Dragon Age 2 won't boot up.
I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this issue, but I've been playing DA 2 for 20 hours total so far and the game was running pretty well, then all of a sudden during a cutscene the game cras...
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i'm having the same issue here for the past hour and i've tried everything as well, and I mean EVERYTHING and I still can't get it to work.
UPDATE:
I somehow managed to make it work again by following holger1405's solution step-by-step:
Please clear your temp files:
- Press the Windows key and "R" at the same time to open the Run dialog box.
- Into the new window, type or copy & paste: "%temp%" (Without the quotes.) > hit "ENTER"
- Now your Windows Explorer should have brought you to the "C:\Users\>your user name<\AppData\Local\\Temp" folder. > Delete all files and folders in it.
(If some files or folders can't be deleted, reboot and try again.)
Then:
- Go here and download "Revo Uninstaller. (The freeware version, Portable version works too.)
- Run "Revo Uninstaller" > EA app.
- At the end of the main uninstall, Revo will ask you which cleaning method you want to use. > Select "Advance" > Browse.
- If "Remaining registration content found" is displayed > Select All > Delete > Next
- When "Remaining Data and Folders" is displayed > Select All > Delete.
- Restart the PC
- Download a new EA app setup exe from here. (Do it even if you already have the installer!)
- Install EA app.
- Run EA app as Administrator > Click the EA app shortcut on your desktop > Run as Administrator.
- Test.
this worked for me thankfully but another user pointed out that the same issue appeared again the next day, and when they tried to repeat the steps, it didn't work anymore.
link to the referred discussion: https://forums.ea.com/discussions/dragon-age-franchise-discussion-en/ea-launcher-canceling-da-game-launch/12289774
I assume deleting the temp files won't mess with my other apps? Are they where all of the caches are in?
I just did everything you listed, literally nothing worked, still getting the exact same issue.
yes deleting temp files is completely safe don't worry. by the way, I had to do the whole thing twice for it to work because the first time I didn't restart immediately after deleting the registry keys and when I checked the issue still persisted, so giving it another shot and doing everything in the exact order might do the trick. I'm currently still playing and it hasn't bothered me again since I fixed it.
I'm trying to delete all of the temp files but some of them just won't delete. I've tried rebooting and nothing worked, still went on with the whole revouninstaller trick a second try and it didn't change anything. Are you sure this works because I'm still getting the same results.
