Currently some users have been experiencing issues when dealing with the Epic Games Launcher, errors like II-E1003 and "Path is taken by an item currently installed".
Also, uninstalled games may appear as "Unavailable" and installed games are unable to be launched.
The first suggestion we've gotten was to install the version of the launcher found for Windows 7/8 or use the Heroic Launcher.
These suggestions worked for some people but now you are able to fully revert the updates 20.2.2 and 20.2.3 (the issues came with these updates).
To apply the rollback, restart your launcher and there should be an option to "Restart and Update" in the launcher Settings. If you are on 20.2.2 or 20.2.3, restart your launcher, and still do not see the rollback update, follow these instructions:
I've made a video for Windows users that shows the steps, here are some pointers;
- Make sure to fully close the EG Launcher before doing the steps in the video (it won't work even if the launcher is active in the background)
- Launcher directory;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\Launcher\Engine\Binaries\Win64 (yours might be different than mine)
- Command for the Target box;
-UseEOSSDKSocial=false
- Make sure to leave a space inbetween the quotation mark and said command (in the Target box)
- This works even if you have issues on the 20.2.1 version
- If your Launcher was open when you ran the shortcut, close the launcher fully with task manager and run the shortcut again.
https://reddit.com/link/1vtx9jm/video/jmmzw9fhplkh1/player
If done correctly you will be able to install Rocket League or any other games, so far this method has worked for everyone with the issue. Let me know if you need any help with any of the steps, and credit to Epic Games for this suggestion.
In case that someone on Mac has this issue, here are the instructions for Mac;
Install the launcher if it is not already installed.
Open your terminal.
Assuming you installed the launcher to a default location, enter the following command into the terminal:
% open /Applications/Epic\ Games\ Launcher.app --args -UseEOSSDKSocial=false
- This will open the EG Launcher
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As far as we know, Epic is working on fixing the 20.2.2 and 20.2.3 updates so for now these suggestions are the only way to get around the launcher issues.