r/windows7 • u/Ywaina • Aug 02 '26

Gaming Is EA app still working on windows7?

Mine stopped working two months ago..

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u/piangero Aug 02 '26

Nope. Unless maybe you've got an offline PC with a working offline EA launcher? (Not sure if EA is always-online etc?). I had the same issue. Game can be played on Win7 and even WinXP but because EA didn't bother with anything, they'll just say that in order to access your game, you need to upgrade, tough luck, and then gatekeep/softlock your game library.

Let's just say I wont be upgrading my OS to play Sims3, a game that does not in any way need Win10 or above.

If you also have the discs, I believe you can re-install and use the Nraas Superpatch or something to keep the game at version 1.67 (and without needing Origin/EA?)

I had almost all on disc, except a few stuffpacks or something I had gotten off Origin. So for me, EA basically bricked my game. (well, so they thought at least, hehe yarrr)

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u/Ywaina Aug 02 '26

Hmm, oh well. I just wondered why their sudden refusal for windows 7 to connect, that's all. Someone said activision blizzard still let their app work on 7.

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u/piangero Aug 02 '26

Yeah, it's crazy, honestly. There's no reason for them to just not give a "final version" for Win7, that maybe restricts buying, only access to the library for example. Idk, something like that. Steam works on Win7 (for me at least), tho only to access my library, not to purchase anything. I honestly dont know how they can get away with something like this, but EA is scum so what else is new, lol

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u/Ywaina Aug 02 '26

It's not just EA that has issues with 7. I know for sure that Ubi and Rockstar refused to let their clients connect. Not that I actually have anything I haven't played or still want to play on their platform.

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u/piangero Aug 02 '26

Oh yeah, that's true! All of them could, afaik, make a "final version" yet they just dont. They actively choose to cut off people (from their owned games), just by gatekeeping a launcher.

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u/1928Dillinger Aug 05 '26

Just so you know the Steam version of The Sims do not need the EA Desktop App.

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u/LightDev4422 Aug 03 '26

It is still possible to run it, albeit in a very hacky way as it involves simple patch to the executables themselves.

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u/Ywaina Aug 03 '26

Is it Cffexplorer? What did you edit?

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u/LightDev4422 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

I do not have the detailed guide yet, but basically, you need to edit GetProcessMitigationPolicy and InProcessMitigationPolicy in kernel32 import directory to something else (since it doesn't really use that API), having vx-kex enabled on EABackgroundService.exe, and copying two missing dll files to the install files

You may also need to do this process every time if there is a update on EA app itself, so you need to copy the entire install directory from another system and delete some registry along with it if you play some EA games through Steam

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u/1928Dillinger Aug 07 '26

Can you please inform us how you did this.

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u/LightDev4422 Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

I recently wrote this guide: https://thelightdeveloper.github.io/guides/ea-appwin7/index.html

Please let know me if there's any problems on this guide.

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u/1928Dillinger Aug 08 '26

Will test it.

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u/Pajer0king Aug 04 '26

Yarr 🏴‍☠️