EOS-ERR-1603 Epic Online Services install issue [Solution]

Anonymous
2023-03-06T23:26:39+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2024-01-01T09:40:57+00:00

    Install Epic games on drive C: that is anoughter problem i ran into

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-18T02:53:59+00:00

    Finally a helpful solution. May God bless you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-12T21:38:40+00:00

    the fact i actually logged into my microsoft account to thank you for this fix, been bashing my heads for a few days, because fortnite runs but fall guys didn't and then my epic didn't launch anymore <3 thanks random person

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-10T10:18:49+00:00

    how dude hjælp

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