Did you follow the readme fully?
I only ask because that's the same error I got when i just blindly tried to run the launcher without setting it up correctly first.
Good luck!
Can you please explain what I'm meant to do for Epic then. This is what it said, it's very complicated but I tried to follow it:
1. Download the [latest release] for your operating system
2. Extract executable from the zip/tar archive
3. Place
MinEdLauncher
in your Elite Dangerous install location so that it's in the same folder
as
EDLaunch.exe
.
* Epic Client
1. Delete or rename
EDLaunch.exe
(e.g.
EDLaunch.exe.bak
)
2. Copy and rename
MinEdLauncher.Bootstrap.exe
to
EDLaunch.exe
. This step is required because
Epic doesn't allow changing the game's startup application. If someone knows how to modify the
game's manifest file (
EliteDangerous/.egstore/*.manifest
), this could be avoided. Please open
a [new issue] if you can help with this. This also means any time the game updates or you verify
your game files, you'll have to replace
EDLaunch.exe
with
MinEdLauncher.Bootstrap.exe
.
3. Update your launch options to auto start your preferred product
1. Click
Settings in the Epic Games Launcher
2. Scroll down to the
Manage Games section and click
Elite Dangerous
3. Check
Additional Command Line Arguments
4. Set the value to
/autorun /autoquit /edo
4. Launch your game as you normally would in Epic