Epic Games Launcher glitch

General Issues and Bug Reporting
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Summary

The Epic Games Launcher shows UEFN and Fortnite as still running after they have been closed, preventing from restarting them.

Please select what you are reporting on:

Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Other

Steps to Reproduce

Start UEFN from the Quick launch menu of the Epic Games Launcher.

Close it, close the Games Launcher as well.

Open the Epic Games Launcher again.

You might see, like in my case, that is shows UEFN and Fortnite as still running.

In order to run UEFN again, I have to shut down and restart my computer.

Expected Result

When UEFN is closed, it should be possible to start it again from the Epic Games Launcher without a system reboot.

Observed Result

It is shown as still running and can’t be restarted.

Platform(s)

Windows 11

Additional Notes

There was a Windows 11 update around that same time. This glitch might be Windows related.

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hi @Dormikon , has been doing this known problem for ages

Uninstall Epic Launcher via Windows Uninstall

delete directory C:\Users\jimgi\AppData\Local\EpicGamesLauncher

restart pc

download a new version of Epic Launcher from Epic website

Run as administrator to install new version

Then this will work until the next update!

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I would just logout and login again. and if hopefully cancel the programs in the task manager.

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Thanks @Jimbohalo10 , I’ll do that the next time it happens. Since the last update 2 days ago it works again as usual.

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Well, rebooting helps, it’s just a bit annoying. For now it’s working again.