make sure that Origin.exe and OriginWebHelperService.exe aren’t listed. Make sure it is closed in Task Manager > Processes. Instead, you’ll need to consult or use the quicksteps here (for Windows): That would mean admitting Origin has problems, so it’s not there. This gets suggested a lot by EA support so you might think there would be a button in the Origin settings to do it. In this case, you need to clear your Origin local cache. the launcher doesn’t appear at all), especially after a patch or Origin update. Most of these issues were patched as of the Jupdate, but you may still encounter the same problem of trying to launch the game either from Steam or Origin and nothing happening (i.e.
Most of those bugs could be worked around using one of the 10(!) different suggestions found here. There were multiple bugs on launch day that caused the launcher to either not load at all, or load but not launch the individual games.
The new PC Launcher should have been a simple, straightforward tool to launch the 3 games in the trilogy but EA still managed to screw the pooch.