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[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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5 years ago

@chapmana1287 

Ccreate a DxDiag in text file format and post it with your next reply. You can do that  with the "Choose file" button at the bottom right corner of the reply window. 

 

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    holger1405
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    5 years ago

    @chapmana1287 

    Did you checked if "Beta: Unicode" is still applied?

    • Make sure Origin and Steam are closed.
    • Go to your "<drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect Legendary Edition\Game\ME3\BioGame" folder and move the "Config" folder to your Desktop
    • Test.
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      GotAnyGrapes1287
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      5 years ago

      The Origin Games folder in Program Files(x86) is empty. I accessed the config folder via SteamLibrary\steam apps\common\Mass Effect Legendary Edition\Game\ME3\BioGame\Config. 

      I moved it to my desktop and made sure Beta: Unicode is still applied. No change. The game still will not launch.

      Attached a second DxDiag

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        holger1405
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        5 years ago

        @chapmana1287 

        Sorry, over read that you have the game on Steam.

        • 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 "MassEffect3.exe.Xxxx.dmp" or "MassEffectLauncher.exeXxxx.dmp" files in the "..Local\CrashDumps" folder for dates after the crashes started.
        • Zip 2 - 3 "MassEffect3.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 "MassEffect3.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

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