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holger1405
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5 years ago

[PC] Possible workarounds for Mass Effect Legendary Edition launch problems.

If the game does not start for you, there are several possible workarounds: Notice: Mass Effect  Legendary Edition will not run on Windows 7. LE1 & LE2 will not run on CPUs with only 2 physical ...
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holger1405
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5 years ago

@Zartagan 

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

Disable your virus scanner and software like afterburner as well inside the clean boot mode.

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Zartagan
5 years ago
@holger1405

Thanks! It works.

Now to begin the arduous task of re-enabling things and trying to work out what caused the problem. I'll post again if I work it out.
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    holger1405
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    5 years ago

    @Zartagan 

    You're welcome!

    And yes, it is a arduous task, but wort it for this game imho. 😉

    @Suriah 

    Which i7 do you have?

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    Zartagan
    5 years ago
    Okay, it looks like it was my VPN (Express VPN).

    I tried turning it off before posting since it has caused issues with multiple things but that didn't work. Then, I did the clean boot as suggested and did my tests. Somehow, that messed up my VPN and forced me to do a repair. Now, if I'm connected to it ME fails, but I can disconnect and it works.

    So, I guess I would suggest anyone else with issues who is running a VPN do the following in order, since you probably don't want to do without it:
    1. Disconnect from your VPN and test.
    2. Power-cycle your PC (to fully restart everything), disconnect and test.
    3. Repair or reinstall your VPN, then disconnect and test.
    4. Disable it in Task Manager to prevent it from starting on boot, reboot and test to confirm you have the same problem I did.

    Hope this helps anyone with the same issue as me. All thanks to @holger1405 !



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