Launcher not recognizing its own actions
I'm like you. The first thing I do after a patch is applied is to do a verify/repair. And it sort of bothered me that it reruns the verify. The flag that was used in the past was a register entry, this isn't the case anymore.
It happens because the launcher sees the patch file in the game folder. When it runs the verify, it deletes the patch file(s). The verify/repair does download a small patch file likely consisting of the checksums of the current client version to verify against.
If you delete the patch file(s) (.ncpatch) before launching the game but after you manually verified, you won't trigger the verify.
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If you update one of the CoH installs, then use the pull-down menu to the right of the install to verify the install, then start the game, it doesn't recognize that you've already run the verify -- it must do it itself; you still get the pop-up window saying that a repair or update has been detected and a verify will be performed.
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