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7 years ago

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VC ++ error on download

I've been trying to re-download dragon age inquisitition through the origin launcher and keep getting this error Error: The VC ++ runtime redistributable package was not installed ...

dragon age inquisition

soul5640
7 years ago
Hi
Thanks for your suggestions.
Unfortunately these didn't work. In the end I managed to get it to work by copying the files from the vc2010sp1 folder to the vc2008sp1 folder (it was the 2008 one that wouldn't work).
Still, not sure why the launcher couldn't sort this out instead of forcing players mess about with game files - kind of defeats the point of having a launcher I guess.
Thanks anyway

EA_Ataashi

EA Staff (Retired)

7 years ago

Hey @soul5640

I would recommend to use the repair option in Origin first and if it won't fix the problem, please make sure to reinstall the security updates and Visual C++ by following the steps from this article.

Let us know if anything helped 🤞

/Ataashi

soul5640

7 years ago

Thanks for your suggestions.

Unfortunately these didn't work. In the end I managed to get it to work by copying the files from the vc2010sp1 folder to the vc2008sp1 folder (it was the 2008 one that wouldn't work).

Still, not sure why the launcher couldn't sort this out instead of forcing players mess about with game files - kind of defeats the point of having a launcher I guess.

Thanks anyway

EA_Ataashi
EA Staff (Retired)
7 years ago
I'm glad that you've managed to figure it out yourself @soul5640

Thanks for coming back to us with the workaround. I've marked your post as the accepted solution 🙂

/Ataashi