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Can't open launcher under windows 8?
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Baldwin Bali
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2013-06-17 00:54:14 UTC

Have any of you guys experience the same thing? I use a windows 8 OS on a tower. Before Odyssey, everything were fine. However, after the Odyssey update is patched, I couldn't launch the launcher. I would open the launcher, and see it run for few seconds in the task manager, and it would disappear. I tried to repair EVE, re-install EVE, update directx, but none of that worked. What happened to my EVE and how do I fix it?

My skill training is nearly complete >.< save me guys.
Black Dranzer
#2 - 2013-06-17 00:56:47 UTC
See, this is why I didn't even upgrade to windows 7 for like 5 years.

You may have better luck in one of the support forums.

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Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-06-17 01:16:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Sergeant Acht Scultz
Black Dranzer wrote:
See, this is why I didn't even upgrade to windows 7 for like 5 years.

You may have better luck in one of the support forums.




Pfff you're stating nothing, sorry to tell you this but while you might as well have got some Launcher issues at whatever version I've experienced ANY from the first version and I'm using W8 64 Pro on a dekstop self made PC...

Op:

You might as well have experienced and old, very old, issue that people tend to forget as far as internet connections get more stable and powerful: corrupted file
What does this mean? -well it's a very tedious process to completely get rid of said file since you don't know exactly which one it is, unless CCP, they know and they know how to deal wizit !!

First of all open you Eve folder and try to launch Eve Safe Mode, if it works you can already fix your training issue then go ASAP to you repair tool, run it.
It can't harm your eve files but fix them, might as well take some time or not but run it.

At the end of your repair tool process you'll either get a log telling you everything is fine either it will tell you you have a persistent issue and you should DL the entire game again.
If everything is fine and your launcher is still messing with you make sure you're not using steam or that steam is even working in the background.

Tell me what it looks like.

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Pandorium9
Pandorium Prime
#4 - 2013-06-17 01:16:38 UTC
Try starting without the launcher.

Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\CCP\EVE\bin

and run the ExeFile.exe file.
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-06-17 01:18:24 UTC
Pandorium9 wrote:
Try starting without the launcher.

Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\CCP\EVE\bin

and run the ExeFile.exe file.



Also this.

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Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#6 - 2013-06-17 02:07:04 UTC
Sergeant Acht Scultz wrote:
Pandorium9 wrote:
Try starting without the launcher.

Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\CCP\EVE\bin

and run the ExeFile.exe file.



Also this.


Very much also this.

I run Win8 also, and for some reason that OS just seems to utterly hate sub-popup windows. It won't let the mouse cursor touch them, so anything I can't just press enter or esc for is null and void.

So, I feel for you. I would happily strangle the imbecile in charge of Win8 design.

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Messoroz
AQUILA INC
#7 - 2013-06-17 02:13:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Messoroz
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Sergeant Acht Scultz wrote:
Pandorium9 wrote:
Try starting without the launcher.

Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\CCP\EVE\bin

and run the ExeFile.exe file.



Also this.


Very much also this.

I run Win8 also, and for some reason that OS just seems to utterly hate sub-popup windows. It won't let the mouse cursor touch them, so anything I can't just press enter or esc for is null and void.

So, I feel for you. I would happily strangle the imbecile in charge of Win8 design.


Unforunately horrible UI design is taking over the industry. Even Ubuntu has went full silly and now has a UI that tries to copy Apple but fails at it and proceeds to make DOS terminals more functional and faster.

It's what happens when people with silly degrees from colleges like "Graphics Design" are given more power than say programmers who actually know more about function than design.
Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2013-06-17 04:55:40 UTC
Tiven loves Tansien
Doomheim
#9 - 2013-06-17 09:15:20 UTC
Windows 8 are shite.

Long Live the Windows 7.
Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#10 - 2013-06-17 09:41:15 UTC
I see all these complaints about windows 8.

I use it, day in day out, and never have any trouble with it. Do people really find it that hard to make the tiny adjustment it needs?

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Eddi Arthie
Doomheim
#11 - 2013-06-17 10:45:29 UTC
Been always playing on Win8 without any modifications from my side. No problems with the launcher here. Strange...
Doc Spectre
Doomheim
#12 - 2013-06-17 12:58:17 UTC
Windows 8 is crap...
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#13 - 2013-06-17 13:08:07 UTC
Steve Ronuken wrote:
I see all these complaints about windows 8.

I use it, day in day out, and never have any trouble with it. Do people really find it that hard to make the tiny adjustment it needs?



You will always have people unable to adapt or who are used to be handed for the slightest problem. W8 is OK and far better than 7, if some comfort themselves telling they have done the best choice with W7 let them be.
Wouldn't change my W8 for 7 for any reason.

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#14 - 2013-06-17 14:19:57 UTC
Try start the launcher in compatibility mode?

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Tiven loves Tansien
Doomheim
#15 - 2013-06-17 14:29:18 UTC
Sergeant Acht Scultz wrote:
Steve Ronuken wrote:
I see all these complaints about windows 8.

I use it, day in day out, and never have any trouble with it. Do people really find it that hard to make the tiny adjustment it needs?



You will always have people unable to adapt or who are used to be handed for the slightest problem. W8 is OK and far better than 7, if some comfort themselves telling they have done the best choice with W7 let them be.
Wouldn't change my W8 for 7 for any reason.


Tell me why windows 8 are better than 7.
Tiven loves Tansien
Doomheim
#16 - 2013-06-17 17:17:00 UTC
I'm waiting.
Kult Altol
The Safe Space
#17 - 2013-06-17 18:35:47 UTC
Tiven loves Tansien wrote:
Sergeant Acht Scultz wrote:
Steve Ronuken wrote:
I see all these complaints about windows 8.

I use it, day in day out, and never have any trouble with it. Do people really find it that hard to make the tiny adjustment it needs?



You will always have people unable to adapt or who are used to be handed for the slightest problem. W8 is OK and far better than 7, if some comfort themselves telling they have done the best choice with W7 let them be.
Wouldn't change my W8 for 7 for any reason.


Tell me why windows 8 are better than 7.


It's like two OSes in one? I guess. Or something.....should have bought a Mac.

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Talladi Okko
Galactic Intelligence Service
#18 - 2013-07-17 06:24:12 UTC
Baldwin Bali wrote:

Have any of you guys experience the same thing? I use a windows 8 OS on a tower. Before Odyssey, everything were fine. However, after the Odyssey update is patched, I couldn't launch the launcher. I would open the launcher, and see it run for few seconds in the task manager, and it would disappear. I tried to repair EVE, re-install EVE, update directx, but none of that worked. What happened to my EVE and how do I fix it?

My skill training is nearly complete >.< save me guys.



Greetings.
Try to solve the problem this way:
open: C: \ Program Files (x86) \ CCP \ EVE \ launcher \ cache
run "updater"
Cannibal Kane
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#19 - 2013-07-17 06:43:05 UTC
Running Win8 without an issue.

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Steve Ronuken
Fuzzwork Enterprises
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#20 - 2013-07-17 09:19:46 UTC
Tiven loves Tansien wrote:
I'm waiting.


Long wait for you.

Helps that I wasn't subscribed to this.

Anyway:

Windows 8 is an incremental improvement over Windows 7. Nothing particularly significant. Is it worth upgrading to 8, if you already have 7, well, not really. Is it worth avoiding? Nope, it runs fine, and only people with a mediocre intellect have any problems adapting to it. Oh woe, the start menu doesn't exist. I'm sure people spent a long time staring at it.

There are a few nice changes which are visible, and a few nice under the hood ones.

Multi monitor support is better, with the extra monitors being more useful.
File History's a data protection feature, much like previous versions, but allowing for a backup to a network drive
Recovery from a failure state is faster, with the ability to reset windows without needing to reinstall it completely
ASLR has been significantly improved over that of 7, with it being on by default, rather than having to be flagged on.


Nothing revolutionary, but it all just works.

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