I’m not a Windows expert by any means, but apparently this latching is persistent once an update of EDLaunch.exe is successful, because the steps I had to follow to eliminate the issue and start Elite normally were: This was what was causing the exception in the error screenshot. NET Framework for it to work with, not intending for anything else to use it, but EDLaunch sees it and somehow gets confused.)ĮDLaunch.exe may latch onto it but be unable to use it because minor versions can introduce incompatibilities (only patch or build levels at the same minor version are fully interoperable).
From commentary on the first draft of this answer, I think that is what leads to the strange behavior here, as Visual Studio Code installs a. (Visual Studio Code is packaged in a somewhat unusual format (for Windows) in that it can be installed from the Windows Store, but isn’t a proper Universal Windows Platform app because-being a compiler-it needs to do things that aren’t allowed in the UWP sandbox.
NET Framework being installed which is designed to sit alongside the primary version Windows is running. Installing Visual Studio Code results in a new version of. I was aware of #1, the Windows/.NET Framework upgrading issue-and this is likely the issue that Rob Chase was experiencing in their rejected answer saying a reinstall of Windows was necessary.¹īut in my case, it was #2, installing Visual Studio Code (which, ironically, I first installed on my gaming machine to look at XML files like the ones I was scrutinizing above more comfortably).
(I have searched my PC for a file called CobraBayWindow.xaml, it it appears not to exist on my machine, nor on the machines of some other players I asked whose installations work.) Now, while the launcher continued not to work, it did display an error message:Īgain, it has the same behavior regardless of how I try to start it. NET back on in Windows Features, and rebooted again.
NET 4.7.2 on Windows 10 when it came with the OS update, at least using the instructions above.) (It appears to be impossible to uninstall.
NET 4.7.2, I would not be permitted to install 4.6.1. This installer failed its error messages told me that because my machine already has. I followed these steps up until 4, installing. NET that apply to your versions of Windows: NET, starting with the highest version numbers first (you may find that no entriesĮxist in Programs and Features at all, in this case please continue to
An easy way to access this is to type Windows Features in Start > Search. Kaiii's EDProfiler program.Īfter following all the steps on Frontier's knowledge base article on troubleshooting launcher issues, I opened a ticket with Frontier. It didn't matter whether I started via Steam, via SteamVR, by using my pinned taskbar icon, double-clicking the EDLaunch.exe icon, or via Dr. Initially, the launcher ( EDLaunch.exe) just silently failed, without appearing in the taskbar or displaying any windows you could see it briefly (for less than a second) in Task Manager before it quit. (There has been one game update since then, but installing it did not fix my issue.) After a couple years playing Elite: Dangerous on Windows 10 (Horizons, on Steam), my installation abruptly stopped working a couple weeks ago.