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Open a PowerShell window (Alt+F+S+R or Shift + right-click in the folder and pick Open PowerShell window here from the menu) Use this command (change the quoted path to your liking): .\EAappInstaller.exe /i DefaultInstallFolder="D:\Games\Electronic Arts". In this case, the app gets installed in a subfolder called EA Desktop in D:\Games ...
Firstly, completely exit Origin in task manager. Go to "C:\Program Data", open the "Origin" folder, and scroll down to the bottom. You will see a file named "local.xml", open it in any text editor (Notepad++ in my case), and anywhere in the document (but between the <settings> tags), make a new line and post the following.
What wasn't acceptable was EA's crummy installer. Which failed at every step! As OP points out, despite endemic issues with the app, EA has been sitting on its hands, providing basically no support to the numerous complaints about this exact problem on their forums. Including one person asking for a direct installer, like above, and being blown ...
Type in “EAdesktop” and the blue arrow to search. Any program file that belongs to stupid EA will come up. I also searched just the “Program Files” with typing in “Electronic Arts.”. Then deleted any file that came up for any of these. This is the ONLY way I could get the EA app off of my kid’s laptop.
downloaded EA desktop installer, ran it. said it was already installed. double checked revo. struggled for three days straight troubleshooting completely purging computer of anything EA related. downloaded EA desktop installer, ran it. said it was already installed. uninstalled origin. found guide of easy way and hard way to uninstall origin.
Also, if you use Steam, if you try to launch an EA game after doing this and it asks you if it can make changes on your computer, say no, because it wants to install the EA app again. If you say no, it will load the game using the old Origin version you downloaded.
When I first booted my computer this evening, my Origin install was v10.5.122, and displaying the message to force me to install EA app. None of my EA games would run. I currently have DAI, and ME LE. So, I added the migration disable parameter that I have seen described in so many recent threads here to my local XML file under programdata/Origin.
EA discontinued Origin and forced everybody to migrate to the new EA App. Then the new app had a mandatory update that didn't apply automatically on Linux, so people who had the old version installed might need to re-run the installer in Bottles to get the latest version.
The installer gave me the option of installing EA App in a custom folder, so I chose my D drive as I don't have a lot of space on my C drive.
Try disconnecting from the internet completely. Currently there's no DLC Unlocker for EA app on Mac and I doubt there will be one anytime soon. Maybe never. There were some tricks to keep using Origin on Windows but I'm not sure if they work on Mac. But EA might pull the plug and kill Origin servers completely, forcing you to switch anyway.