Dragon Age Origins
What is Dragon Age Origins?
Dragon Age: Origins is a third-person single-player role-playing video game developed by BioWare's Edmonton studio and published by Electronic Arts. Set in the fictional kingdom of Ferelden during a period of civil strife, the player assumes the role of a warrior, mage or rogue coming from an elven, human, or dwarven background who must unite the kingdom to fight an impending invasion by demonic forces. BioWare describes Dragon Age: Origins as a "dark heroic fantasy set in a unique world", and a spiritual successor to their Baldur's Gate series of games, which took place in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting of the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. The game incorporates 6 "origins", the choice depending on the race and class chosen. For example, a dwarf noble begins the game as part of the dwarven royal family, whereas in the dwarf commoner origin, the player starts as a "lowborn" living in poverty. In the human noble origin, the player begins as a Cousland, one of the human noble families in Ferelden. Elven and human mages start their story off in the Ferelden's circle of magi. Origin stories determine the background of the player's character prior to the main events of the game's story, forming an introduction to the world (and a gameplay tutorial) while also comprising hours of play. Events of an individual origin are reflected in the game story and characters. Characters that the player meets during the origin story may reappear throughout the game, some as adversaries.
Overview
The most used version is 1.0.4.0, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The main program executable is daoriginslauncher.exe. The software installer includes 68 files and is usually about 24.09 MB (25,265,251 bytes).
Program details
URL: www.ea.com
Help link: www.impulsedriven.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Origin Games\Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{AEC81925-9C76-4707-84A9-40696C613ED3}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 24.09 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by Dragon Age Origins
| Program executable: | daoriginslauncher.exe |
| Name: | Launcher Application |
| Signed by: | BioWare |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\origin games\dragon age origins ultimate edition\daoriginslauncher.exe |
| MD5: | 2f2ef80a4db64d525d13e4b6c5f41be2 |
Additional files:
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CoreCmdPortalClient.dll - EA Core CommandPortal Client (EA Download Manager Command Portal Access Client)
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EACoreServer.exe - EA Core Server Application
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EACore.dll - EA Access Server
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EAAccessInstaller.exe - EA Installer
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EACoreUninstall.exe
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AutoRun.exe - Autorun (Autorun program)
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EASetup.exe
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awc.dll - EA DRM (EA DRM Helper)
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Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition_code.exe - Unified Registration code installer program
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GDFBinary.dll - Dragon Age Origins GDF
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- DAOriginsLauncher.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{9F58650E-D2C6-45D7-94AE-5FF1D8356CF2}' (runs on registration).
2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
- DAOriginsLauncher.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\DAOriginsLauncher.exe'.
- EACoreServer.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Origin Games\Mass Effect 2\Binaries\EACoreServer.exe'.
How do I remove Dragon Age Origins?
You can uninstall Dragon Age Origins from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Dragon Age Origins, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Dragon Age Origins.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 56%
Win 7 2%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #19,735
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
57.40% |
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| Windows 10 |
40.81% |
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| Windows Vista |
1.79% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
33.79% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
15.53% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
12.79% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.13% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
7.31% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
3.65% |
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Geography
66.08% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
66.08% |
| Canada |
4.24% |
| Brazil |
3.89% |
| France |
2.12% |
| Germany |
2.12% |
| United Kingdom |
2.12% |
| Australia |
1.77% |
| Czech Republic |
1.77% |
| Poland |
1.77% |
| Netherlands |
1.41% |
| Russia |
1.06% |
| Japan |
1.06% |
| DK |
1.06% |
| Thailand |
0.71% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
21.30% |
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| GIGABYTE |
19.44% |
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| Dell |
14.81% |
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| Acer |
13.89% |
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| ASUS |
12.04% |
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| Alienware |
8.33% |
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| Lenovo |
4.63% |
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| Toshiba |
2.78% |
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| MSI |
1.85% |
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| Sony |
0.93% |
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Common models |
| ASUS All Series |
4.20% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.36% |
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| MSI MS-7693 |
3.36% |
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| Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3 |
2.52% |
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| Dell XPS 8500 |
2.52% |
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| MSI MS-7641 |
2.52% |
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About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (EA) is developer & publisher of video games who develops & publishes games under several labels including EA Sports titles, Irritate NFL, FIFA Soccer & NBA Jam.
Publisher URL: www.ea.com