Unable to Determine Current Version...

Legendlink

I had the same problem, ran launcher as administrator fixed it.

chishikib16_ESO

I was having this issue and I don't know how it started working again, I just waited and played minecraft for a bit.
Hope it starts working for you folks soon.

crispe

Same issue here, on mac its the same problem. Tried repairing, restarting launcher, restarting comp, no dice.

lee.vanderlipub17_ESO

ZOS_JessicaFolsom this fix isn't working at all.... Please just issue a client patch and get this fixed correctly. Why wasn't this tested in the 6 hour downtime today?

GeneralCornwallace

I can confirm unpinning it from your task bar works, at least for me.

droosk

lee.vanderlipub17_ESO wrote: »

ZOS_JessicaFolsom this fix isn't working at all.... Please just issue a client patch and get this fixed correctly. Why wasn't this tested in the 6 hour downtime today?

It likely was. You are part of .1% of people with a problem, with most of the people in this thread finding out that it was a LOCAL issue (Such as running as administrator) that is causing it. Stop blaming them when it is most likely your fault.

Maestro_Sartori

droosk wrote: »

lee.vanderlipub17_ESO wrote: »

ZOS_JessicaFolsom this fix isn't working at all.... Please just issue a client patch and get this fixed correctly. Why wasn't this tested in the 6 hour downtime today?

It likely was. You are part of .1% of people with a problem, with most of the people in this thread finding out that it was a LOCAL issue (Such as running as administrator) that is causing it. Stop blaming them when it is most likely your fault.

Seriously? Your blaming him?

Leeta

Try go in to the games folder where the launcher is and open it from there, that should work

Schnizle

Same problem here... Game crashed and then this

Deluged

2ND time I've had to wait for the repair to finish, only to find out it doesn't know my version type. Wash, rinse, repair.

Schnizle

nickroc wrote: »

@droosk go suck a ***, .1% my ass.

This

Hakoke

Okay. So I did all the steps listed on the support page linked, plus deleting the .version files. After repairing same problem, error 209.

Luckily the game runs just fine as long as I bypass the launcher and run directly from the game .exe file.

Not to complain, but this is the main reason I hate launchers for games. Most of the time a problem with a launcher is just a problem with it, and not the game itself. Every MMO I've played that uses a launcher has problems like this.

DigitalStorm

I had the error for about ten minutes, of closing and re opening and running the tool, and repairing, when I closed it after running the tool and re opened, it worked for me.

cadetduke

DoomBringerDANTEb14_ESO wrote: »

Try running as an admin, and if your launching it through steam, run as admin without it being through steam, then in steam again. Thats what got it working for me.

This worked for me.

Hadan_of_Rift

This is how you fix it on a PC. Hit CTRL+ALT+DEL (opens Task Manager) select ESO Launcher - RIGHT CLICK > GO TO PROCESSES > RIGHT CLICK > END PROCESS TREE

Now restart game all better

Xaltotun

Yeah, same problem here. Hitting repair often just brings the error dialogue box back up. Sometimes it actually runs a repair...and then I get the dialogue box AGAIN. Once I actually got in. I guess the solution is to never log out again?

Alphidius

Exit Steam. Restart the patch. Restart the launcher.
Profit! At least it did for me.

Micallef

ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »

We posted this in another thread, but want to make sure you see it, too.

If you are getting error 209, please try the following:

• First, please ensure you are accessing the game via the launcher, not the .exe file.
• Try closing out of the launcher and re-open it, then run a repair.
• If you try to repair and it does not work, please delete all .version files in the game's sub folders and try repair again.

Thanks @ZOS_JessicaFolsom, tried everything you mentioned plus everything everyone else suggested on the first two pages (admin, steam, check-box(es) ...) but no luck (sad to say that apparently only luck determines whether this works or not).
Oddly enough, on my laptop, which is right next to my PC and on the same connection, there was no problem, so now I'm copying all game files from one machine to another.
Re-downloading would have been the next choice, but I've done that a few times prior to this patch and the dial-up speeds that I get are cringeworthy at best (download 50-250kbps vs. copy via LAN12Mbps - as a reference, downloading Rift got me speeds in excess of 6Mbps).

I realize we're still in the launch-phase and I appreciate the hard work I strongly suspect you are all doing behind the scenes, but I wish you'd get it all sorted out real soon, bots, hacks, stuck quests, latency and all, not necessarily in that order ;-)
Good luck!
To us all ... :-|

Edit: copy complete, I'm in. No reboot needed
Edit 2: LOL after logging out, 209 is back. Reboot chased it off...

Kelbar

kmlong77 wrote: »

lose your launcher...restart it...re did the patch for me and no error message

True, you may have to close and restart, then close and restart. <BLINK> But it eventually lets you in.........

Furianna

Just reboot the PC people, it works fine after that.

eruexe

Lol. Clicked consultant, then repaired, then it worked but stupid game keeps stuttering on me so I closed it and opened launcher, problems comes back up.

This never happened before the patch.

Tried running as admin,
works for now.

UPDATE:
Exited game, and just saw the patcher still getting the error, but I did log-in, so its not a solution.

yaksha42

Running the launcher as Administrator fixed it for me.

Ravenscraig

Hadan_of_Rift wrote: »

This is how you fix it on a PC. Hit CTRL+ALT+DEL (opens Task Manager) select ESO Launcher - RIGHT CLICK > GO TO PROCESSES > RIGHT CLICK > END PROCESS TREE

Now restart game all better

This worked for me, thanks!

Heckster

Closing steam fixed the issue for me. Thanks for the tip!

jmoore59

none of these fixes have worked for me WTF.

Daemi

Run as administrator got it working here.

Daemi

Wait no still broken

crispe

If you're using a mac, bypass the launcher, go to the launcher > show package contents > game_mac > pubplayerclient > eso.app . that worked for me.

MsWendalyn1b14_ESO

ok so what are we supposed to do about this? Run game consultant, restarted computer. This is insane

TrollOnTitan

I ran as administrater and that worked for me.