Unable to Launch Mass Effect 3

@Yukumba6

You followed the instructions in the other thread to the letter? (You replaced both DLLs?)

Did you rebooted your machine afterwards?

If yes try this:

- Disable Origins "cloud saves" feature for ME3.

- Move the "Save" folder from your "Documents\BioWare\Mass Effect 3" directory to your desktop. > test.

Yeah I made sure to replace both dlls (while maintaining the old ones which are just renamed in the Core folder). And have restarted since a couple of times.

Moving the Save folder/disabling cloud saving doesn't seem to do anything other then the launching notification no longer happens. The error report seems to be the same.

@Yukumba6

Please move the "BIOGame" folder from "Documents\Mass Effect 3" also to your desktop. > test.

Did you repaired the game after you replaced the DLLs? If so replace them again. > test

Disable the real time scanner of your antivirus software. > test.

If that don't helps go to your ">drive:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 3\__Installer\vc\vc2005sp1\redist" folder and run the "vcredist_x86.exe" and the "vcredist_x64.exe" as Administrator. > reboot.

Do the same with the "vcredist_x86.exe" and the "vcredist_x64.exe" under ">drive:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 3\__Installer\vc\vc2008sp1\redist" > reboot > test.

Can't recall if I originally ran the repair before or after adding the dlls so I went ahead and moved them back from downloads to the Core folder. No luck.

Disabled anti-virus and real time protection. Both Windows and regular anti-virus. Reenabled at this point post testing.

Moved BIOGame to desktop alongside Save.

Ran the executables. With the one in repair mode that had options for 2008 x86 version.The others just ran normally.

Error log is still listing awc.dll as the issue though. Thanks for all of your help trying to resolve this.

@Yukumba6

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Yukumba6 wrote:Thanks for all of your help trying to resolve this.

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No problem.

You however should not run Windows defender and a third party Anti virus software alongside. That is a guarantee for getting problems and it makes your system not more secure, in the contrary, it will compromise security. 

Disable one of them.

Please also disable the Windows firewall. > test

If that don't helps download the "Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1" and the "Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1"  and install them. (reboot after each packages.) > test

Firewall off. Both service packs installed and ran. Multiple restarts.

Testing both running as administrator using the desktop shortcut and through origin.

Have not at this point moved the Save or BIOGame folders back and they are still on the desktop.

@Yukumba6

The "Save" folder under "Documents\Mass Effect 3" is still empty, right? 

Please look if you have a "activation.exe" in your "drive":\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Mass Effect 3\Binaries\Win32\Core" folder.

If yes run the "activation.exe" as administrator > test

Not working > Repair the game again > test

Not working > only replace the "awc.dll". (not the "EACore.dll") > test

If that don't helps, I would recommand to uninstall ME3 from the Windows control panel again.

- reboot.

- clear your Origin cache. 

All settings in Origin (only in Origin not in the games) are back to default settings after this.)

    - close Origin completely. (right click on the Origin symbol in the task bar > close)
    - Press the Windows key and "R" at the same time.
    - Type or copy  "%ProgramData%/Origin" (without quotes) > hit ENTER
    - Delete all the files and folders in the Origin folder, except for the "LocalContent" folder. (The "LocalContent" folder must remain untouched.)
    - Press the Windows key and "R" at the same time.
    - Type or copy "%AppData%" (without quotes)  > hit ENTER
    - Now your Windows explorer should have brought you to your "C:\Users\>your user name<\AppData\Roaming" folder
    - Delate the "Origin"  folder inside the "Roaming" folder
    - In the address bar of your Windows explorer click on the word "AppData".
    - Open the "Local" folder
    - Delate the "Origin"  folder inside the  "Local" folder
    - Restart your PC.

- make sure only one antivirus software is ruining. (Or disable them during the installation)

- use CCleaner to clean the Registry. > reboot.

- Run Origin as Administrator <- Important! > Install the Game > test

Yes the Save folder is still empty.

Had the file and ran it. Repaired, and then moved awc.dll over from downloads.

Did the rest of this restarting as per instructed.

Uninstalled - >Cleaned the Origin cache -> Cleaned the Registry. Tried launching Origin and it was having issues with it launching saying that it could not connect to the internet. Reinstalled Origin and repeated cleaning the cache and registry. Ran Origin as an administrator and reinstalled ME3 w/o the DLC this time. Attempted running it and got the same crash report.

@Yukumba6

Run the Windows System File Checker Sfc /scannnow and post the concluding message.

It is very late where I am, but I will be back tomorrow.

Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
(c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

Since the link you gave said to uninstall and then reinstall I went ahead and did that with adding awc.dll's replacement back. Same crash details.

Reran sfc afterwards to validate the newest copy and received the status of

Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
(c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

At this point I am tempted to just give up, you have done some very exhaustive tests at this point trying to figure out what is going on with my system and I don't really want to waste your time. And while it would have been nice to do a playthrough of 3 at this point, I have done it in the past (not on this computer) and might just skip it.