Is anyone else experiencing Epic Games Launcher Error II-E1003 around August 15–16?
Hi everyone,
Between August 15–16, has anyone else experienced the same problem I’m having with the Epic Games Launcher?
I’m making this post because I want to know whether I’m the only one experiencing this issue, or if other people are having the same problem as well.
The main issue I’m currently getting is:
Error Code: II-E1003 — Install Failed
This happens when I try to install Fortnite.
Before this started happening, Fortnite was working completely normally. Around 1–2 AM on August 15 (Thailand time), I was still playing Fortnite without any problems. I could close the game and launch it again normally.
However, there was one thing that I’m not sure is related: I was unable to enter LEGO Fortnite Odyssey. Some kind of error/message appeared, but unfortunately I don’t remember exactly what it said.
Later that day, around 4–5 PM on August 15 (Thailand time), I tried to play Fortnite again. I clicked Run/Launch through Epic Games Launcher and also tried launching the game through the desktop shortcut, but absolutely nothing happened. The game simply would not start.
So I decided to try the most basic solution: uninstalling and reinstalling everything. I thought maybe some Fortnite files had become corrupted, so I deleted the Fortnite files and Epic Games Launcher and reinstalled them.
After reinstalling Epic Games Launcher and logging in, Fortnite was showing “Launch” instead of “Install”, even though I had already deleted the game files.
I eventually found out that Epic Games was still detecting Fortnite through some leftover installation information.
The fix for that part was:
%programdata% / Epic / EpicOnlineServicesShared / InstallHelper
There were several files there related to Epic remembering that Fortnite was installed. I deleted them, restarted Epic Games Launcher, and Fortnite finally changed from “Launch” back to “Install.”
However, when I tried to install Fortnite again, I immediately got:
Error Code: II-E1003 — Install Failed
Since then, I have tried pretty much everything I can think of, including uninstalling and reinstalling Epic Games Launcher multiple times, but the error still appears.
At this point, I’m wondering if this could be an issue on Epic Games’ side, especially since Fortnite was working normally just hours before the problem started.
So I wanted to ask:
Is anyone else experiencing Error II-E1003 around August 15–16?
If you are, please let me know in the comments. I’d really like to know whether this is an isolated problem with my PC or if other people are experiencing it too.
And if anyone knows what is actually causing this error, I’d really appreciate any information.
I just want to play Fortnite again 😭
Thank you for taking the time to read all of this.
By SATURN_BoyX