Unable to import character from ME2 to ME3 with Mass Effect Trilogy

To avoid any potential issues, I went and set everything back to default settings.

I moved Origin Games folder back to the C:\program files (x86)\ folder.

I set my default documents folder back to C:\Users\ryanh\Documents\

I copied the Bioware save folder to the Documents folder at C:\Users\ryanh\Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect 2\Save\Ryan_12_Soldier_030720_0

I ran ME2 as administrator, loaded completed game and created a new save.

Its still saving to the G:\ location...

So I ran Origin as administrator, started the download process and pointed to the location that the games were saved to in C:\program files (x86)\Origin Games\...

I deleted the game folders from the G:\ drive.

The download process completed instantly as all files were already there. I ran the game, loaded from the last save, created a new save and it is still saving to the game folder, but at least the correct game folder on the C: drive.

Launched ME3 and it still does not show any importable characters...

I removed the saves folder from the game folder and it now only exists in the documents folder as it should. Now neither ME2 or ME3 will detect the save files in that location.

Ran a game repair for ME2 and ME3. Still neither will detect the saves in that location.

There has to be a file that can be edited that is telling it where to create the save files. It appears to be

C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 2\Binaries\и\BioWare\Mass Effect 2\BIOGame\Profile\Player1.prf. It's mostly gibberish though and I can't decipher most of it, except for the save file name.