Trondel.2508 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Since the patch yesterday the game launcher won't open for me. It briefly flickers ("initializing") then disappears. I've tried repairing it, reinstalling the game and restating my computer but nothing fixed it. Does anyone else have this problem or know a way to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riveill.4587 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Have the same problem, good to know that reinstalling doesn't help 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riveill.4587 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Update info: I reinstalled the game and now it's working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trondel.2508 Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 Same here. A second reinstallation fixed the problem. Odd, but solved now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaba.5410 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) Were you guys using arcdps or another third-party add-on? And when you reinstalled the game, did you completely wipe the folder first? Edited January 11 by Chaba.5410 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaggrel.3692 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 I did a complete reinstall, worked fine until a few mins ago when they released a new build for WvW... now back to reinstalling the game. Come on Anet, fix this crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inerias.3762 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Same here....gonna try this reinstall, ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juguard.6751 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 A GW2 process gets stuck. Ctrl-Shift-Esc and end process on "High" usage one. For me this worked. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftFootpaws.9134 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 (edited) i think the launcher is probably already running but stuck, so you need to kill off the "Gw2-64.exe" process in task manager. its also possible the launcher is failing to patch itself due to permission issues, so make sure it can write to its directory (don't put it in program files, but on your desktop or user folder is fine). by the way, when reinstalling the game always copy your "Gw2.dat" somewhere and then back again later, as this saves you a 60gb download. Edited January 12 by SoftFootpaws.9134 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alana.6372 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Having the same problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfira.2739 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I'm also having this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainMain.2437 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 13 hours ago, Juguard.6751 said: A GW2 process gets stuck. Ctrl-Shift-Esc and end process on "High" usage one. For me this worked. Confirmed. Ended the existing running tasks, renamed .dat file and seems to be fine now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazmataz.1423 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Game not launching with multiple copies "running" in task manager background processes keeps happening. Why are these processes running in the background and not closing when game is closed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigerk.2897 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 For me the launcher window only appears after I kill the task in task manager. So I click gw2, nothing happens except my cursor telling me something is loading. No launcher appears. Go to task manager, end gw2 process (its a high power process). As soon as I do that the launcher appears like normal. If I don't do the task manager process I can click on the gw2 icon and a process will appear for each time I click but no launcher window will open. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaborg.7302 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 On 1/12/2024 at 12:07 AM, Juguard.6751 said: A GW2 process gets stuck. Ctrl-Shift-Esc and end process on "High" usage one. For me this worked. This works. Don't reinstall guys :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayt.7502 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 On 1/12/2024 at 6:07 AM, Juguard.6751 said: A GW2 process gets stuck. Ctrl-Shift-Esc and end process on "High" usage one. For me this worked. This worked for me too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLinni.6109 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I still have that problem. Guild Wars 2 processes don't seem to close correctly when ending the application. You can do a workaround by killing all GW2 process manually, but I really hope this will get fixed sooner or later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAsh.2495 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Don't reinstall and waste your time!! Just CTL+ALT+DEL and close out any open GW Launchers (Make sure all of them are closed and try again) Hope this helps!! Happy Gaming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveHawke.6523 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) It’s been at least 2 months of having to manually force quit the GW2 process in the Task Manager. And I have to do this multiple times whenever it tries to run a patch, because the launcher opens and closes multiple times while it patches. I’ve completely uninstalled and reinstalled the game at least 3 times and it doesn’t solve this problem. Does anyone know a real fix for this issue? Edit: I’ve confirmed that it’s definitely caused by ArcDPS. Deleting the .dll file does solve the issue. However, many people are using the same ArcDPS without issues. My problem began around the time I changed my GW2 installation path from OneDrive to C:/Program Files. Could this be why it’s acting differently? Edited March 7 by DaveHawke.6523 New information 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraSolace.7682 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 1 hour ago, DaveHawke.6523 said: It’s been at least 2 months of having to manually force quit the GW2 process in the Task Manager. And I have to do this multiple times whenever it tries to run a patch, because the launcher opens and closes multiple times while it patches. I’ve completely uninstalled and reinstalled the game at least 3 times and it doesn’t solve this problem. Does anyone know a real fix for this issue? Edit: I’ve confirmed that it’s definitely caused by ArcDPS. Deleting the .dll file does solve the issue. However, many people are using the same ArcDPS without issues. My problem began around the time I changed my GW2 installation path from OneDrive to C:/Program Files. Could this be why it’s acting differently? Try installing the game in a different folder. For some reason, installing it game in Program Files can cause issues. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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