Dragon Age 2 won't start

I'm having the exact the same issues.

I'm running Origin on Windows 7

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P8700  @ 2.53GHz

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

Does it give an error message?

None in my case. When I first launched the game it asked me if it could check if the release day had been reached which I said sure to. Then some loading and then the window closed. Now when I press launch I can see it tries to launch the game (I can't press play again for a few seconds) and then nothing happens. Then I can pres play all the times I want with the same result. 

I've tried to alter all the configuration options (the launcher works but the game doesn't fire off) but to no avail.

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@maias227 wrote:

None in my case. When I first launched the game it asked me if it could check if the release day had been reached which I said sure to. Then some loading and then the window closed. Now when I press launch I can see it tries to launch the game (I can't press play again for a few seconds) and then nothing happens. Then I can pres play all the times I want with the same result. 

I've tried to alter all the configuration options (the launcher works but the game doesn't fire off) but to no avail.

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Make sure you've installed the latest update, run the as an Administrator and that the game can access the internet without interference from antivirus/firewall programs.

I also found the following:

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/300/index/6482838/8

RoboCobra's first post at the top mentions manually opening the "activation.exe" file; if all else fails that might be worth trying.

I've installed the latest patch I could find here; http://social.bioware.com/page/da2-patches

Tried running the activation.exe also as run as administrator still no cigar.

I have tried everything i can find to try and get it to start but nothing works. I just click playand then nothing, no error message, just nothing

"My Dragon Age 2 will not start. Whenever i click play, nothing happens. I have tried changing all my settings down to low graphics and such, and i changed my Directx to version 9. I've also installed the patches and i still can't get it to start."

You have chosen to omit anything helpful that could lead to diagnosing your problem.  If you want the help, you need to do your own part, as described here:  

http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/300/index/6423406

Operating system: Windons 7
CPU: AMD fx 4100, quad core 3.6GHz
RAM: 12gb
Video Card: powercolor HD6850
Hard Drive: 500GB
Audio: DirectX 9.0, 10 compatiable

Im playing the 1.4 patch and i tried all the other patch's before hand. When i click the "play" buttong to launch the game nothing happens, the launcher just closes.

Anybody else have some ideas for solving this?

The author of the Opening Post stopped well short of enough information for anyone to work with; he started, just didn't say enough. The next to last was much better, but still not covering everything.

Our new arrival with a bald "Me, Too" wasted time saying nothing much at all so far.   "No data in = no data out", sorry. 

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(And this is only for the raw hardware & driver variations.  Potential software conflicts are far more likely to be game play problems, and developers cannot test for all possible program loads.)