"Waiting for Origin to shut down" Whenever I shut down my PC?

[futurefields]

Whenever I shut down my PC I get the prompt saying I need to wait for Origin to shut down. That doesn't seem normal to me. Does anybody else get that?

 

[destrekor]

Sometimes running programs take a few moments to totally kill their running processes and let go of system resources.
I've rarely seen Origin hold up restart, usually it's Chrome for me (when I have about over a hundred tabs open). But that's also most likely because I typically force close Origin manually (right click - exit, from system tray).

 

[Fanatical Meat]

only way I can exit Origin from windows 8.1 is ctr/alt/delete. Origin never closes and won't relaunch.

 

[tential]

I finally figured it out. Your PC is actually waiting for Origin to shut down. Like as a service.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I actually disabled origin from starting when I boot up because it's so annoying. Between the pop up ads and not closing down it's basically bloatware.

 

[compcons]

Thus is fairly recent for me too. Not sure if its a win7 update that caused it or an origin update. In wither case, its not right but I don't care enough to dig through logs/event viewer to fix it.

 

[frowertr]

I actually disabled origin from starting when I boot up because it's so annoying. Between the pop up ads and not closing down it's basically bloatware.

+1

No need to have it run on startup.

 

[gorcorps]

funny, steam is usually the one stopping my computer from shutting down for me

It doesn't last long though

 

[DeathReborn]

Steam & Raptr (yep that AMD app...) used to do that on my machines, but now I so rarely shut down it's a non issue.

Make a point of closing down things like Origin, Steam etc before you shut down, it's actually good practice to do so.

 

[CPA]

Steam is the one for me. I just hit Force Shutdown.

 

[Red Hawk]

Both Steam and Origin tend to do this for me. I have them both set to not run on startup, and it's usually best to manually close out of them in the notification area of the taskbar before shutting down my PC.

 

[irishScott]

Both Steam and Origin tend to do this for me. I have them both set to not run on startup, and it's usually best to manually close out of them in the notification area of the taskbar before shutting down my PC.

This, but in my case I don't mind. Both usually close down within 10 seconds and then the shutdown continues as normal. Granted I don't turn my computer off that often.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

Yep whenever I use origin it hangs up shutdown for a second or two

 

[Dankk]

Never have this problem. I always manually exit Steam and Origin before shutting down Windows. I guess I'm weird.

 

[Raduque]

On my Windows7 gaming desktop, it's usually the "This program is preventing windows from shutting down" dialog itself!

 

[WhiplashGT]

I usually play BF4 or Titanfall now right before I go to sleep and turn off the machine, so I do get the same message regarding Origin every time.

Is it bad to force the shut down?

 

[JimScace]

I have a laptop that supposed to shut down when closed but Origin is running and prevents this. Found in Origin Application Settings\Advanced Settings there is a box you check that "Shuts Down Origin when Game is Exited" problem solved.

 

[sweenish]

I've seen worse necro's.

 

[Zodiark1593]

I've seen worse necro's.

Probably a newbie to forums. Oh well, while on the topic Origin does this on my desktop too.

 

[DeadFred]

Origin and several other apps do this to me after moving to windows 10. It only takes a few seconds for them to close, so I dont see it as a big deal.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Origin, but doesn't last long. Not that annoying to me.

 

[Red Hawk]

I have a laptop that supposed to shut down when closed but Origin is running and prevents this. Found in Origin Application Settings\Advanced Settings there is a box you check that "Shuts Down Origin when Game is Exited" problem solved.

Huh, you can do that? I actually didn't know. That's kind of convenient, thanks!

 

[tidy]

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[natto fire]

Steam does that for me as well. I have never installed Origin, but I usually just shut Steam down manually on the rare occasion I shut down over just using Sleep.

 

[JTsyo]

Yep whenever I use origin it hangs up shutdown for a second or two

about 15 sec for me. Sometimes steam too.