Unable to launch final fantasy xiv updater

[Nightscar]

Ok so Update
2-20-18
Alright I have found the issue .. if you can believe that lol.
I donno if this is a SE thing or a microsoft thing.. you be the judge.

After taking a shot in the dark, which means turning off ALL firewalls, turning off ALL virus protection (Windows Defender). Hey look it started to download.
So by process of elimination I started to turn everything back on .. and it seams the culprit for all this is, REAL-TIME PROTECTION.. thank you F*ing Microsoft.
Must be the last windows update changed the way this works because I have NEVER had an issue before with windows defender.
or
SE changed the way they deliver there patches and it set off windows defender.

So anyway.. now that I missed the housing release.. and have had aggravation for the past few days. it looks like all is fixed. Last thing I will try is to add the ffxiv folder to the windows defender exceptions see if that makes it possible to turn the real time back on.

[Einmimiria]

Good afternoon and thank you for posting on the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

I'm glad you were able to resolve your issue. Make sure to have that exception for the game, you don't want to have the anti-virus off at all times obviously.

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