Launcher.exe - unable to start Starport

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Launcher.exe - unable to start Starport

Post by D-Tox1 » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:48 pm

Yeah i know this should go into Engineering - but i figured The Tavern had more views - so am i the only person having startup problems ?

Sad thing is game crashed mid flight - so if i die do i get all my exp back ? >8((

Anybody else having problems ?

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Re: Launcher.exe - unable to start Starport

Post by mArImBa » Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:28 pm

I have all kinds of problems, this is one of them.

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Re: Launcher.exe - unable to start Starport

Post by Vekisis » Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:55 pm

I'm having the same problem too since the latest patch.

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Re: Launcher.exe - unable to start Starport

Post by Toonces » Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:11 am

You can try running the file called GEClient.exe that's in the StarportGE directory, instead of the usual file in that directory that you run called Launcher.exe

This is only a temporary solution for the next hour or two while this problem gets sorted out. Then you'll wanna go back to using Launcher.exe and you might need to re-install from http://www.starportgame.com/download.php

I'll post on this top again when the problem can be fixed simply with a re-install.

UPDATE: Re-downloading the install file and installing from www.starportgame.com/download.php should be enough to fix this problem now.

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Re: Launcher.exe - unable to start Starport

Post by D-Tox1 » Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:15 am

Ok so heres the deal - i deleted Starport completely from Computer - and re-installed it - Doesnt work.

I then completely wipe my computer - reboot from new then re-install game again - still doesnt work.

Epic FAIL

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Re: Launcher.exe - unable to start Starport

Post by D-Tox1 » Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:26 am

Brill - that works..
Right click Starport Logo on Desktop
go into properties then click " find target "
then double click "GEClient" - that should take you into game.

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Re: Launcher.exe - unable to start Starport

Post by Toonces » Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:51 am

UPDATE: Re-downloading the install file and installing from http://www.starportgame.com/download.php should be enough to fix this problem now.

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Re: Launcher.exe - unable to start Starport

Post by Toonces » Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:52 am

D-Tox1 wrote:Ok so heres the deal - i deleted Starport completely from Computer - and re-installed it - Doesnt work.

I then completely wipe my computer - reboot from new then re-install game again - still doesnt work.

Epic FAIL
That's overboard i'd say.

I'd never recommend completely wiping your computer for Starport, that's just gonna cause you pain and will probably never fix anything related to starport. You would only need to do that if you had a really bad virus attack or something. If Starport is the only thing not working as usual on your computer, it usually just means you need to notify us of the problem so we can fix it. Re-installing Starport from http://www.starportgame.com/download.php is always a good thing to try first, if that doesn't work, your next step should be to email support@starportgame.com and wait for instructions before doing anything drastic to your machine.

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