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Silent crash to desktop before actual game client launch is what often happens when you use the Steam installer due to the Steam installer failing to install all of the Visual C++ prerequisites. SSG...

I am truly sorry for your frustration. But as shown in a video recorded only a few months ago, LotRO can/will run fine on a modern computer. In my own experience, on fresh Windows 11 installs with...

Awesome! Congrats!

Yep, there's a few types of entries that, once set, can get in the way. Rather than figure out which one it was via text from afar, sometimes the simplest fix/test is just to...

Sorry to say, I'd delete your Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online\UserPreferences.ini file to get a fresh start on all settings. Believe it or not, this has helped others in the past. But even if...

Hmmm. I know this sounds like a step backwards, but my next step would be to delete my UserPreferences.ini file from Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online.

And then, after rebooting just to make...

See above quote (from different thread, link is embedded in top of quote). Check for those three files in C:\Windows\SysWOW64.

Incidentally, the last DirectX 9-era redistributable release that...

Hi! Have you tried the solution at the top of this thread? Sounds very similar. There's also other tips farther down that might help if the initial post does not. If it helps, consider bumping...

Yep! Followed up with more concise (non-livestreamed) version too:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSi84v9ZPVc&t=72s

26 minutes instead of over an hour. ;)

The general findings seem to...

I get 5.1 sound in LotRO but it's tricky.

What speaker topology does Windows report when you check:

Settings (Gear) --> Sound --> (sound device being used) --> Spatial Sound --> Type

I can...

Ah, apologies. Though, the June 2010 DirectX Redistributable I suggested trying isn't mentioned in the OP, but just in your post yesterday. Though I did indeed miss that entire post (it might have...

This install guide describes the issue you appear to be experiencing pretty well. Basically, the LotRO client will silently quit if any number of prerequisites are not installed. That thread and...

This will likely fix up the issue with the alt-tab crashing. . .

https://forums.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?660811

Yikes. Microsoft has indeed removed both the web installer and the offline redistributable. Whether on purpose or carelessly is of course up for debate.

Anyways, I know I'm just a stranger on the...

I believe, and forgive me if I'm wrong, that your pre-edit post mentioned that you were using Steam. The stand-alone (non-steam) installer does install the Visual C++ runtimes that the launcher and...

You can try the redistributable version of the dxwebsetup. . . located here.

It's dated 2010 (yes, it's been that long) but it's the last/latest dx runtimes release.

Keep in mind, you'll be...

Guide, including videos on fresh LotRO installs is here.

Some of the links at MS have been shifted around, but some googling will quickly sort that out. They're still available.

Still mostly useful/up-to-date Guide to Fresh LotRO Installs.

They might indeed use one server (hosting multiple virtual machines). But the symptom above does not "clearly show" that.

A network outage/issue could look exactly the same even if they have...

MINs can't "flop" anymore?

Regarding the entry for the "Race of Hobbits". . .

Seems a bit overly harsh in that no class is recommended. Back in the day (and why not now?) Minstrels tended to be Hobbits because the Hobbit's...

If you foresee ever needing another fully fortified account for yourself or a family member per the OP above. . . now would probably be the time (especially while the LOTROFREEQUESTS coupon is...

Quest Packs / Expansions are always account-wide.

1. Only certain way I've seen is to check your launcher log that shows each purchase "token" (log folder is accessible by clicking the downward arrow in launcher). . . I applied the "quad-pack" to...

In your UserPreferences.ini/UserPreferences64.ini file, there is a value for "MaxPlayingSounds"

Have you tried adjusting that? Seems to default to 64.

Also, on just a hunch, have you tried...

*Reads post*
*Goes to NAS folder of ISOs*
*Fires up a fresh VM of the original release of Windows 10 (Build 10240).*
*Runs dxdiag. . . notes that 9.3,9.2,9.1 are present but no 9 or 9.0*
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