Same here, i think i tried everything to fix this **** but i dont find the Programm "EpicOnlineServices.msi" anywhere. If this is the only Problem here i am so mad.
EOS-ERR-1603 Epic Online Services install issue [Solution]
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I wanted to share a fix to the EOS-ERR-1603 error that some experience with the Epic Games Launcher and Online Services Install that I haven't seen elsewhere and I hope might be useful.
I followed all of the steps detailed here with no luck: https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/epic-games-store-c5719341124379/error-codes-c5719359691291/eos-err-1603-a5720340831259
Various forums suggested the issue may be due to installing the launcher on a different drive, but mine is in the default location on C:\ so no joy with that either.
However I noticed in the registry there were entries pointing to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\Epic Online Services" but the deepest folder didn't exist in my installation, so I created the folder "Epic Online Services" under the "Epic Games" folder:
I then re-ran the installer as described in step 6 on the Epic page linked to above, which in my case is C:\Program Files (x86)\Epic Games\Launcher\Portal\Extras\EOS\EpicOnlineServices.msi and the installer ran successfully fixing the issue.
Hope this helps someone.
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Anonymous
2024-12-05T21:26:40+00:00 Man, i love you. It's only worked for me!
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Anonymous
2024-12-05T18:45:42+00:00 Creating the folder manually doesn't seem to work anymore. After a while I found a possible solution with installing a game via Epic Launcher. Fall Guys for example (~6GB Download). You need to fully install it. After its done, open the installation folder (depending where you installed Fall Guys) and in there should be a Epic Online Services folder. Open it, run the Epic Online Services.exe. Then I checked the settings in Epic Games Launcher again and the notification about installing the online service was gone. Uninstalled Fall Guys right after and so far no issues anymore.
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Anonymous
2024-11-08T22:02:43+00:00 On my PC there is no
C:\Program Files(x86)\EpicGames\Launcher\Portal\Extras\EOS\EpicOnlineServices.msi, the deepest i can go is
C:\Program Files(x86)\EpicGames\Launcher\Portal\Extras\EOS and then there is the Epic Online Services Installer and when i click it something downloads bit when its done nothing happened at all
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Anonymous
2024-10-26T00:16:26+00:00 I did all of this but im met with an error that says "Error writing to file ... Verify that you have access to that directory" Anyone know a fix?