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mass effect 3
I am so frustrated with trying to launch this game form the EA client that it beggars description. I have repeatedly tried to use the forum, EA technical support, and Google search engine to find a s...
FIXED IT!
By sheer luck i stumbled on a reddit post in the Mass Effect reddit that complained of the game not launching, and another post on the ME3 section of EA forums that had the same sounding issue. Apparently the solution was to delete the EA licenses folder and have the game reacquire the license on startup again.
Quick steps:
- Make sure Origin and Steam are closed.
- Press the Windows key and "R" at the same time.
- Type or copy and paste "%ProgramData%\Electronic Arts\EA Services" (without the quotes) into the new Window > ENTER (this is a hidden folder so you may have to enable visibility in windows explorer to see it)
- Move the "License" folder to your desktop, or delete it (games will reacquire the licenses automatically on startup IIRC)
- Test.
There must be some conflict between the Steam copy and Origin copy license-wise making the game fail Origins license check on startup. Now I gotta start fixing my hair after tearing it out for the past week due to this stupid issue.
