I am new to these forums, but the notice about only being able to launch the Steam edition of the game through Steam directly worries me, so here I am.

I have been having this issue since just before ShB, when I go to launch through steam it just says:
Code:
FFXIV Boot Error
Unable to download patch files. [11003]
However, I can launch it by going into my steam files and launching ffxivboot64.exe directly just fine, and have been doing so since I started having this issue. This has worked fine, and I have a shortcut on my desktop to facilitate this. The issue comes due to the fact that SE is going to be locking down launching the Steam edition to have to actually be launched through steam, which will cause problems for me.

Anyone know how to fix this, or redirect Steam to the proper exe, preferably without a full reinstall?