Launcher glitches upon exiting game

theslynx · May 2021

Every so often after the last update, my launcher glitches oddly when exiting the game, and the only way to stop the process is to euthanise it via Task Manager. This is on a Win 10 machine with the latest Windows and driver updates (at least as of checking last week).

This happened to me before and vanished after updating GPU drivers, but that solution hasn't worked this time out.

Any idea what's causing this or how to stop it?

ZOS_Bill · May 2021

@theslynx

Check and ensure that the ESO Launcher is currently running as an administrator. You should also check to ensure that your anti-virus software has an exception for the Launcher.

theslynx · May 2021

ESO has A-V allowances. I'm on Steam, and setting the Launcher or 'ZosSteamStarter' to run as admin causes the game to either not launch or to refuse to acknowledge Steam servers.

votan73 · May 2021

ESO does switch to a lower resolution before it is switching to the resulotion of your settings.
Sorry, I mixed the games. But it looks like that.
This causes Windows to shrink all windows. Of course Windows does not (re-)resized windows, if the resolution gets bigger.

Try windowed mode, maybe?

My advice: Use the launcher for updates only.

votan73 · May 2021

I have to correct myself again. I was not dreaming. It happens with ESO, too. But not always. Maybe it has to do with porting to Cyrodiil.

theslynx · May 2021

votan73 wrote: »

My advice: Use the launcher for updates only.

Hm. Thanks for the suggestion. Any idea how to do that if I'm running through Steam?

votan73 · May 2021

I do not use Steam for ESO.

But a lot of games are located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\....

You can create a link to desktop. And Steam has an option to create a desktop link as well.

Maybe someone else using Steam could tell?