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I had the same exact issue and for me it was Origin in-game. Most of the answers I've seen on this and other forums are far too complicated.
Unfortunately EA in all their infinite wisdom have an application override on Origin in-game that can only be disabled by right clicking the game in Origin, clicking game properties and then unchecking the allow Origin in-game checkbox. I had to do this even though Origin in-game was disabled via the settings menu that was previously suggested. After doing that, it worked fine. Didn't have to do anything else.
EA, if you're listening: your Origin product is trash. So is Origin in-game. Origin can't even run at a respectable resolution by default on my pc. When your own launcher breaks your own games, that's a bad sign. Maybe you should fix that? Can you guys maybe allocate some Mass Effect developers to fix your Origin product? Please?
If you have any issues with Mass Effect, please make a new topic about your problems and what kind of steps you have tried to solve them.
/Atic