NCSoft Launcher problem

I've noticed that often, when an update to CoH is available, and I click the "Update" button to apply it, the update will not complete successfully in a single try.

It will process some of the files (piggs, etc.)... then, I'll either get a message from Windows saying that the Launcher has experienced a problem and will be shut down, OR sometimes, the Launcher simply quits silently.

If I run the Launcher and try again, the same thing happens. If I keep trying, it will eventually finish the update and say "ready to play", but this takes several attempts. (I'll usually do a "Repair (consistency check)" from the menu in the Launcher to be sure it's fully patched, but the Launcher doesn't find any problems.)

Oddly, I think I only see this problem when the Launcher says an update is available and I manually click the "Update" button. If I leave it alone long enough for the Launcher to start auto-updating in the background, I believe it will finish without incident.

So, I'm thinking there may be something different about the way patches are applied manually versus in-the-background. Maybe something's wrong with the progress-bar display shown during a manual update?

I'm running CoH on Windows 7 64-bit (fully patched with Windows Update), on an AMD Phenom II X4 system with 4GB RAM. The system is pretty much rock-solid, I never have any problems running the game itself... only the Launcher.

(P.S. - Forgot to mention, I have my games, including CoH, installed on a separate partition, not the default location within "C:\Program Files (x86)".)

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TargetOne

"If you two don't work this out RIGHT NOW, I'm turning this invasion around and going home!" - Emperor Cole

Wish I could help, but the launcher STILL doesn't work for me at all. Alpha_Wolf is working on the issue, and has had me do a few things here and there, but still no go. You could try to contact him (her?) and see if they can help. It seems like there are still alot of issues to be fixed with this.

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