I can’t remember having this problem in the past, but I don’t use the launcher that much, however recently I needed to create a new dummy project and I noticed that I can not start the pure Unreal Editor from the launcher anymore.
Every time I click on the engine version I want and “Launch” it starts the last project I selected from the list of previous projects.
Without starting the original editor, I can’t create new projects anymore. What is going on?
Thanks
HI!
Perhaps you accidentally have enabled the option “Always load project on startup” in the “Unreal Project Browser” dialog.
You can to disable this option to deactivate the automatic loading of the last project in “Editor Preferences”
You can open your current project, then go to File → new project. I noticed it started doing this a few weeks ago, it’s a bit annoying but this solution works perfectly fine.
Yes this seems to be checked by default now. I unchecked and then saved the new setting as default after telling the Editor to make the standard settings writable.
This helps, thanks alot
This options seems to be missing now. Is there another way?
Still missing, help
Open the editor, then go “File”->“Open project…”, you will get a popup project browser, where you can uncheck that “Load last opened project on startup” option.
I was trying to use “new Project” and got nothing. Just the “Open Project” option has this checkbox (just for someone who reads it here after haha) (this on 4.18.3)
that is so friggen stupid
should not be on by default and waste my time having to google a fix for a check that shouldn’t be checked
and for UE5.0? if you accidentally enable it you’re f…ar way to know where it is to disable kkkkkk the option is not there anymore
For people complaining this setting is now missing:
Go to File > Open Project…
This should open the project browser
Uncheck the setting in the bottom left
Unfortunately, there is no such flag there either) 0))
You mean your project browser doesn’t show the option?
I can confirm, this solves on Unreal 5.0.3 
