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Dajudge06
5 years ago

Running Andromeda through the exe says Origin needs installed, even though it is

When trying to boot up Andromeda from its installed file folder, it will start loading and then get an error saying that Origin is required to play this game, even though Origin is logged in and runn...
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Dajudge06
5 years ago

Tried that too, tried running everything administrator mode. Just finished redownloading everything from scratch and same result.

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holger1405
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5 years ago

@Dajudge06 

Make sure Origin in game is disabled.

look at this guide. to preform a clean uninstall of Origin.

  • Scroll down to "How to uninstall the Origin client the hard way"
  • Follow the instructions to the letter. 
  • reboot.
  • Download this version of the "OriginSetup.exe"
  • Run the installer as Administrator (Right click the "OriginSetup.exe" > Run as an Administrator) > Test.

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