eqgame.exe won't launch

[canibiss420]

Hello all. I just got a new pc with Windows 8 (ugh) and I'm working on getting EQ on it. I just installed the Titanium client, edited the eqhost.txt, and am attempting to launch the game through eqgame.exe, but I can't. Instead I get a message to 'Please Run EverQuest.exe', which is a no-no. What can I do to fix this?

[Furniture]

they decided to screw up the getting started guide a while ago, right click on the eqgame.exe and create a shortcut, right click on the new shortcut and go to properties, in the "target" you need to add "patchme /affinity 1" after eqgame.exe (if you have a single core processor then just patchme is fine)

target should look like this:


C:\(everquest path)\eqgame.exe patchme /affinity 1

[canibiss420]

I get this when I tried C:\(everquest path)\eqgame.exe patchme /affinity 1

The name "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sony\EverQuest\eqgame.exe patchme /affinity 1' specified in the Target box is not valid. Make sure path and file name are correct.

[Uaellaen]

can you find the quotationmarks ... dun dun dunnnnnnn ... remove em, try again ... or close em, wich ever you preffer ... but you gotta close dem things if you open dem ... and it means using the same ... not opening with " and closing with '

[mampy2003]

did you ever figure this out? i'm having the exact same issue

[Soulis]

did you ever figure this out? i'm having the exact same issue

Do all the above just change the path to somewhere else on your pc. I cut and pasted game folder to desktop then changed the target and it worked correctly. For some reason it doesn't like that path.

[Soulis]

did you ever figure this out? i'm having the exact same issue

Cut and Paste the Sony folder to a different location to change the path. Mine would never work on the default path either when I cut and pasted to my desktop it worked fine.

[typhonset]

so, the instructions are inaccurate...

delete any of your old short-cuts so you don't get confused trying to launch the correct icon.

navigate to your game folder (wherever you installed the game files), right click the eqgame file (eqgame.exe if you have system files visible), left click CREATE SHORTCUT (not send to desktop).

Follow the remainder of the instructions

Should look something like this C:\EQEMU\eqgame.exe patchme

Move the new shortcut to your desktop... & go.

[stray19]

I have done the above mentioned steps and it tells me to run everquest.exe from what I understand thats not what I want to do because that will patch live version any suggestions?

nevermind I got it but back to the problem of the memory not found error

[Katielouellen]

I have tried all of the above options and it's not working for me

[Splade]

Im having the same issues, I have no clue what to do. I'm pretty handy with a computer but this is seriously confusing me.

[Verdir]

I had the same issue. I moved everything to a path where there is no space and I removed the quotes from Target. However I kept the quotes on the Start in value. This is Windows 8.

[Panku]

Hi guys, not sure if ya'll are around still or already figured it out. But this problem was occurring for me also and figured out if you're doing a file search for Launch Titanium and trying to start it from there, it wont work. Best of luck.

[Penthouse]

Ive been trying to run EQ as admin forever because its supposed to fix a video card issue(video card not being used). I finally ran as admin using "patchme /affinity 1" but still not sure if my game is using OB video or my card.

[Gumbo]

I think a lot of people said they have trouble running EQ on Win 7, 8 and 10 if they have the game installed in the Program Files directory.

Install it to just the drive itself like C:\EQ\Yadda, Yadda, Yadda...

[Samoht]

I just tried to log into an install of EQ on an older PC and got this error. AVG had quarantined dsetup.dll

I was able to successfully launch EQ after adding the directory to the exemption list.

[Vekonis]

running into a similar problem, followed the guide installed everything removed files extracted the p99 files and changed the shortcut when i try to use the shortcut it acts like its going to launch the screen turns black like an application started and then nothing, any ideas?

[Feigndango]

And, 9 years later, still the same......

Starting to remember why I quit EQ when Sony bought it.

[Mandalore22]

I ran into this error tonight and shout out to 2015, followed typhonset's instructions and finally got it to work:

navigate to your game folder (wherever you installed the game files), right click the eqgame file (eqgame.exe if you have system files visible), left click CREATE SHORTCUT (not send to desktop).

Follow the remainder of the instructions

Should look something like this C:\EQEMU\eqgame.exe patchme

Move the new shortcut to your desktop... & go.