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Login to Epic with the auth code etc.
Download Elder Scrolls Online
Launch it.
[2026-05-15T14:35:30] Checking running processes for existing ESO patchers/game clients...
[2026-05-15T14:35:30] ERROR: Unexpected exception has occurred: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Management.ManagementPath' threw an exception.
---> System.PlatformNotSupportedException: Could not find an installation of .NET Framework v4.0.30319. System.Management requires native modules from the .NET Framework to operate.
at System.Management.WmiNetUtilsHelper.c__DisplayClass104_0.b__39(Int32 _, IntPtr __, APTTYPE& ___)
at System.Management.MTAHelper.IsNoContextMTA()
at System.Management.MTAHelper.CreateInMTA(Type type)
at System.Management.ManagementPath.CreateWbemPath(String path)
at System.Management.ManagementPath..cctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Management.ManagementScope._Clone(ManagementScope scope, IdentifierChangedEventHandler handler)
at System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher..ctor(ManagementScope scope, ObjectQuery query, EnumerationOptions options)
at Zos.EGSStarter.EGSStarter.IsProcRunningWindows(String strProcName, String strSearchArg)
at Zos.EGSStarter.EGSStarter.IsPatcherOrGameAlreadyRunning()
at Zos.EGSStarter.EGSStarter.Run(String[] args)
at Zos.EGSStarter.Program.Main(String[] args)
at Zos.EGSStarter.Program.(String[] args)
Exiting...
Unhandled exception. System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Management.ManagementPath' threw an exception.
---> System.PlatformNotSupportedException: Could not find an installation of .NET Framework v4.0.30319. System.Management requires native modules from the .NET Framework to operate.
at System.Management.WmiNetUtilsHelper.c__DisplayClass104_0.b__39(Int32 _, IntPtr __, APTTYPE& ___)
at System.Management.MTAHelper.IsNoContextMTA()
at System.Management.MTAHelper.CreateInMTA(Type type)
at System.Management.ManagementPath.CreateWbemPath(String path)
at System.Management.ManagementPath..cctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Management.ManagementScope._Clone(ManagementScope scope, IdentifierChangedEventHandler handler)
at System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher..ctor(ManagementScope scope, ObjectQuery query, EnumerationOptions options)
at Zos.EGSStarter.EGSStarter.IsProcRunningWindows(String strProcName, String strSearchArg)
at Zos.EGSStarter.EGSStarter.IsPatcherOrGameAlreadyRunning()
at Zos.EGSStarter.EGSStarter.Run(String[] args)
at Zos.EGSStarter.Program.Main(String[] args)
at Zos.EGSStarter.Program.(String[] args)
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"Application: zosEGSStarter.exe\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"CoreCLR Version: 8.0.1525.16413\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L".NET Version: 8.0.15\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"Exception Info: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Management.ManagementPath' threw an exception.\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" ---> System.PlatformNotSupportedException: Could not find an installation of .NET Framework v4.0.30319. System.Management requires native modules from the .NET Framework to operate.\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at System.Management.WmiNetUtilsHelper.c__DisplayClass104_0.b__39(Int32 _, IntPtr __, APTTYPE& ___)\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at System.Management.MTAHelper.IsNoContextMTA()\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at System.Management.MTAHelper.CreateInMTA(Type type)\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at System.Management.ManagementPath.CreateWbemPath(String path)\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at System.Management.ManagementPath..cctor()\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" --- End of inner exception stack trace ---\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at System.Management.ManagementScope._Clone(ManagementScope scope, IdentifierChangedEventHandler handler)\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher..ctor(ManagementScope scope, ObjectQuery query, EnumerationOptions options)\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at Zos.EGSStarter.EGSStarter.IsProcRunningWindows(String strProcName, String strSearchArg)\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at Zos.EGSStarter.EGSStarter.IsPatcherOrGameAlreadyRunning()\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at Zos.EGSStarter.EGSStarter.Run(String[] args)\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at Zos.EGSStarter.Program.Main(String[] args)\r\n"
0138:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at Zos.EGSStarter.Program.(String[] args)\n"
wine: Unhandled exception 0xe0434352 in thread 138 at address 00006FFFFF41CF77 (thread 0138), starting debugger...
WineDbg attached to pid 0134
0154:fixme:dbghelp:elf_search_auxv can't find symbol in module
0154:fixme:dbghelp:elf_search_auxv can't find symbol in module
Fatal error. 0x80131506
at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(System.Threading.Tasks.Task)
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(System.Threading.Tasks.Task, System.Threading.Tasks.ConfigureAwaitOptions)
at Zos.EGSStarter.Program.(System.String[])
[subreaper] INFO: Child 97 exited with status: 512
[subreaper] INFO: [Errno 10] No child processes
Rare: Application finished with exit code "0"
Rare: Application finished with exit code "0"
Unhandled exception: 0xe0434352 in 64-bit code (0x006fffff41cf77).
Register dump:
rip:00006fffff41cf77 rsp:00007ffffe27e960 rbp:00007ffffe27ec70 eflags:00000206 ( - -- I - -P- )
rax:00007ffffe27e9c0 rbx:00007ffffe27eaa8 rcx:00007ffffe27e980 rdx:0000000000000000
rsi:0000000000000005 rdi:0000000000000001 r8:0000000140000000 r9:00007ffffe27eac8 r10:0000710cc2011a70
r11:00007ffffe27eb50 r12:00007ffffe27f078 r13:0000000000000000 r14:00000000e0434352 r15:00007ffffe27ed90
Stack dump:
0x007ffffe27e960: 00007ffffe27e980 0000000000020000
0x007ffffe27e970: 0000000000000000 0000000000000001
0x007ffffe27e980: 00000001e0434352 0000000000000000
0x007ffffe27e990: 00006fffff41cf77 0000000100000005
0x007ffffe27e9a0: ffffffff80131534 0000000000000000
0x007ffffe27e9b0: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
0x007ffffe27e9c0: 0000000140000000 0000000000000000
0x007ffffe27e9d0: 00002d2528724382 00007ffffe27e998
0x007ffffe27e9e0: 00000001406225f8 000000014036b260
0x007ffffe27e9f0: 0000710c00000000 0000000000000000
0x007ffffe27ea00: 00007ffffe8ac0e0 00007ffffe27eb58
0x007ffffe27ea10: 0000000000000001 0000000000000130
Backtrace:
=>0 0x006fffff41cf77 in kernelbase (+0xcf77) (0x007ffffe27ec70)
1 0x0000014004de67 in zosegsstarter (+0x4de67) (0x007ffffe27ec70)
2 0x0000014015a904 in zosegsstarter (+0x15a904) (0x007ffffe27ec70)
0x006fffff41cf77 kernelbase+0xcf77: addq $0xc8, %rsp
Modules:
Module Address Debug info Name (39 modules)
PE 140000000- 140998000 --none-- zosegsstarter
ELF 649166e62000- 649166e67000 Deferred <wine-loader>
PE-Wine 6ffffb770000- 6ffffb7f1000 Deferred imm32
PE-Wine 6ffffbab0000- 6ffffbe18000 Deferred oleaut32
PE-Wine 6ffffc7a0000- 6ffffc7c2000 Deferred version
PE-Wine 6ffffc7e0000- 6ffffc834000 Deferred shcore
PE-Wine 6ffffc850000- 6ffffc96e000 Deferred shlwapi
PE-Wine 6ffffc980000- 6ffffd741000 Deferred shell32
PE-Wine 6ffffd760000- 6ffffd7bb000 Deferred coml2
PE-Wine 6ffffd7d0000- 6ffffda73000 Deferred rpcrt4
PE-Wine 6ffffda90000- 6ffffdad7000 Deferred win32u
PE-Wine 6ffffdaf0000- 6ffffdb1a000 Deferred zlib1
PE-Wine 6ffffdb30000- 6ffffe0e9000 Deferred user32
PE-Wine 6ffffe100000- 6ffffe3d5000 Deferred gdi32
PE-Wine 6ffffe3f0000- 6ffffe594000 Deferred combase
PE-Wine 6ffffe5b0000- 6ffffe98a000 Deferred ole32
PE-Wine 6ffffea70000- 6ffffee88000 Deferred ucrtbase
PE-Wine 6ffffeea0000- 6ffffef2e000 Deferred sechost
PE-Wine 6ffffef40000- 6fffff2be000 Deferred msvcrt
PE-Wine 6fffff2d0000- 6fffff400000 Deferred advapi32
PE-Wine 6fffff410000- 6fffffa40000 Dwarf-4 kernelbase
PE-Wine 6fffffa50000- 6fffffc11000 Deferred kernel32
PE-Wine 6fffffc30000- 6ffffffeb000 Deferred ntdll
ELF 714cbf9f4000- 714cbfa21000 Deferred libgcc_s.so.1
ELF 714cc46eb000- 714cc4718000 Deferred libexpat.so.1
ELF 714cc4718000- 714cc476a000 Deferred libfontconfig.so.1
ELF 714cc476a000- 714cc483b000 Deferred libfreetype.so.6
ELF 714cc483b000- 714cc4948000 Deferred libm.so.6
ELF 714cc4948000- 714cc4b00000 Deferred win32u.so
ELF 714cc539c000- 714cc53bf000 Deferred libbrotlicommon.so.1
ELF 714cc53bf000- 714cc53cd000 Deferred libbrotlidec.so.1
ELF 714cc53cd000- 714cc5407000 Deferred libpng16.so.16
ELF 714cc5407000- 714cc541c000 Deferred libbz2.so.1.0
ELF 714cc541c000- 714cc543c000 Deferred libz.so.1
ELF 714cc553c000- 714cc5600000 Export ntdll.so
ELF 714cc5600000- 714cc5843000 Deferred libc.so.6
ELF 714cc584a000- 714cc5882000 Deferred liblzma.so.5
ELF 714cc5882000- 714cc58a0000 Deferred libunwind.so.8
ELF 714cc58dc000- 714cc591d000 Deferred ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
Threads:
process tid prio name (all IDs are in hex)
00000020 start.exe
00000024 0
00000038 services.exe
0000003c 0
00000040 0 wine_rpcrt4_server
0000004c 0 wine_rpcrt4_io
00000078 0 wine_rpcrt4_io
00000090 0 wine_rpcrt4_io
000000ac 0 wine_rpcrt4_io
000000dc 0 wine_rpcrt4_io
000000ec 0 wine_rpcrt4_io
00000108 0
00000118 0 wine_rpcrt4_io
00000044 winedevice.exe
00000048 0
00000054 0
00000058 0 wine_sechost_service
0000005c 0
00000060 0
00000064 0
0000009c 0
000000a0 0
00000068 plugplay.exe
0000006c 0
0000007c 0
00000080 0 wine_sechost_service
00000084 0 wine_rpcrt4_server
000000d0 0 wine_rpcrt4_io
00000070 explorer.exe
00000074 0
000000c8 0
000000cc 0 wine_explorer_display_settings_restorer
000000d4 0 wine_rpcrt4_server
00000088 svchost.exe
0000008c 0
00000094 0
00000098 0 wine_sechost_service
000000a4 winedevice.exe
000000a8 0
000000b0 0
000000b4 0 wine_sechost_service
000000b8 0
000000bc 0
000000c0 0
000000c4 0
000000e0 0
000000f0 0
000000f4 0
000000f8 0
000000fc 0
00000104 0
0000010c 0
00000110 rpcss.exe
00000114 0
0000011c 0
00000120 0 wine_sechost_service
00000124 0 wine_rpcrt4_server
00000128 0 wine_rpcrt4_server
0000012c 0 wine_rpcrt4_io
00000134 (D) Z:\home\alex\Games\ESO\TheElderScrollsOnline\zosEGSStarter.exe
00000138 0 <==
0000013c 0 .NET EventPipe
00000140 0 .NET Debugger
00000144 2 .NET Finalizer
00000148 0 .NET Tiered Compilation Worker
00000158 0
System information:
Wine build: wine-10.0 (Ubuntu 10.0~repack-6ubuntu1)
Platform: x86_64 (guest: i386)
Version: Windows 10
Host system: Linux
Host version: 6.17.0-29-generic
Install from the app store.
Login to Epic with the auth code etc.
Download Elder Scrolls Online
Launch it.
Blows up
and