Steam Tracking Issue

[Creamy_Goodness]

I am still trying to find a solution to this. I buy a Steam version of the game. Install normally, and it launches normal. However the only time Steam registers and shows that I am in game is during the initial version patch check that appears before the launcher. By the time the launcher is up Steam no longer registers that I am in game.

This is now, literally, the most frustrating issue I've ever tried to fix as there seems to be absolutely no solutions outside of either "run everything as admin" or "run nothing as admin", etc...

I sent a ticket to SE support and unfortunately all I got in response was: "Unfortunately that service is not available. While we cannot guarantee implementation we will surely pass this on to the developers." Which leads me to believe that they didn't even look at my issue. Game tracking has been a standard feature of every game put on Steam since 2009. Every one of my friends who have this on Steam do not have this issue. So, yes the game tracking is feature that is implemented by simply having your game on Steam. I apologize if I am coming off as angry or upset, but I have had this game over a month now with no resolution to this. I would have loved to know how long it took me to get my BLM up to 50, but as there is no way to track playtime, I will never know.

I refuse to believe that there is no way to fix this.
so far I've:
- verified cache
- reinstalled
- reinstalled on a different drive
- clean my registry
- defrag my harddrive
- disable UAC
- run all exe's associated with Steam and FFXIV as admin
- run all exe's associated with Steam and FFXIV not flagged as admin
- restarted and rebooted my computer multiple times
- reinstalled Steam
- deleted client blob and have redownloaded
- sent support ticket to SE with response posted above
- posted about issue on Steam forums

So far it feels as if I've done everything save for formatting my HDD and buying a new OS, neither of which I am going to do in hopes that this is fixed. As of now I can add my Steam version of FFXIV to steam as a non-steam game, but this is not a solution.

Please, anyone, can someone please help me fix this issue as it is really bothering me.