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SCOTLANDFOREVER1's avatar
2 months ago

Weird problem with opening the game.

Hi so I just came across the weirdest thing I ever witnessed. I donwloaded DAO like normal from the EA PC App. Somehow the game starts itself on startup AND ONLY THEN. I tried to turn it on normally from desktop/app and it just didn't start. Anyone has any idea what had caused it and how to fix it? I do have it modded but I played with the same set of mods before and never had an issue like this.

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  • SCOTLANDFOREVER1​ 

    Its possible that the "daorigins.exe" is set to run at startup

    This might be because of a entry in the Task Scheduler or a shortcut of the exe in the Startup folder. (Press the Windows key and R at the same time and copy and paste "shell:startup" (without the quotes) into the Run command line > ENTER)

    There are other ways to start a application automatically as well. 
    Do other people use this system? 
    Did you preformed a full malware and virus scan?