[PC] DA:O DLC problems step-by-step workaround

My issue was that I had originally purchased the Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition through Steam but they show up in the EA launcher.

Even though all the DLC showed up in my game's main screen under Downloadable content, I was still getting prompted to Download content. Selecting that just popped up a message "The EA servers are no longer available."  GRRRR!

Turns out that the DLC files were in the wrong place. Here is the full procedure for PC that worked for me.

We're going to delete and reinstall all of the addin folders. Please make sure the EA Launcher is not running.

I. DELETING THE ADDINS

1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\EA Games\Dragon Age\addins. (You can find this whole procedure online at https://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-Dragon-Age-Games/PC-Dragon-Age-quot-Unauthorized-DLC-quot-Error-Afte... but I will repeat them here. I do NOT recommend the step of using CCleaner.
2. Delete all the folders within C:\Program Files\EA Games\Dragon Age\addins. Those folders contain all your DLC content.
3. Now restart Windows.

II. DOWNLOADING AND REINSTALLING THE ADDINS

1. Go to https://help.ea.com/en/help/faq/dlc-for-classic-games/?isIhi=true
2. Scroll down to Dragon Age: Origins
3. Download the files. (I like to download stuff driectly to my destop, but by default they will be in your Downloads folder).

DAO_Darkspawn.exe
DAO_GolemsOfAmgarrak.exe
DAO_LelianasSong.exe
DAO_WardensKeep.exe
DAO_WitchHunt.exe

 

Those are the five .exe installers; you only need to click on those to run them.

 

4. Beside the aforementioned .exe files you will find a number of files with the extention .dazip.

 

DAO_PRC_CP_1_1.1.dazip
DAO_PRC_CP_1_1.1.dazip
DAO_PRC_CP_3_1.0.dazip
DAO_PRC_CP_3_1.0.dazip
DAO_PRC_CP_7_1.0.dazip
DAO_PRC_CP_7_1.0.dazip

 

To install these, you need to navigate to C:\Program Files\EA Games\Dragon Age\__Installer and run SetupAddins.exe.

Choose each of the .dazip files one by one and install all of them. These files will be installed in your C:\Users\yourusername\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\AddIns folder where they belong..

III. COPY THE ADDINS.XML FILE TO THE CORRECT LOCATION

IMPORTANT! You next need to copy the file addons.xml from C:\Program Files\EA Games\Dragon Age\__Installer and paste it in your documents folder. Otherwise the launcher will not know the content is yours.

The easiest way is to open a fresh instance of File Explorer and click "Documents" then navigate to BioWare > Settings and paste the addons.xml file there. Or you can navigate directly to C:\Users\yourusename\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\Settings and paste the addons.xml there.

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Restart Windows, open the EA launcher, choose Dragon Age and Manage > Repair. Then run the game and your DLC should be working.