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Anonymous
12 years ago

ME3 black screen launch crash (PC)

When I start up ME3 from Origin on my PC, the screen goes black and I can hear the music and sound of the game starting up for a moment, but then the windown minimizes on its own.  When I try to maximize the window, again, I hear the game sound but the screen stays black and I'm sent back to the desktop once more - it's as if the game is still running but for whatever reason the window just won't open up.  ME3 was running fine and this started happening (not for the first time) out of the blue.  I'd really like a permanent solution.  

Please help!

-O

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  • Never heard of this before, but let's try something out.

    Find the ME3 config utility. It should be in the installation folder under 'binaries' as "MassEffect3Config.exe".

    If the windowed option is set to fullscreen mode, change it to windowed or vice versa. If you switch from fullscreen to windowed mode, set the window mode to borderless. If the game resolution is the same as your monitor's resolution, this should look exactly the same as fullscreen mode.

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    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    This worked for me. Thanks!

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