Launcher issues

[nyrajaid]

<p>Last night I logged into EQII downloaded the new launcher and the expansion and had no trouble getting in game. Now when I try and log in The old launcher opens. It updates and I click play. Then it opens the new launcher and I clcik install. It gets about 80% done and then I get this message <span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #f0f2f6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #000000;">unable to write to Exception: Cannot open file - C:/ProgramData/Sony Online Entertainment/Installed Games/EverQuest II/paks/FXPartShaders.vpk (13) - <a href="http://eq2.patch.station.sony.com/patch/sha/eq2/eq2.sha.zs/6c/a32/35dd99cdcb553254b4de553af1b5e12c551." target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eq2.patch.station.sony.com/p...53af1b5e12c551.</a> The file may be in use or you may lack the necessary permissions to install.</span></span></span></p><p>I am running as administrator. I have no proxy LAN settings clicked. I made sure my IE was updated. I have tried re-installing the launcher. I have tried to find my EQII directory but I can't even find it anywhere on my PC. I am running windows 7.</p><p>It's frustrating because I played yesterday with the new launcher no problem. WHy all of a sudden it doen't want to work is beyond me. Can anyone help me?</p>

[Therendil]

<p>Wow. That link gives a 404 'Not Found' when I click on it, so I'm not sure what it means.</p><p>Any shortcuts you were using should have been updated, but all bets are off if they weren't. Does your current shortcut point to LaunchPad.exe in your current EverQuest II Folder?</p><p>-= Therendil =-</p>

[nyrajaid]

<p>Yes it does. I have found my directory and am trying right now to move it over from c:/program data folder to C:/users/[admin name] as suggested somewhere else on boards. Will see if that works...</p>

[nyrajaid]

<p>Moved everything to the new location and opened from directory instead of shortcut. It is installing crazy slow now (currently at 2.7%) so I have no idea if it will install past where it got stuck previously and at this rate I won't know for hours....</p>

[nyrajaid]

<p>I fixed it! YAY!</p><p>I left the directory where it was in C:/programdata but moved the laucher to C:/users/[Comp NAME ADMIN] and that seemed to do the trick...</p>

[TSR-JoshuaM]

<p><cite>nyrajaid wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I fixed it! YAY!</p><p>I left the directory where it was in C:/programdata but moved the laucher to C:/users/[Comp NAME ADMIN] and that seemed to do the trick...</p></blockquote><p>If you moved the launcher its probably re-installing under the users folder.  This can be avoided by moving your game out of ProgramData to begin with (ProgramData may require elevated permissions to b e able to modify/save/open files).</p>