eqgame.exe won't launch

[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.