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12 years ago

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Can't find daupdater.exe, where is it hiding?

Okay, so, I'm trying to install some DLC. I actually learned a way to do this without having to manually find the daupdater.exe thing, but at the moment I'm worried my game didn't install right or something.

All of the instructions I can find for manually installing DLC say I should be able to find daupdater.exe under \bin_ship in my Dragon Age folder, wherever I installed that. But whenever I go into my Dragon Age folder, I can't find \bin_ship (or daupdater.exe) anywhere. Since I would like to have the ability to manually install my DLC should the automatic downloads stop cooperating for some reason, I'm worried about this.

I don't have a disc for the game since I only bought the downloadable version from Origin. My laptop runs Windows 8 and has all of the appropriate system requirements to run Dragon Age. Right now I only have Dragon Age: Origins and some DLC (Warden's Keep, Feastday Gifts and Pranks, and The Stone Prisoner).

ThandalNLyman
12 years ago
Sounds like you're looking under your user profile folders: "C:\Users\<username>\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age..." That's where your game settings, saves, and a few other things unique to your game are kept.

The "\bin_ship" folder (and the rest of the game program files) are located under: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games..."

14 Replies

SaraMoskaFleur
8 years ago
I have the same issue, there's nothing in that folder. Did you find out what to do?
ThandalNLyman
8 years ago
@SaraMoskaFleur; Seriously, this is not hard. Just search the top-level folder wherever your game is installed, (usually "C:\Program Files (x86)") for the file "daupdater.exe". Doesn't matter if it's a Steam, EA/Origin, GOG, or retail disc install... The "daupdater.exe" utility is there.

[EDIT] But please do tell us which install you actually have. Interested to know...
clarkdaw
3 years ago
I am on Win7 and will never have an issue. I also have WinXp computer that is on the internet. People are not writing in code for those platforms anymore. Never download or open emails that you do not know who or what it is. Have the same protections everybody else has and you are good to go. I am not worried about my system. I watch movies, play games, am able to work on projects just as well as anyone else. I still receive security updates.
holger1405
Hero+
3 years ago
@clarkdaw

Both are dead operating systems, and contrary to your opinion, they are no longer secure in any way.

Telling people that this two OS are save is just irresponsible.

Furthermore, I will close this thread to prevent further necroposting.
Please look at the date of the last response before you replay to a thread.