LaunchPad Problem with Client.fr.qm -Previous posts didnt resolve for me

[Rothgur]

<p><span><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">Hi</span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I've recently had to do a complete re-installation of the game and the problem I'm having is during the downloading from the launcher its get to the file client.fr.qm, its says I have 19mins left and the progress bar is 2/3 of the being complete, then a split second later, the progres bar compeltes, the downloading icon flashes to play, then it goes back to showing 'downloading' and its greyed out but nothing happens.  The launcher just sits there, no more downloading and I cant play the game.  Its as soon as it get to the client.fr.qm file it bugs out.  I've tried full scans and also made sure the game is running in administrator mode from previous posts on these forums but I simply cant play the game.</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">I've aslo followed other posts of disabling my UAC via config and disabling my firewall/router so they should not be effecting things, but the problem remains.</span></strong></span></p><p><span><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I've had this game for years and never had any real trouble but this has beaten me.  I read the previous guys posts of re-booting and leaving it for 6 hours, this hasnt worked for me either. </span></span></span></strong></span></p><p><span><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Help</span></span></span></strong></span></p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p>Greetings,</p><p>Have you tried deleting that file off of your computer before restarting the launchpad?  If not, I would advise doing so at this point.  By default the Client.fr.qm file will be located in the following folder:</p><p>C:Program FilesSonyEverQuest IILegendsOfNorrath</p><p>Let us know if the problem persists after deleting that file.</p>

[Rothgur]

<p>Hi</p><p>It seems I dont have the file client.fr.qm, I searched in the defualt directory and even did a file search, it's not anywhere on my pc.  So what does this mean? its unable to download this particular file and thats why its bugging out?</p>

[Rase]

<p>I have the same problem, the launcher  just keeps coming back to download.  seems to download the following files</p><p>fr_fr_data.dir</p><p>de_de_data.dir</p><p>client.fr.gm</p><p>then up pops the download button again .</p><p>I have deleted the client file but makes no difference, any other suggestions please?</p>

[dawy]

<p>Having the same issue as the other people here its very frustrating.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Rothgur@Runnyeye wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hi</p><p>It seems I dont have the file client.fr.qm, I searched in the defualt directory and even did a file search, it's not anywhere on my pc.  So what does this mean? its unable to download this particular file and thats why its bugging out?</p></blockquote><p>The file will be listed as client.fr on your machine.  The .qm is an archived version that's used for downloading.</p><p>For everyone experiencing this issue, have you tried lowering your UAC settings temporarily to see if that will allow the download through?  I believe Win7 has the ability to set a custom level of protection in the User Account Controls so that you can work around the issue.  Also, installing the game to a directory that is not the program files directory can work around that security settings.</p><p>Finally, it looks like the file it is getting stuck on is an LoN file.  If you start the game using the Everquest2.exe in your game directory then you should be able to start up the game without needing that file.</p>

[uchulayi]

<p>this also happened to me also - new laptop using windows 7, running as admin and also with xp compatibility settings etc.</p><p>the everquest2.exe option worked for me but how does this effect future updates? does skipping launchpad mean the game doesnt update?</p><p>if it helps, the other option that worked fine for me was installing the launcher as opposed to launchpad</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Asherlayi@Runnyeye wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>this also happened to me also - new laptop using windows 7, running as admin and also with xp compatibility settings etc.</p><p>the everquest2.exe option worked for me but how does this effect future updates? does skipping launchpad mean the game doesnt update?</p><p>if it helps, the other option that worked fine for me was installing the launcher as opposed to launchpad</p></blockquote><p>We are moving away from the individual launchpad so I would advise using the station launcher at this point.  I can understand if you prefer the old version, but I would advise using the station launcher at least for the updating process.</p>