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ZombieGandhi has Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition

Nov 4, 2022 @ 9:14am

Link2ea--Application Not Found

Not sure if this is due to Origin now being some sort of EA App, and if there's something software wise that's missing, but ME: LE refuses to launch. Whether I try and launch from Steam, the EA App, or via the launcher directly--I get the 'Link2ea' error. Despite the EA App displaying ME:LE (and showing my play time, progress, achievements, etc)--so the launcher knows I have it, and where it is, and that it's on Steam.

I tried everyone's friend, Google, and found little to nothing. Anyone here experience this--and, perhaps more important, found a solution?

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Talen1066 Nov 4, 2022 @ 7:25pm

I'm having same issue. Bought the game recently, but this is the first time I've tried to launch it.

RoboCop

Nov 5, 2022 @ 5:18am

same here, finally got it working by installing the older origin launcher (v 10.5.115) instead.

Last edited by RoboCop; Nov 5, 2022 @ 5:30am

Narsiliel

Nov 5, 2022 @ 12:51pm

The launcher included with the Steam download doesn't work, I just downloaded the latest version of the origin launcher directly from https://www.ea.com/ea-app and it works.

ZombieGandhi has Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition

Nov 5, 2022 @ 1:09pm

I did find my own solution as well, though it was an absolute pain--and I'm sure there's a better way, but this is how I did it, and I'm not keen to fuss about with what's working! :D

So I uninstalled the game, and reinstalled the EA App--thinking the issue was how I did it in reverse order prior. This shouldn't matter, of course, unless there's an issue in the EA App end (which i suspect there is), and it not wanting to connect with the game. So, ensuring the EA App was opened, I redownloaded ME:LE and let it install--while making sure the App was active.

For whatever reason, it worked. I suspect with the App open and active while the game downloaded and installed, it was able to 'read' that it was there, despite it previously knowing it was there. I have no idea why this worked, but it did, and I suspect it's some bass-ackwards EA nonsense that they're, "Looking into".