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Jamescooper23's avatar
9 years ago
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unable to start game

hi there I'm currently no able to get past the "press any key to continue" screen, I've tried everything detailed here - http://answers.ea.com/t5/Dead-Space-3/dead-space-3 -crash/td-p/5875511/highli...
  • kayster14's avatar
    9 years ago

    FIXED!!

    After exactly 24 hours of trouble shooting, I have solved the problem.  The work around is super simple and takes no more than 5 minutes.  I was able to play this game about a year ago, and when I recently tried I got the SAME EXACT ERROR.

    SOLUTION: 1 . Create new user account (make it an administrator just like your main account)

                           2. Run Dead Space 3 in that new user account

                           3. Have fun finally, without wasting anymore precious spare time.

    There is some kind of permission error or policy conflict that is probably the root of the issue.  The user account that I was using, and most likely just like you, possibly has a corrupt file or permission conflict in the saved games location.  Despite trying to manually change the permissions, the game would crash right as it said "please wait, searching for saved games"  and the "program stopped" error would come up.

    Message to EA:   A lot of people are suffering from this issue. with no definitive solution posted online anywhere.   I hope this can help more than just a few people.

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