Host_WindowLoadTimeout "Error"

Returning player here after several years, but I can't get the launcher to work on any machine I try. Attaching the DxDiag for one of them. Really not much installed on this machine, almost vanilla Windows. Followed the launcher troubleshooting instructions without luck. I see multiple threads about SWTOR launcher issues, but no solutions outside of the troubleshooting guide. In the DxDiag I can see that the launcher is crashing.

@MoonEmerald 

if this is almost vanilla windows, what if any software is common ? antivirus etc ?

I would suggest using swtor via steam for now 

@proxos666 
There's a bunch of that file.

here's screenshots.

I was a beta player, and then a subscriber for the game's first few years, long before it was available on Steam, so I never installed it that way. I guess I'll try it, since nothing else is working.

@ImSoggyWaffles 

libcef is meant to be in each respective program folder, so nothing looks out of place, but it depends on windows global file path 

previously issues arose in folders like windows\syswow64 folder for example this folder was previously found with a libcef.dll that broke the launcher 

example - https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-Technical/SWTOR-Launcher-won-t-start-up/m-p/9847471#M67147

@proxos666

@MoonEmerald 

@DarthRoyX 
Well, I finally insalled it from Steam... And it WORKS!
I would have preferred an actual solution that made sense for the launcher, but I'll definitely take it.
Thank you Proxos!

Out of the box windows defender anti-virus. I tried disabling both anti-virus and firewall, neither worked. I'm having trouble recovering my steam account but good to know that others having issue with the direct installer were successful with the steam installer.

@proxos666 

@MoonEmerald 

So I've discovered a downside of using the Steam launcher. ONLY one account can ever use it. 

This is a big deal for me, because my kids play too. They can't log on with their SWTOR accounts now. 

We have two PCs, so I can play with one of them, but the two of them now cannot play together. 

Any of us can use the launcher on the second PC, but my main one can now only be used by me (or by my account anyway... I could let them each make a character on mine I guess). It's a very annoying, and stupid restriction.

@ImSoggyWaffles 

the only solution i see is they each need to have their own steam account login so they then they can each link swtor to each steam account

I have an HP laptop so I put SWTOR on a drive connected on the side because of size. I was going to retry to update my game from yesterday when I got that error I tried the DxDiag and this is what I got: https://hastebin.com/share/doqodisoli.yaml