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Rising Scout

Re: Dragon Age Origins will not start. Plenty of attempted solutions - none worked.

Try not running the game through Origin, and just starting it from the game executable (or launcher, if that is still a thing). (DAO does not require Origin be running at all. You can log in to the server via the startscreen, to verify ownership of DLC packages.)

If you are intent on running Origin alonside the game, try turning off the Origin overlay.

I'd also try using a compatibility mode for the game... I use Windows XP SP3 mode, though you might also try Window 7 or Windows 8 mode.

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2lazypotatoz
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4 years ago
@theskymoves Hey, thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, these steps did not work. Compatibility mode did nothing, and starting the game from the .exe opened Origin instead (or actually failed to do so, it asked me to update the client, which it is).