Epic Games Launcher Wizard ends prematurely because of an error.

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Hello,

I just recently had to reinstall Windows 11 and now the Epic Launcher always fails during its installation process. I had the same Windows 11 Home key before I needed to do the re-install and Unreal Engine worked just fine. Currently all of my other programs have loaded and are working correctly (Unity, Wwise, FMOD, Steam, GitHub Desktop, etc.)

Epic Installer Fail
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I’ve tried pretty much every fix I’ve read in the forums as well.

  1. msiexec.exe with admin privileges from the task manager and terminal
  2. Deleting all Epic Folders anywhere on the computer at all
  3. Changing the installation target folder to just the C: drive instead of the program files (x86)
  4. Changing the installation target to a completely different drive
  5. Creating a new admin account and trying to install it using that
  6. Made sure that read and write permissions were checked for my user account

I fear that I’ll just have to re-install windows again from scratch, so ANY other potential solutions would be greatly appreciated :sweat_smile:

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I was getting this error. Installing the Epic App from the Microsoft Store fixed this for me. Hope it works for you too.

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this worked for me, thanks a ton

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Installing from the Microsoft Store fixed it for me.

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Chanced upon this article and began wondering why “Epic Games Launcher Wizard ends prematurely because of an error”.
Primarily this error is spreading throughout everyone’s systems. And no rectification has been thoroughly founded as of now.

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Hello everyone!
I ran into this problem and tried absolutely everything mentioned in the forums, including the Microsoft Store where the installation also failed.
My solution was to find another computer where I had a 2021 Epic Launcher (version 13… something, if I remember correctly), and run that installer. It finally worked!
In other words, you need to use an older launcher to avoid the issues with the current one.

Ideally, Epic would fix this, but it was the only workaround I found.

I hope it helps someone!