i installed mass effect 1 through EA desktop and it wont launch. Every time I try, desktop says I need admin privileges and wont launch. i"ve tried renaming the exe file but it still opened desktop and said the same thing. I just wanna play mass effect. Can someone help me fix this?
This worked for me just now!
Step 1: Open EA Desktop
Step 2: Look for the Mass effect .exe file
Step 3: Right Click it
Step 4: Click properties
Step 5: Click compatibility tab
Step 6: Change the Windows XP Service Pack to Version 2
Step 7: KILL ALL ALIENS
Go here and download Origin if you don't have it yet.
Install it and look if it recognises your ME installation.
(If not you might have customised the installation path in EA Desktop, then you need to Point Origin to your game directory.)
Try to launch the game from Origin.
The game should be under "C:\Program Files\EA Games\"
Then I am afraid all you can do is to wait for a patch.
Make sure you EA Desktop version is updated on a regular basis.
