OK so I just spent about 6 hours installing ED on windows 10, previously I have given up and used the Steam launcher, but this time I have persisted and tried to solve the various issues I noticed each time.
I thought it worth sharing my experiences here in case it can assist someone out there, as there are various clues to be garnered from around the forums and the net in general, but I could not find a full solution in a single location.
So these are my tips (from bitter experience) I hope it helps:
1) Disable all antivirus. In my case this was windows defender, I disabled real-time protection under virus and threat protection settings.
2) Download the ED launcher and start an install.
3) Should Elite dangerous launcher fail with validation errors partway through the install (this error usually occurs near the start of the install). Keep the error screen open. Find the file in the install folder that the error is for and delete it.
Then in windows search panel type internet options.
In internet options choose to delete Temporary Internet files and website files and Cookies and website data
Now restart the installer, and it should carry on from where it got stuck.
It may stop again later - and in which case just repeat this process.
4) If the download rate gets stuck at a certain rate for a minute or more, then the download is hanging. You can see it is hanging at the os level as the number of files fluctuates at a fixed level repetitively. So press the blue cancellation 'X' icon, and then type internet options in windows 10 search window and proceed again to delete temporary internet
files, website files and cookies. Apply theses changes, you could also check there are no .part or .progress files, and if so delete these. Then back to the launcher and chose validate files.
On validating, the launcher first resyncs the files, and then eventually resumes the upload, again keep an eye out for it hanging, and if so repeat. Typically I have to repeat 15 times this step for a complete succesful download.
and it can take 6 hours on a 100MB/10 connection. Steam is more reliable than the launcher, but it does not support the profiler etc.
I do not recall ever experiencing this kind of installation difficulty with any other game, and I have been gaming/using computers since 1979!
5) when complete do not forget to switch on the antivirus again.
I hope that this information is of use to others with similar difficulties.
I thought it worth sharing my experiences here in case it can assist someone out there, as there are various clues to be garnered from around the forums and the net in general, but I could not find a full solution in a single location.
So these are my tips (from bitter experience) I hope it helps:
1) Disable all antivirus. In my case this was windows defender, I disabled real-time protection under virus and threat protection settings.
2) Download the ED launcher and start an install.
3) Should Elite dangerous launcher fail with validation errors partway through the install (this error usually occurs near the start of the install). Keep the error screen open. Find the file in the install folder that the error is for and delete it.
Then in windows search panel type internet options.
In internet options choose to delete Temporary Internet files and website files and Cookies and website data
Now restart the installer, and it should carry on from where it got stuck.
It may stop again later - and in which case just repeat this process.
4) If the download rate gets stuck at a certain rate for a minute or more, then the download is hanging. You can see it is hanging at the os level as the number of files fluctuates at a fixed level repetitively. So press the blue cancellation 'X' icon, and then type internet options in windows 10 search window and proceed again to delete temporary internet
files, website files and cookies. Apply theses changes, you could also check there are no .part or .progress files, and if so delete these. Then back to the launcher and chose validate files.
On validating, the launcher first resyncs the files, and then eventually resumes the upload, again keep an eye out for it hanging, and if so repeat. Typically I have to repeat 15 times this step for a complete succesful download.
and it can take 6 hours on a 100MB/10 connection. Steam is more reliable than the launcher, but it does not support the profiler etc.
I do not recall ever experiencing this kind of installation difficulty with any other game, and I have been gaming/using computers since 1979!
5) when complete do not forget to switch on the antivirus again.
I hope that this information is of use to others with similar difficulties.
