What is ‘EA Play error code 0xa3ea00ca’ in Windows 10?
If you are facing ‘EA Play error code 0xa3ea00ca’ error in Windows 10 computer while trying to install multiple EA Play apps through ‘Game Pass PC’ app, then you are in right place for the solution. Here, you will be guided with easy steps/methods to resolve the error. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘EA Play’: EA Play is subscription-based video game service from EA (Electronic Arts). This service is available for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 & 5, and Microsoft Windows OS based computer. This service offers access to selected games published Electronic Arts along with additional incentives. EA Play membership can be purchased in one-month or 12-month increments. EA Play members have unlimited access to full versions of selected EA games, dubbed ‘the vault’, for as long as membership is active.
However, several users/ EA users reported that they faced ‘EA Play error code 0xa3ea00ca’ error while they tried to install any games/apps through Game Pass PC app in Windows 10 computer. This error prevents you from installing any EA games/apps in computer for some reasons. The error states that something unexpected happened and urges you to wait a bit and try again or restart your device in order to resolve the error. Let’s take a look at error message.
“Something unexpected happened.
Reporting this problem will help us understand it better. You can wait a bit and try again or restart your device. That may help.
Error code: 0xa3ea00ca
Find help for this”
The possible reason behind this error can be issue in your Windows 10 computer or in your network, or due to Game Pass App in Windows 10 not being able to communicate with EA servers. You should make sure you have stable internet/network connation and speed, and there is no issue with internet connection at all. Also, this error can be occurred due to temporary glitch in your Windows computer and network. You can fix temporary glitch just by restarting your computer and networking equipment like router/modem and check if it works for you.
EA Play error 0xa3ea00ca can also be occurred due to some temporary glitch in your EA account. You can fix the issue by sign out of EA account and then sign-in again and re-link your EA account. It is possible to resolve this issue with our instructions. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix EA Play error code 0xa3ea00ca in Windows 10?
Method 1: Fix ‘EA Play error 0xa3ea00ca’ with ‘PC Repair Tool’
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Method 2: Re-link your EA Account
One possible way to fix the issue is to re-link your EA account
Step 1: Open your browser and visit ‘EA Official website’
Step 2: Login into your EA account and click ‘User Icon’ at top-right corner and click ‘Account Settings’ in left pane
Step 3: Go to ‘Connection’ tab, in front of ‘Xbox’, select ‘Unlink’ and tick ‘I Understand and Wish to Continue’ option. Click on ‘Unlink’ and then restart your computer
Step 4: After restart, Re-link the EA account again and check if the error is resolved.
Method 3: Enable ‘User Access Control (UAC)’ feature
UAC feature in Windows 10 when disabled, you won’t be able to run certain third-party applications and that’s why you are facing EA Play error code 0xa3ea00ca because Xbox app won’t run in the background. You can enable UAC feature in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Type ‘UAC’ in Windows Search Box and open ‘Change your User Account Control Settings’ from results appear
Step 2: In the opened window, drag the slider up to desired level of security, and hit ‘OK’ button to save the changes. Enter your Administrator password if asked, and then restart your computer and check if it works for you.
Method 4: Try EA Client App (Desktop app)
You can also try to fix the issue by using EA Client/desktop app in your Windows 10 computer and check if it works for you.
Step 1: Open your browser and visit EA official site
Step 2: Download ‘EA App for Windows’ in your computer. Once downloaded, double-click on EA app setup file and follow on-screen instructions to finish installation.
Step 3: Once installed, launch EA App and login into EA account and Link your EA account, then link your Xbox account to EA account. Once done, retry installing game through EA app or Game Pass PC app in computer and check if the error is resolved.
Method 5: Update Windows 10 OS
Updating Windows 10 OS to latest available version can resolve any issue in Windows computer. Let’s try.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + I’ keys on keyboard to open ‘Settings’ app in Windows 10
Step 2: In ‘Settings’ app, go to ‘Update & Security > Windows Update’ and click on ‘Check for updates’ button, download and install the available updates in computer, once done, restart your computer and check if it works for you.
Method 6: Clear EA App cache in Windows 10
One possible way to fix the issue is to clear EA Client/Desktop app cache in computer.
Step 1: Open ‘EA App’ in Windows 10 and click on ‘Three-Dashes’ at top-left corner of app, and select ‘Help > App Recovery’
Step 2: Click on ‘Clear Cache’ option and wait to finish the process. Once done, restart EA app and check if you can install games without any issue.
Step 3: To clear EA app cache from Windows 10, click ‘Start Menu’ and find ‘EA’ in list of apps, click on ‘Downward’ arrow to expand and select ‘App Recovery > Clear Cache’
Method 7: Run EA desktop app in Administrator Mode
You can fix the issue just by running EA desktop app in Administrator mode.
Step 1: Type ‘EA’ in Windows Search Box and right-click on EA Desktop app from results appear
Step 2: Select ‘Run as Administrator’ option to run the application with Admin permission, and check if you can install games in EA desktop app without any errors.
Conclusion
I am sure this post helped you on How to fix EA Play error code 0xa3ea00ca in Windows 10 with several easy steps/methods. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.
