Clean install of 1863399 worked for me. Ignore the windows KB-something at unpacking stage and keep up hitting cancel button for the automatic launcher update (not sure if there is a way to turn that thing off)
You can specify launcher version to download within the link address like that
https://binaries.eveonline.com/EveLauncher-%version_number%.exe
To download 1863399 one from the official eve sources click here