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Installation failed even though you did everything listed in guides? Simple solution!

By Hodd Toward

In this simple guide, I will show you the very simple solution to your installation problem. Admin privilege is required to proceed.

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27 Feb, 2021 @ 7:08am

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What to do!

Friendly reminder, after checking the file integrity in Steam properties, launch the game once, otherwise the installer WILL NOT FIND the game.

Step one... or three!

Make sure, you're logged in on the account with the administrator privilege, otherwise you won't be able to proceed.
Now, launch registry (simply put regedit in search bar).

Look for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\electronic arts\Electronic Arts\Mass Effect (tm)\ergc. Swap the value from %CDKEY% to 5GUCXRFPQNBMTJBD3L5J.
Next, go to the local files of the Mass Effect game, look for installscript.vdf file, and edit it with notepad.

Swap the %CDKEY% to the same code as above, save file, and the installation should run just fine.
If the installer will ask for the key, just type the same code as before.

Everything should run just fine.

Cheers!

32 Comments

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Ibarra'i 10 Nov, 2023 @ 3:13pm

Worked fine, thanks!

Babs 12 Aug, 2023 @ 5:40am

Worked, amazing!

RATT 19 May, 2023 @ 4:35pm

Thanks, i also have problems trying to load my old savegames, it keep saying that Bring Down The Sky was missing but i was ble to fix it by editing BIOgame.ini, changing m_bIgnoreDLCRequirements=FALSE by TRUE. My saves are from 2011.XD