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

@ALTBOULI313 

Yes, if the right region is set for your EA account.

The game is an international version, so it should still launch, but if the EA account is set to the wrong region, there may be problems.

@holger1405 Any progress in my case? Got a problem with another game after updating from Win 7 to Win 10, read that the problem may be caused after such an update, and started wondering if that could've caused problems with MELE as well. Will do a clean OS install this week anyway, but could my problem be related to something screwing up during the update?

@ALTBOULI313 

If it is set correctly, leave it that way.

• Press the Windows key and "R" at the same time.
• In the new Window, type or copy and paste "%LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps" (Without the quotation marks) > Press ENTER
• Look if there are any "MassEffect1.exe.Xxxx.dmp" or "MassEffectLauncher.exeXxxx.dmp" files in the "..Local\CrashDumps" folder.
• Zip 2 - 3 "MassEffect1.exe.Xxxx.dmp" or "MassEffectLauncher.exeXxxx.dmp" files together and upload them at a free file hosting service like Dropbox or Onedrive.
• Post the link here.

If there aren't any dump files of ME:

• Press the Windows key > Write: Command Prompt > Right click on "Command Prompt" in the search results > Run as administrator.
• Copy and paste reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps\devenv.exe" /v DumpType /d 2 /t REG_DWORD into the prompt Window > Press ENTER.
• Play the game until it crashes.
• After the game crashes, let all Windows crash dialogues finish.
• Press the Windows key and "R" at the same time. > Type "%LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps" (Without the quotation marks) into the new window > Press ENTER.
• Zip 2 - 3 "MassEffect1.exe.Xxxx.dmp" or "MassEffectLauncher.exeXxxx.dmp" files together and upload them at free file hosting service like Dropbox.
• Post the link here.
  
  
  If you want to undo the automatic dump creation, use the command below in a elevated command prompt (As in point 1) reg delete "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\LocalDumps" /f

@czarekm2003 

The overlays are still disabled? If not please disable them again, also shut down Discord for the time being.

To be clear, all 3 must be disabled at the same time.

If you did not already done it, try to repair the game.
(Origin > Game Library > right click MELE > Repair)
(Steam > right click at MELE > Properties > Local Files > Verify integrity of game cache.)

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

Make sure your virus scanner and other security software and also Afterburner and similar software is disabled.

Make also sure that your GPU & CPU are not overclocked.

@HazalGC98 

• Go here
• Choose your OS > Install all the newest drivers that are available. (Only the drivers, not Software or Utility.)
  (Restart your system after any driver you installed.)
• Test.

@holger1405 
Did those thing already, but just now did them again for good measure:
1. Completely disabled overlays on both apps with Discord off, tested, didn't help
2. Verified files through Steam (did that 4-5 times already but just did it again), all files successfully verified
3. Checked for any modifications to settings I'd have forgotten about, GPU is in factory settings, my CPU has overclocking locked, OC Genie was off
4. Just did a clean boot with Microsoft Defender completely disabled, tested, game didn't change in behaviour in any way, games still crash after selection and send me back to the launcher