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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
It seems that my launcher has disappeared. The shortcut is gone. And i can't find a launcher .exe anywhere in my game folders (which all seem to be there).

Am I looking in the wrong places?

Why would it just disappear?

I didn't move, delete, change or otherwise do anything except log out of the game for a bit. I was on the forums, came back and no launcher.

Any help would be appreciated.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Do you see a .deleteme version of it?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Just search for "Star Trek Online" in your windows search.

    You should find the application that way. Make sure to put a shortcut of it back up and take note of it's location. (It's in C:\Program Files (x86)\Cryptic Studios for me under Windows 7 64-bit, but its different for many).

    If you still can't find it let it be known. :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    @ coderanger: No, noting like that in any folder or subfolder

    @thefrayl: No such tree.

    Is there any way to just download a version of the loader without reinstalling the whole game?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    I should clarify. WinXP SP3.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Correction! Sorry coderanger looking to see if I could start the game from the .exe file I did find a file by the name you mentioned. The file was truncated due to me not mousing over it.

    How does this help me?

    Sorry that I wasn't more careful in my search.

    The full filename is Star Trek Online.exe.deleteme

    I'm guessing that renaming this file is what is needed. But I won't do anything until you let me know.

    Thanks for your help.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Yeah, just rename it back to .exe and it should be fine.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Sorry to be replying to myself like this.

    But thanks for your help coderanger your hint allowed me to figure it out.

    I deleted the .deleteme part of the executable and then made a shortcut that I put back on my desktop. It worked fine.

    Sorry that I wasted your time.

    Keep on keepin' on, man. I'l be playing the game now.

    Of course I'm still curious as to why it did what it did. But at least I know what to do in the future.

    Regards,

    Rich
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Probably some weird file locking issue while the launcher was updating itself. Its pretty rare, but it sometimes just b0rks in odd ways.
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