This happens all the time on patch day.
Launch directly from the ESO.exe file, or alternatively relaunching the launcher will make it go away...for a while.
Red_Olander wrote: »Do not repair, just close the dialog box and click Play.
You may have to do this a few times but it will go away.
Hello,
So I've been getting this ERROR 209 ALL DAY since the patch.
I've been able to play a few times/ get past the error by repairing or something...
Game would crash.
I would bring up the patcher and FRIGGIN ERROR 209 comes back.
ERROR all FRIGGIN day long
REPAIRED this game SEVERAL times today
I use to be an IT...
When you have an issue like this...
WHAT YOU FRIGGIN DO is do a recovery... Go back to LAST KNOWN GOOD CONFIGURATIONS.
FIX your FRIGGIN BUGGED out PATCH...
THEN RERELEASE IT.
....
AGAIN...
FRANCIS.
Your review on the ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE... 100% correct.
They really should call this game buggy mc bug house instead of the Elder Scrolls Online.
#ANGRYCONSUMER
Did you remove the host files as noted above in my other post? The last time I had the 209 I uninstalled and reinstalled four times, installed on another system and even used another ISP and still had the 209. After removing the numbered host files the 209 goes away...well at least it did for me. Don't bother with multiple repairs. You are wasting your time repairing every time the 209 shows up. The game will run fine from eso.exe so there is no need to repair. Its a bug with the host files that they can't seem to fix.
Silverforte wrote: »Been having 209 myself. Thing is, I got ESO from greenmangaming so I don't have the same directories steam users do. I looked for all the .version files everyone says to delete, only had one. I deleted it, relaunched the launcher and now it's redownloading 5.8 gigs of data I already have. That .version file was 9kb. According to this forum, reddit and other places, this issue has been around for a long time.
This is what I do when I see that ridiculous error. Follow these steps and it will work for you as well. I see this error almost after EVER patch. Why? Because the ESO Launcher is a joke.
When you see this error do the below.
1- Double click the game and get the error, Play does not show.
2- Close the launcher and reopen.
3- If you receive the error again follow Step #2 until you get a launcher with Play.
I NEVER REPAIR. It's not the game files, it's the Launcher. You don't need to run as Administrator, you do not need to launch from the ESO.EXE file as I've never logged on that way.
That's all I do to log on the NA server for PC. Keep closing and reopening the launcher until the error goes away.
This Error has been reported to ZOS many times and like the Cyrodil and PVE Lag, they've done nothing about it.
This is what I do when I see that ridiculous error. Follow these steps and it will work for you as well. I see this error almost after EVER patch. Why? Because the ESO Launcher is a joke.
When you see this error do the below.
1- Double click the game and get the error, Play does not show.
2- Close the launcher and reopen.
3- If you receive the error again follow Step #2 until you get a launcher with Play.
I NEVER REPAIR. It's not the game files, it's the Launcher. You don't need to run as Administrator, you do not need to launch from the ESO.EXE file as I've never logged on that way.
That's all I do to log on the NA server for PC. Keep closing and reopening the launcher until the error goes away.
This Error has been reported to ZOS many times and like the Cyrodil and PVE Lag, they've done nothing about it.
Your workaround is correct, your comment about ZOS doing nothing about it is not. They responded to a question from me on ESO Live about it - the one before last as I recall - confirming that they are aware of the problem, that they are aware also that the Knowledge Base advice doesn't work for most people, and that they are working on it.
Meanwhile it is not a big issue once you know that closing/re-opening the launcher or running direct from eso.exe is all that you need to do each time the game is patched. The biggest frustration comes from those running the repair function because of the time taken and its failure to resolve the issue, which is totally understandable and I'd very much like a fixed note on the launcher giving correct advice on the workaround until they have fixed the problem completely. It is extensively reported and discussed on the forums every patch day but it needs also to be covered on the launcher.
Well deleting the host files hasn't helped. It worked for a few days and the 209 is now back....esh!!!!!