Launching M1/M2/M3 returns me to launcher menu

@Nevtr 

Please test something:

• Press the Windows key and "i" at the same time > Time and Language > Region.
• Chang "Country or Region" to UK.
• Restart the PC
• Test

Thank you for your reply @holger1405 

Region changed to UK and restarted, the issue persists.

Any other ideas?

@Nevtr 

Please preform a clean boot and test the Game in clean boot mode.

Make sure your virus scanner and other security software and also Afterburner and similar software is disabled.

Make also sure that your GPU & CPU are not overclocked.

@holger1405 Clean Boot didn't change anything, the app is still not responding and pops back to launcher menu.
There is no antivirus on the pc other than what comes with windows. There are no afterburner or overclocking apps.

Running out of ideas here.

@Nevtr 

• Press the Windows key and "R" at the same time.
• In the new Window, type or copy and paste "%LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps" (Without the quotation marks) > Press ENTER
• Look if there are any "MassEffect1.exe.Xxxx.dmp" or "MassEffectLauncher.exeXxxx.dmp" files in the "..Local\CrashDumps" folder.
• Zip 2 - 3 "MassEffect1.exe.Xxxx.dmp" or "MassEffectLauncher.exeXxxx.dmp" files together and upload them at a free file hosting service like Dropbox or Onedrive.
• Post the link here.

If there aren't any dump files of ME:

• Press the Windows key > Write: Command Prompt > Right click on "Command Prompt" in the search results > Run as administrator.
• Copy and paste reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\devenv.exe" /v DumpType /d 2 /t REG_DWORD into the prompt Window > Press ENTER.
• Play the game until it crashes.
• After the game crashes, let all Windows crash dialogues finish.
• Press the Windows key and "R" at the same time. > Type "%LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps" (Without the quotation marks) into the new window > Press ENTER.
• Zip 2 - 3 "MassEffect1.exe.Xxxx.dmp" or "MassEffectLauncher.exeXxxx.dmp" files together and upload them at free file hosting service like Dropbox.
• Post the link here.
  
  
  If you want to undo the automatic dump creation, use the command below in a elevated command prompt (As in point 1) reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps" /f

@holger1405  thanks for helping out.

Here are the logs: https://mega.nz/file/PxolnKSZ#3jnPMFwvgiiuiah0n3jJFUKI2mdHTl2U2BSHgsCKyDE

Cheers.

@Nevtr 

It is the same  NULL_POINTER_READ access violation I saw a dozen times and still can't pinpoint.

It is very likely a driver on your system that is causing this problem.

• Klick on Start > Choose "on/off" Press the Shift Key > Click on "Restart"
• Windows now boots into the recovery Screen. Choose "Troubleshot" > Advanced Options > Startup Settings Click "Restart"
• After the PC restart you will see a list of options > Press "F5" for "Safe Mode with Networking"
• Try to start the game. No drivers expect network drivers are loaded in this mode, meaning the game is rendered in software, so it will take a wile to get to the launcher and so on.
  You of course can't play this way, the idea is to find out if a normally loaded driver is causing the error.
  To leave the Save environment, just restart the system.

Thanks @holger1405   

Booting in safe mode actually made it run!

Any idea how to best eliminate which driver is causing it?

It's a pretty old PC and i ran the game with both old and new drivers across the board, upgrading gpu drivers, chipset, usb drivers etc. via Driver booster for Steam. Both pre and post update was the same.

@Nevtr

try to change the Video card driver version to an older one, that worked for me in the past.First make a clean uninstall of the video card driver. What video card do you use?

@Mrgaby95 I have 

Tahiti PRO [Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280]  

I did a clean install with DDU and installed the latest.
The oldest drivers i found here https://www.amd.com/en/support/previous-drivers/graphics/amd-radeon-hd/amd-radeon-hd-7000-series/amd-radeon-hd-7950   were from 9/9/2020 so i guess i can try those, unless you have any idea of where to fetch even older ones. I hope it's the GPU and this is a quick fix.