Since NA is down - and I do live in Europe anyway - I figured I would try the EU megaserver. The launcher proceeds to download the entire game again into a new folder.
- I tried renaming the original folder to "The Elder Scrolls Online EU"
- I tried copying all the files to the new folder
- I even tried using a program (Syncback) to mirror the files, preserving attributes like dates and times.
The client refuses to acknowledge the files already present and proceeds to download everything.
EDIT:
I found out that there is a tiny menu over the news feed called Game Options. Assuming you have a duplicate folder: When the launcher is updating you enter this menu and choose Cancel. Then after you cancelled the update go into the menu again and this time choose Repair.
Edited by Norcus on April 2, 2014 5:50PM