Re: Cannot start game, Another instance of the game is already running

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@holger1405 wrote:

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@winso wrote:

tried restart computer, it works. But after I started the game for the second time, the error returns. I set origin to run under admin priviledge and reinstalled the game, same issue.

Now I can only run ME3 once before I need to restart my computer, so lame ☹️

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I’m afraid I can’t help with the original problem, but you should be able to shut down the running instance of ME3 in the Windows Task manager without restarting your computer every time.   

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That's where it confuses me, I don't see any mass effect exe running in my task manager (no execuables runnning from the game install path) even if I click 'show processes from all users'

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@winso wrote:

That's where it confuses me, I don't see any mass effect exe running in my task manager (no execuables runnning from the game install path) even if I click 'show processes from all users'

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That is weird. Did you tray a repair installation?

repair doesn't work

I just went through this, and ended up on the anti-cheat website and did most of it's suggestions, to conclude with placing the Star wars Squadrons file folder into the antivirus exceptions list. Hope this helps. gg's. Enjoy.