ME:A Endless Install Loop [FIXED] Modification update.

I have this exact same problem, I got the game yesterday night and am in the same Install loop as you. Would love someone to come up with a fix.

Yes I do its my E:

Since it didn't...
Do you have the Media Feature Pack for N editions of Windows 10 Version 1607 installed?

If you don't and you also have Windows update disabled try enabling it for the mean time and download the appropriate file (86-32bit & 64-64bit) install and let the system update with only that install to be updated.

Then reboot.
Only disable the Windows Update after the reboot once back in Windows.

You are using 64 bit right? It has to have 64 bit windows.

Sorry nothing worked.  I can only imagine how you must feel, it must be infuriating!

I checked mine and they are both set as primaries.

I also use Win 10 Enterprise 64bit, it can be quite a nuisance when it comes to granting permissions.

Delete "Temp" folder located in "C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Local", set UAC (User Account Control) Settings to "Never notify", located in "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\User Accounts", then restart your PC and try installing again.

I did those rather early in this debugging.
When I first started this troubleshooting it took me a few days to try clearing both Origin and the computer temp folders.
I tried each separately and together.
It did nothing either way though.
I disabled the UAC completely through command input code in the PowerShell ISE x64
As well as using the Take Ownership and Grant Full Admin context menu commands to remove any lingering permission not being granted.
Thank you for your encouragement.
I have been at this since March 20th.
I will always persist.
I used to not be able to upload pictures myself -tinypic my new favorite site for doing so though.
Played a bit of ME:A some time ago when visiting a friend to get a feel and taste for it but not anymore -out of town they are.
Indeed Windows 10 Pro Edition is ludicrous.
To have Pro vs other editions PRE-Windows 10 was indeed the correct course of action.
With Windows 10 however both Home and Pro are nearly identical... identical in the fact that they both allow telemetry and have MS Edge.
Two things that as far as I know only the Enterprise allows the COMPLETE shut down of.
Also the Enterprise edition is the only version I have found where the scheme of Cortana can be quickly deleted off my system -without so much rig-a-mo-row.


To the topic at hand:
I managed to switch the subsystem info for the drive from F:/ to C:/
That program is a life saver:
Trying to download a fresh copy of ME:A... I sure hope this works -I would hate to go through all this trouble for the Nth time for nothing...hope I didn't just jinx myself...

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5/6/2017
7:15 P.M. EST
UPDATE:
Partial Success...

Steps:
1. Got my system info and boot info on same drive: C:\
2. Disabled All Hard Drives but C:\
3. Installed Fresh OS.
4. Installed Origin -keeping DEFAULT INSTALL LOCATIONS
5. Left Windows Firewall active state; not disabled (Thank you Microsoft for bonking my Malwarebytes Protection!)
6. Set Origin to be allowed to go through Windows Firewall -public and private
7. Created a folder in location C:\ Called just: "Program"-------> "C:\Program"
8. Copied the Touchup.dat, Touch.exe, Cleanup.dat and Cleanup.exe from the __Installer folder in ME:A Directory.
9. Ran Origin as Administrator.
10. Clicked install and it completed this time around... according to the install log.
11. Rebooted and then went back and ran Origin as Administrator and button said Play.

Apparently something in my computer hardware required the stupid Windows Firewall, all excess drives to be disabled and a folder called "Program" to be made in C:\ location.
Maybe it could be because ALL four of my hard drives are the EXACT SAME MODEL... maybe they are all seen as one drive?



Is this true for you as well aside from the SSD?
All Hard Drives the same exact same model?


To note though the game DID NOT launch but now have access to the repair option so I am going to try that first.

Yes! Sorry for the delay took me this long to get it running.
I have got a rather slow internet speed -no need for me to digress on that -I am sure Alan9 could explain it.

The steps above but highly modified.
Steps:
1. Got my system info and boot info on same drive: C:\
2. Disabled All Hard Drives but C:\
3. Installed Fresh OS.
4. Installed Origin -keeping DEFAULT INSTALL LOCATIONS
5. Left Windows Firewall active state; not disabled (Thank you Microsoft for bonking my Malwarebytes Protection!)
6. Set Origin to be allowed to go through Windows Firewall -public and private
7. Created a folder in location C:\ Called just: "Program"-------> "C:\Program"
8. Began the ME:A Download 18GB.
9. Once the download was done -I Copied the Touchup.dat, Touch.exe, Cleanup.dat and Cleanup.exe from the __Installer folder in ME:A Directory to the "C:\Program" folder.
10. Made sure those four files were now in both locations.
11. Then Ran Origin as Administrator.

12. Clicked install and it completed this time around... according to the install log: Product GUID, Calling touchup_SetUninstallRegKey, forcing 64 bit registry completed this time around-completed with exit code zero!

13. Ran Origin as admin and it showed the play button! -it was greyed out...said update available...right clicked on the gear and tried to click install patch... same issue again as install button -Looping nothingness.

14. So taking no chances I rebooted verified #13 issue and getting the same result -I uninstalled Origin, used CCleaner to erase all origin data in the the registry and the temp folder.
15. Also DELETED THE ORIGIN FOLDERS in the AppData locations: Local and Roaming -Then emptied the recycle bin.
16. Rebooted, reinstalled Origin -again keeping default install locations as administrator.
17. Ran Origin and it found ME:A.

18. However the play button was there but again greyed out and like before said game update available -except this time I right clicked the gear icon and left-clicked install patch -this time it RAN.

19. The download began -not the 18GB crap -but the full 45 GB download! - Finally completed after 4 1/2 straight days! Play button is now active.
20. Launched the task-manager to make sure the process of Andromeda is running.
21. Clicked Play button and according to the task-manager it began to load -took 5 minutes but the game LOADED!

Ironically enough though upon launch I seemed to get the same issue others have had: black screen with audio and no visual.
A problem that for me however was a simple fix:
ALT+TAB then ALT TAB again.
Now I got a functioning game

I also tried this with the ME3 Demo... and it works but messed up ME:A -Lucky that was at the start. 
So I guess it now boils down to if I want to use a game for origin it looks like it will only be one game at a time.

Thank you very much EA.
I keep trying to be patient with you but I am nearly at the end.
Please learn from Uplay or Steam-at least those programs work with this setup.

Thank you for posting all of this. It's a lot! Well done.

Update 7/24/2017:
So far game is functioning ok.
Mods do make it a bit irritating... after each update or restart that is.
Game will not launch without repairing and then reinstalling mods with the frosty editor.
A slight annoyance but still fixable.

So far all these Mods -excluding emo cora work fine at the latest mod release with game version 1.09:
bsn.boards.net/post/801176/thread