the launcher doesnt shut down

Iarao

i have to do it from the task manager. is this me or zos?

Sephyr

I'd imagine that's probably something on your end since mine closes and launches per normal. Quite a strange conundrum indeed, though. Does it do it after a reboot?

AcadianPaladin

I believe it is ZOS. I'm in the same situation and learned here on the forum that I was not alone. Months ago, it was sproradic for me but now it is 100% of the time when starting the game with the launcher. What I do now is start the game for my first session of the day from the launcher - and subsequently close the launcher via task manager. This way I feel comfortable that things can updated as they need to. For the rest of the day though, I bypass the launcher by starting directly from the ESO.exe file.

Edit: PC NA, Windows10, No Steam.

SeaGtGruff

The launcher window closes just fine on my PC, but leaves an icon in the quick launch system tray; is that what you mean? If I just move the mouse cursor over the icon without even clicking on it, it goes away.

Monte_Cristo

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

The launcher window closes just fine on my PC, but leaves an icon in the quick launch system tray; is that what you mean? If I just move the mouse cursor over the icon without even clicking on it, it goes away.

Mine does that, too.

Astiron

AcadianPaladin wrote: »

I believe it is ZOS. I'm in the same situation and learned here on the forum that I was not alone. Months ago, it was sproradic for me but now it is 100% of the time when starting the game with the launcher. What I do now is start the game for my first session of the day from the launcher - and subsequently close the launcher via task manager. This way I feel comfortable that things can updated as they need to. For the rest of the day though, I bypass the launcher by starting directly from the ESO.exe file.

I have the same problem too. I only run the launcher when it tells me I can't log in due to an outdated client.

Arunei

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

The launcher window closes just fine on my PC, but leaves an icon in the quick launch system tray; is that what you mean? If I just move the mouse cursor over the icon without even clicking on it, it goes away.

Mine does that as well; sometimes I'll build up over a dozen of them if I don't think to open my system tray for a while. Is there a reason this happens, or is it just a ZOS Thing?

SeaGtGruff

Arunei wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

The launcher window closes just fine on my PC, but leaves an icon in the quick launch system tray; is that what you mean? If I just move the mouse cursor over the icon without even clicking on it, it goes away.

Mine does that as well; sometimes I'll build up over a dozen of them if I don't think to open my system tray for a while. Is there a reason this happens, or is it just a ZOS Thing?

I don't know why it happens, but I play through Steam, and it isn't really much of a problem for me because I like to go into the system tray anyway and right-click on the Steam launcher to close it down after I'm done playing games, so it's no trouble to just pass the mouse over the ESO icon while I'm doing that.

The GOG and Bethesda (not ESO) launchers are the same way-- they remain in the system tray as background processes after you close their windows, so you can reopen them more quickly. It's a common practice, and not just with game launchers. But the Amazon Games launcher doesn't do that, so it isn't a universal practice.

However, I'm not sure whether that's what the OP was talking about.

Iarao

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

The launcher window closes just fine on my PC, but leaves an icon in the quick launch system tray; is that what you mean? If I just move the mouse cursor over the icon without even clicking on it, it goes away.

no. it stays on my bar. this started after blackwood in june.

SeaGtGruff

Are you on Windows, macOS, or Linux? (I know there's no Linux version, but I assume people who use Linux can still play ESO if they want to.)

Porter_H

I am having the same issues when I close the game. I have to restart my computer to open the launcher back up to play since it shows it on the taskbar.

Windows.

Iarao

Porter_H wrote: »

I am having the same issues when I close the game. I have to restart my computer to open the launcher back up to play since it shows it on the taskbar.

Windows.

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Iarao

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

Are you on Windows, macOS, or Linux? (I know there's no Linux version, but I assume people who use Linux can still play ESO if they want to.)

win10

Shazanti

This has happened to me since the very beginning of my playtime in 2014. I don't play via Steam. It has done this through 3 separate installations of the game, on 3 different hard drives, through 2 different versions of Windows (7 and 10). The game starts, and the launcher window remains open in the background and does not minimize. Now I just don't run the launcher unless the game needs to be patched, because that's the only way I can avoid having to alt-tab out and shut the launcher down manually. I figured it was just a (very, very annoying) ZOS thing, because all those years ago the forum folks said that simply not running the launcher except to patch the game was the only way to not have the launcher hanging out like that.

This also happens to my husband, who runs his version of the game through Steam.

Cirantille

Sometimes - it happens to me too

Red_Feather

Monte_Cristo wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

The launcher window closes just fine on my PC, but leaves an icon in the quick launch system tray; is that what you mean? If I just move the mouse cursor over the icon without even clicking on it, it goes away.

Mine does that, too.

Me as well.

Roztlin45

Log out of toon and go back to character selection, from there click quit and close the log in screen.

theyancey

Mine has gone wonky as well

RevJJ

I always have to close it via task manager. [snip]

[edited for conspiracy theory]

essi2

The launcher doesn't close at all for me, have to kill the process.

Now it is every time, but it seems to vary from update to update, it is definitely a launcher issue and not an issue with peoples PCs.

phermitgb

mine does the same thing. Except when it doesn't - it's kooky - sometimes, after a patch - it won't be an issue anymore - most of the time it is. I have a sneaking suspicion it *might* be a feature of addons and/or the reshade mod that I'm using - but I've mostly given up on trying to fix it, and I just close it in the taskbar

essi2

phermitgb wrote: »

mine does the same thing. Except when it doesn't - it's kooky - sometimes, after a patch - it won't be an issue anymore - most of the time it is. I have a sneaking suspicion it *might* be a feature of addons and/or the reshade mod that I'm using - but I've mostly given up on trying to fix it, and I just close it in the taskbar

Addons don't and can't interface with the launcher and I haven't reinstalled reshade on this PC. so I doubt it is reshade causing issues either.

davidtk

Iarao wrote: »

i have to do it from the task manager. is this me or zos?

This happened to me too once about few days. But it cannot be killed even via task manager, so i turned pc hard.

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

The launcher window closes just fine on my PC, but leaves an icon in the quick launch system tray; is that what you mean? If I just move the mouse cursor over the icon without even clicking on it, it goes away.

This happens to me since i using Windows 10 with other programs what use icon in systray. Nothing unusual for me.

...
And about mods... They do not and can't affect the launcher.
Sometimes I just turn off the launcher right after starting the game.

KovalskyNestor

This happens to me If I close the launcher on windows (right clicking the icon on task bar and then press close window). Then when you try to close the launcher on its own "X" button it gets stuck.. so I have to use task manager to get rid of the launcher.

OnnuK

same problem. Something is messing up with steam and ESO launcer. If you give the admin privilage to the launcher, it asks username password which means ignoring the steam connection. task kill is the only way to close the launcher.

yeey

KovalskyNestor wrote: »

This happens to me If I close the launcher on windows (right clicking the icon on task bar and then press close window). Then when you try to close the launcher on its own "X" button it gets stuck.. so I have to use task manager to get rid of the launcher.

Me to.

Sirona_Starr

This happens to me also PC NA, Windows 10. I also find sometimes I have to start the launcher multiple times before it actually works. It gets stuck. I've done every fix possible for the launcher not loading properly. This started happening after the Blackwood release.

ADarklore

Arunei wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

The launcher window closes just fine on my PC, but leaves an icon in the quick launch system tray; is that what you mean? If I just move the mouse cursor over the icon without even clicking on it, it goes away.

Mine does that as well; sometimes I'll build up over a dozen of them if I don't think to open my system tray for a while. Is there a reason this happens, or is it just a ZOS Thing?

Do you not shutdown or restart your system? I shutdown my system every day... have for years. I don't trust Windows ability to manage memory leaks no matter what they say, so I never leave it on for long periods without either restarting or shutting down, especially if I'm not going to be home.

As for my experience with the launcher, I never use it except when it needs to be patched, otherwise I just launch from the .exe.

Iarao

davidtk wrote: »

Iarao wrote: »

i have to do it from the task manager. is this me or zos?

This happened to me too once about few days. But it cannot be killed even via task manager, so i turned pc hard.

ADarklore wrote: »

Arunei wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

The launcher window closes just fine on my PC, but leaves an icon in the quick launch system tray; is that what you mean? If I just move the mouse cursor over the icon without even clicking on it, it goes away.

Mine does that as well; sometimes I'll build up over a dozen of them if I don't think to open my system tray for a while. Is there a reason this happens, or is it just a ZOS Thing?

Do you not shutdown or restart your system? I shutdown my system every day... have for years. I don't trust Windows ability to manage memory leaks no matter what they say, so I never leave it on for long periods without either restarting or shutting down, especially if I'm not going to be home.

As for my experience with the launcher, I never use it except when it needs to be patched, otherwise I just launch from the .exe.

i sometimes do restart my computer. maybe i should do it more often, but i have read that if you have an ssd, you shouldnt do it all the time? something about wear and tear.

NettleCarrier

This happens to me about 75% of the time that I close the launcher. It's been that way for probably 6 months or so. It's not my machine... and for how often I hear about this issue on the forums or Reddit, I'm surprised it has been ignored this much. Hardly game-breaking though, as I always have task manager open ready to kill it lol.

Iarao

ADarklore wrote: »

Arunei wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

The launcher window closes just fine on my PC, but leaves an icon in the quick launch system tray; is that what you mean? If I just move the mouse cursor over the icon without even clicking on it, it goes away.

Mine does that as well; sometimes I'll build up over a dozen of them if I don't think to open my system tray for a while. Is there a reason this happens, or is it just a ZOS Thing?

Do you not shutdown or restart your system? I shutdown my system every day... have for years. I don't trust Windows ability to manage memory leaks no matter what they say, so I never leave it on for long periods without either restarting or shutting down, especially if I'm not going to be home.

As for my experience with the launcher, I never use it except when it needs to be patched, otherwise I just launch from the .exe.

this seems to have worked for now. tyty.