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Anonymous

9 years ago

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Dragon's Age Origins won't load anymore since windows 10 ver. 1607 installed

Hi all,

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm not sure what caused my origin game "Dragon's Age Origins" not to load. I've recently updated to Windows 10 Anniversary Edition version 1607 for my Windows 10 Pro 64bit system. I also uninstalled my Nvidia drivers along with Geforce Experience that came with my previous card Geforce GTX 770 4gb by PNY. Then I ran DDU to uninstall all traces of the driver. Ran ccleaner to remove all traces of bloat in my registry. Then I installed my XFX Radeon R9 390x 8gb GPU. Booted into windows to install Crimson drivers from AMD.

Right now I can't play "Dragon's Age Origins" without getting," missing dll error". I can load the other two games on my account with no problems. I can't seem to figure out what is causing this error. I have tried uninstalling it and downloading it again. I still get that error. Can someone please help me with this problem?

i7 4770 3.4ghz with 32gig DDR3 1866

MSI Z87 MPower ATX Motherboard

XFX Radeon R9 390x 8gig GDDR5

Asus 16X DVDRW , Liteon 6X BDR

SoundBlaster Z SteelSeries Prism 3 series

Crusicial SSD 480gig Seagate 2 tb HardDrive

XBox 360 gaming pad

PS/2 Keyboard

Gamdias Gaming mouse

Windows 10 Pro 64bit OS

MADrag0n
9 years ago
Hello @decat24.

We should see the screenshoot of error. And yet u can try this:

a) all install run as Admin;
b) before install this, delete all already installed versions;
c) if you have x64 OS, you'd install x32 and x64 packages of all versions:

Spoiler
VC2005 (хххххх80.dll) - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=26347
VC2008 (хххххх90.dll) - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=26368
VC2010 (ххххх100.dll) - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=26999
VC2012 (ххххх110.dll) - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=30679
VC2013 (ххххх120.dll) - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=40784
VC2015 (ххххх140.dll) - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=52685

6 Replies

MADrag0n
9 years ago
Hello @decat24.

We should see the screenshoot of error. And yet u can try this:

a) all install run as Admin;
b) before install this, delete all already installed versions;
c) if you have x64 OS, you'd install x32 and x64 packages of all versions:

Spoiler
VC2005 (хххххх80.dll) - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=26347
VC2008 (хххххх90.dll) - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=26368
VC2010 (ххххх100.dll) - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=26999
VC2012 (ххххх110.dll) - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=30679
VC2013 (ххххх120.dll) - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=40784
VC2015 (ххххх140.dll) - https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=52685
Chaython
9 years ago
Does it state which dll? common dlls to be missing or inaccessible is Direct x related, try reinstalling direct x, from the game's folder \redist [or something like that]. If you use sweet fx or something turn it off.... I could offer a ton of suggestions if you could specify which dll.

If it specifies which dll you could search the dll on google, [usually the first result carries the newest version] download it, and put it in the location of the games .exe[every ,dll in the directory of an exe is ls launched with the exe automatically] (another terrible flaw of windows, [dynamic link libraries and registries])
Anonymous
9 years ago
It shows up as missing dll {NxCharacter.dll} Error 0x7E. Also I've tried uninstalling the Origin client with the games. Then I downloaded the games back. Bejeweled 3 & Nox plays fine. It's just the game "Dragon's Age Origin" won't load after I updated my OS to version 1607.
holger1405
Hero+
9 years ago
@decat24

The "NxCharacter.dll" is part of the PhysX software for DAO.

Try to reinstall the "PhysX_9.09.0408_SystemSoftware.exe" from ">drive<:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Dragon Age Origins\redist" > reboot > test.

If that not helps, deinstall the "Nvidia PhysX Systemsoftware" from your Windows control panel, (could be that there isn't one because of your AMD Card, then skip this part) reboot and then download and install this version. > reboot > test.
Anonymous
9 years ago
That worked. Thank you. Now I can get back to my game.
holger1405
Hero+
9 years ago
@decat24

Good to hear, you're welcome and thanks for the XP.

Have fun