My DxDiag.txt file after applying these latest. NET and don't suggest any new troubleshooting steps for me. This exception has been discussed in one Reddit thread, but the solutions discussed there seem to also point to. (I have searched my PC for a file called CobraBayWindow.xaml, it it appears not to exist on my machine, nor on the machines of some other players I asked whose installations work.) Now, while the launcher continued not to work, it did display an error message:Īgain, it has the same behavior regardless of how I try to start it.

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(It appears to be impossible to uninstall. NET 4.7.2, I would not be permitted to install 4.6.1. This installer failed its error messages told me that because my machine already has. I followed these steps up until 4, installing. NET that apply to your versions of Windows: NET, starting with the highest version numbers first (you may find that no entriesĮxist in Programs and Features at all, in this case please continue to

Uninstall everything that starts with Microsoft.

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Open Programs and Features from the Windows Control Panel.

An easy way to access this is to type Windows Features in Start > Search.

Kaiii's EDProfiler program.Īfter following all the steps on Frontier's knowledge base article on troubleshooting launcher issues, I opened a ticket with Frontier. It didn't matter whether I started via Steam, via SteamVR, by using my pinned taskbar icon, double-clicking the EDLaunch.exe icon, or via Dr. Initially, the launcher ( EDLaunch.exe) just silently failed, without appearing in the taskbar or displaying any windows you could see it briefly (for less than a second) in Task Manager before it quit. (There has been one game update since then, but installing it did not fix my issue.) After a couple years playing Elite: Dangerous on Windows 10 (Horizons, on Steam), my installation abruptly stopped working a couple weeks ago.

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