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M3asher98
6 years ago
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ME2 keeps asking to log in every time and lost my save

Hey everybody So I bought the ME trilogy a few years back and played them all and had no issues during. I uninstalled them a while ago and decided to replay the whole trilogy now since we're all loc...
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    holger1405
    6 years ago

    @M3asher98 

    OK, that config file looks fine.

    Try this please: (It is different from the last one.)

    Press the Windows key and "X" at the same time > Click on "Command prompt (Administrator)" or "PowerShell (Administrator)"

    • In the CMD or PowerShell window, at the prompt type or copy and paste:  takeown /F "xxxxxxxxxxxx" /R  (With the quotes. Replace the X with the full path to the C:\Users\>your user name<\Documents. folder.) > hit "ENTER"

    • Reboot.
    • Test.

    If that is also not working:

    • Create a new Windows user account. (Administrator account! Don't use special characters in the Username for that account.)
    • Reboot > Log on to the new account > Test.
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holger1405
Hero+
6 years ago

@M3asher98 

Did you tried a game repair?

(Right click the ME2 cover > Repair.)

Please disable "Origin in game".

It sounds like the game can't access the save location in your "Documents" folder.

Do you use MS OneDrive and if so did you set it to fetch your Data?

Did you enabled "Controlled folder access" inside the Windows defender?

Try to run Origin and the game as Administrator.

(Right click the Origin desktop and the "MassEffect2.exe" > Run as administrator.) 

  • M3asher98's avatar
    M3asher98
    6 years ago
    @holger1405 I tried all of those
    1 Repair didn't give me any indication that something was wrong
    2 I've had Origin Ingame disabled for years so that's not it
    3 I don't have or use MS Onedrive so that's not it either
    4 I turned on Controlled folder access, but every time I played before I never had to switch it on
    5 I ran both as Administrator

    Conclusion: Still nothing, no saves or resume game and it still gives me the "Log in to Cerberus Network" thing every time I start the game. I'm thinking about uninstalling and deleting all game files and reinstalling. Unless there is anything else I can try to do?
    • holger1405's avatar
      holger1405
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      6 years ago

      @M3asher98 

      M3asher98  wrote:
      4 I turned on Controlled folder access, but every time I played before I never had to switch it on

      Turn it off again. It can only be a problem if it is on.

      The standard save directory is "C:\Users\>your user name<\Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect 2\Save."

      Are the Save files present under this location?

      If not search your system for files with the file extension *.pcsav.

      (Open the Windows Explorer > select "This PC" >  Copy and paste *.pcsav into the search field.)

      • M3asher98's avatar
        M3asher98
        6 years ago
        @holger1405 I turned it back off, still nothing
        I searched around for the save but couldn't find anything related to ME2 so I uninstalled the game and am now reinstalling it, hopefully it works this time.
        I dont know why this and the Cerberus Network log in thing is happening this time, last time I played through the whole trilogy with no problem

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