What system do you play on?
If PC:
The Dragon Age Saves are stored in "C:\Users\>Your User name<\Documents\Bioware\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save\"
Make a backup of the Save folder, then move it to your desktop (The Save folder must be gone from the original path.)
> Test the game.
m95rzje45rz1 wrote:
The game files are not located in the documents, only in OneDrive and There is no save file inside the dragon age Inquisition file and There is only the Screenshots file
And that's the problem, ether the game can't access the OneDrive folder, or it can't find it at all.
Like this؟ and the last word means documents
The last word means documents
I can't read the word after OneDrive, it should be the local equivalent to "Documents", is that right?
If yes is there a "Bioware\Dragon Age Inquisition" folder that folder?
Yes, the word after OneDrive means documents
and there is no file Bioware\Dragon Age Inquisition in OneDrive\documents
just in OneDrive
OK, then it is likely that the game is missing the permission to write to the folder:
Press the Windows key and "X" at the same time > Click on "Command prompt (Administrator)", "PowerShell (Administrator)" or Terminal (Administrator).
(OS specific differences.)
In the CMD, PowerShell or Terminal window, at the prompt type or copy and past: takeown /f "C:\Users\Admin\OneDrive\Documents" (With the quotes.)
hit ENTER
You should get a success message.
It does not work. It still creates the file in OneDrive and not in Documents
Sorry, I misread your last post. So the "Bioware\Dragon Age" folders are directly under the "OneDrive" folder?
So the path is "C:\Users\Admin\OneDrive\Bioware\Dragon Age Inquisition"?
I am sorry for the late reply, this thread evaded my notifications somehow.
Is the problem solved?
The problem is that your system settings point to your "Document" folder as the standard user account folder to put the game data in, as it should be.
Bbut the game is not recognising that.
I would assume that this is due to the different language of your operating system.
Under "Fixed" look at the "Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support" solution and try it. (Don't forget to reboot.)
It still doesn't work
Try to repair the game.
(Origin: Game Library > Right-click the game cover > Repair)
(EA app: My Collection > Click on the three dots on the game cover > Repair)
(Steam: Game Library > Right-click the game > Properties > Local Files > Verify integrity of game files.)
If that don't works, disable the link between OneDrive and your "Documents" folder, (In OneDrive > "Backup - Manage Backups", uncheck "Documents")
Test.
I'm having the same issues and have done everything in this thread as well and its still not working.
Hi, Thank you for attempting to help. Below is the cmd and attached is the dxdiag.
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.3447]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\rosal>reg query "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders" /v "Personal
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
Personal REG_SZ C:\Users\rosal\Documents
C:\Users\rosal>
OK, that looks fine.
How many saves do you have? The game has a hard limit of 250 saves. If you have more move the older ones out of the "Save" folder and test.
If you don't have that many saves, try to run DAi as Administrator:
1. Go into your Dragon age Game folder. (Standardly "C:\Program Files\EA Games\Dragon Age Inquisition"
2. Right click the "DragonAgeInquisition.exe" > Properties > Compatibility > Check the box before "Run this program as Administrator" > Click OK!
3. Run EA app > Start the game > Confirm the permissions pop up with OK > Test.
It's a fresh install on a new PC with Windows 11 and I have 0 saves.
I have tried running the game exe EA Origin as administrator and am still having the issue.
Press the Windows key and "X" at the same time > Click on "Command prompt (Administrator)", "PowerShell (Administrator)" or Terminal (Administrator).
(OS specific differences.)
In the CMD, PowerShell or Terminal window, at the prompt copy and past: takeown /f "C:\Users\rosal\Documents"
hit ENTER
!! You should get a success message.
Tested after
Terminal (admin), pasted takeown /f "C:\Users\rosal\Documents" got success message, restarted PC test game and that's a nope to saving ☹️
🤔 Ok, do you have a "C:\Users\rosal\Documents\Bioware\Dragon Age Inquisition" and subsequently a C:\Users\rosal\Documents\Bioware\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save" folder?
If so:
In the CMD, PowerShell or Terminal window, at the prompt copy and past: takeown /f "C:\Users\rosal\Documents\Bioware\Dragon Age Inquisition\Save"
hit ENTER
!! You should get a success message.
If not let me know.
I do have those folders. I ran the CMD and pasted the line below, restarted the PC and ran everything as administrator and unfortunately it still doesn't want to save ☹️
I will also note that I am not running any anti virus software other than windows defender. I have tried without OneDrive installed as well ☹️
Test without running EA app and the game as Administrator.
If that also don't wotks, preform a clean boot and test the Game in clean boot mode.
In clean boot:
- Make sure the "EABackgroundService" remains enabled under point 3 in the guide.
- Make sure your virus scanner and other security software and also Afterburner and similar software is disabled.
(You can go offline while testing if this bothers you, but the risk is very small.)
