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Re: Mass Effect 2 LE minimizing to desktop (PC)

@Lokara Try disabling Origin in-game (and obviously while playing through Origin): hover over your username, select Application Settings, then the Origin in-game header, and disable the option at the top.

If that doesn't help, please try fullscreen, borderless, and windowed modes, and let me know whether the problem is present in all three.

Please also run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

And let me know whether you've modded your game or added any graphics enhancement utilities like ReShade.

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I_Am_Astreas
4 years ago
@puzzlezaddict I faced exactly the same issue, with the borderless and windowed mode the game is losing focus instead of minimizing, the issue happened on every origin overlay announcement like about friends activity or new achievements unlocked.
Lokara
4 years ago
Thank you for your response. Disabling Origin in-game didn't have any effect. However, running the game in borderless or windowed mode works perfectly; the issue only appears in fullscreen mode. I am not running any mods or enhancements, and I have attached a dxdiag.
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puzzlezaddict
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4 years ago
@Lokara Personally, I'd just play in borderless and call it a day, but then I use borderless in every game that supports it. If you want to get fullscreen working though, try disconnecting your Citrix adapter. (Restart afterwards.)

If that doesn't help, try playing in a clean boot.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-boot-windows-10

When you reboot, go through the Task Manager's background processes list and kill anything that doesn't absolutely need to be running—some programs don't get disabled in a clean boot. In particular, GPU Tweak and another Asus program have been crashing, and you technically don't need either one.

@I_Am_Astreas You can disable the Origin overlay as well, or just disable notifications. The options are under Application Settings > Notifications.
Domikynas
4 years ago
Yeah, how exactly do you turn it borderless if you can't even play the game? It keeps minimizing regardless of which version you select.
PakunaMatata
4 years ago
@Domikynas If it’s minimizing, something is probably asserting priority over mass effect (no relation to CPU priority). My recommendation would be to boot your system clean (no extra startup programs, just Windows and nothing else) and turn off notifications and then add programs back in until you find the one that is causing the minimizing.
puzzlezaddict
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4 years ago
@Domikynas The file that holds the setting is in GamerSettings.ini, which is located here:

[install path]\Mass Effect Legendary Edition\Game\MEX\BioGame\Config

where X is the specific game, i.e. 1, 2, or 3.

You'll see a value for Fullscreen and another for Borderless.