Mass Effect Readfile Error Crash

@FilthySpoon 

Go to your "Documents\Bioware\Mass Effect" folder and move the "Save" and the "Config" folder to your desktop > Test.

Tried that out. I copied "save" and "config" and put them both on the desktop and deleted them from the Documents\Bioware\Mass Effect folder. Then I tried to launch the game, and I still got the same error. Went back to the Documents\Bioware\Mass Effect folder and it looks like they somehow popped back up there when i tried to launch the game. Repeated the whole process to confirm and got the same results

Holy * that worked. You're my hero

@FilthySpoon 

Good to hear! 🙂

You can move your save games to the new save folder now.

Just make sure you don't move the "Profile.MassEffectProfile".

@holger1405 

I just ran into this same issue last night. I followed your steps and was able to access the main menu again. However, when I moved my save files back, the game does not recognize the save files as valid. I even tried not moving the save files back and instead have them be regenerated by cloud saves, and it still didn't work. Do you have any ideas on what I can do to get them to work? I really don't want to have to completely restart my playthrough if I can help it. ☹️

@amae130 

How many save files do you have?

You are sure you moved them back to the right folder? (Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect\saves)
The game and Origin were closed as you moved them back?

It is unlikely that they are all corrupted. 

@holger1405 

Yup, I tried all of that too. It didn't work, unfortunately.