Unable to update patch files.

[HawkBlade]

If you are admin, then you would not need to unlock/unsecure that folder. If you are not the admin, login to the admin and right click the SquareEnix folder and go to the security area, and add everybody and mark for full access. Then go back into your normal user.

If you are an admin already, then it as stated above, anti-virus or anti-malware or firewall program could be holding it up. I know each time the patcher changes I have to confirm my anti-virus program to allow it to load up. I would say add the EXE's from the SquareEnix folder to the exception list in your program. That should do it. Some programs are better with games than others.

End all - uninstall the game and redo the installer program that redoes the patcher and then relaunch the patcher. That is if you were able to run the game already in P4, it's the same client with a patched patcher. You would have to redownload the game, but it most likely would clear your issue of an uninstall/reinstall.

[Phaetal]

Admin or not the security feature of Win 7 automatically blocks downloaded .exes but I'm too lazy to source the Micro$oft article. I've just had to do it in many games so I passed this advice on

If you are admin, then you would not need to unlock/unsecure that folder. If you are not the admin, login to the admin and right click the SquareEnix folder and go to the security area, and add everybody and mark for full access. Then go back into your normal user.

If you are an admin already, then it as stated above, anti-virus or anti-malware or firewall program could be holding it up. I know each time the patcher changes I have to confirm my anti-virus program to allow it to load up. I would say add the EXE's from the SquareEnix folder to the exception list in your program. That should do it. Some programs are better with games than others.

End all - uninstall the game and redo the installer program that redoes the patcher and then relaunch the patcher. That is if you were able to run the game already in P4, it's the same client with a patched patcher. You would have to redownload the game, but it most likely would clear your issue of an uninstall/reinstall.

[Squa11_Leonhart]

Admin or not the security feature of Win 7 automatically blocks downloaded .exes but I'm too lazy to source the Micro$oft article. I've just had to do it in many games so I passed this advice on

Not correct, It blocks them so long as they are marked with the attribute for a downloaded file, and this is only if the file is downloaded directly through a web browser. The 106MB client installer for instance.

It would not, however, mark the files downloaded by the launcher with the downloaded attribute.

If those receiving the issue, continue to do so. I suggest grabbing Process Monitor and filtering it by the launchers activities (Filter by Process name is ffxivlauncher.exe) and then save it as a native PML format for analysing.

Probably wouldn't host them anywhere public though, just in case the logged info somehow includes the UN/PW. (though i've never seen these in a ProcMon dump before)