# "Downloading Updates" every time I start the launcher **URL:** \ **Category:** General Issues\ **Created:** [March 8, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/downloading-updates-every-time-i-start-the-launcher/478893 "2025-03-08T16:20:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LowKey\_Chandler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lowkey_chandler/32/441798_2.png) [@LowKey\_Chandler](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/LowKey_Chandler)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/downloading-updates-every-time-i-start-the-launcher/478893/1 "2025-03-08T16:20:27Z")
Every time I start Eve it does a short “Downloading Updates” thing. I’m also having frequent disconnects, ---
**Author:** ![Gerard\_Amatin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gerard_amatin/32/481361_2.png) [@Gerard\_Amatin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gerard_Amatin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/downloading-updates-every-time-i-start-the-launcher/478893/2 "2025-03-08T16:46:04Z")
For the first point: I think EVE just has too many small updates. I cannot help with the second, how is your internet connection in general? ---
**Author:** ![Hatch\_Nasty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/hatch_nasty/32/512820_2.png) [@Hatch\_Nasty](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Hatch_Nasty)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/downloading-updates-every-time-i-start-the-launcher/478893/3 "2025-03-08T17:36:45Z")
In the launcher, did you go to Settings/EVE Online and tick the box for “Download the full EVE game client” ? I don’t _really_ pay it a lot of attention tbh, but it seems like the frequency of my launcher updates decreased after I ticked that option (and downloaded 17GB+ worth of game files). ---
**Author:** ![Eloken\_Toralen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eloken_toralen/32/401714_2.png) [@Eloken\_Toralen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eloken_Toralen)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/downloading-updates-every-time-i-start-the-launcher/478893/4 "2025-03-09T10:51:27Z")
I tracked this for weeks. The launcher is almost downloading 200 Mbyte of new stuff every day with no patch notes. Its really irritating, as my internet is garbage and I have the ‘download the full eve game client’ unticked so I don’t have to get crap I don’t need. ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/downloading-updates-every-time-i-start-the-launcher/478893/5 "2025-03-09T12:57:21Z")
This is fairly normal and has been for some time now. ---
**Author:** ![Eloken\_Toralen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/eloken_toralen/32/401714_2.png) [@Eloken\_Toralen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Eloken_Toralen)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/downloading-updates-every-time-i-start-the-launcher/478893/6 "2025-03-09T13:07:51Z")
But it shouldn’t be. Out of band patches are really irritating when there is no explanation. Tuesday people expect a patch, if the problem is so bad to need to be patched another day it should get notes, not just a mystery download of 180 MBytes. ---
**Author:** ![LowKey\_Chandler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lowkey_chandler/32/441798_2.png) [@LowKey\_Chandler](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/LowKey_Chandler)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/downloading-updates-every-time-i-start-the-launcher/478893/7 "2025-03-09T19:38:20Z")
If the problem is mine, It is probably this pc. I work all day across a vpn on a work pc here with no problems. ---
**Author:** ![MB\_ThePhotographer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mb_thephotographer/32/373722_2.png) [@MB\_ThePhotographer](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/MB_ThePhotographer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/downloading-updates-every-time-i-start-the-launcher/478893/8 "2025-03-10T02:28:07Z")
Not to bust your butt, but everyone forgets about the 2 day downtimes. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/downloading-updates-every-time-i-start-the-launcher/478893/9 "2025-06-08T02:28:47Z")
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