There is another thread about this. I posted the following there and it work for some other folks as well: Just got off the phone /w customer service and they had me do the following: fire up task manager and end any "bitraider" processes. (I had 3 running). right-click the shortcut to start swtor and select "open file location" double-click the "bitraider" folder delete the 3 ".xfr" files and the config folder. close out explorer and fire up the game. After entering your username/password you should see it verifying and then updating and eventually the play button will light up. Took me right to character select. Only took a few minutes for the update part to finish. Hope this helps.

Just got off the phone /w customer service and they had me do the following: fire up task manager and end any "bitraider" processes. (I had 3 running). right-click the shortcut to start swtor and select "open file location" double-click the "bitraider" folder delete the 3 ".xfr" files and the config folder. close out explorer and fire up the game. After entering your username/password you should see it verifying and then updating and eventually the play button will light up. Took me right to character select. Only took a few minutes for the update part to finish. Hope this helps.

Yeah, I hate this is happening to anyone, but I'm glad it's not just me either. Several guildmates are running Win 10 and are in game so probably isn't specific to that.

Same issue here. Press play and crash to desktop. No error message, the game simply doesn't start. Tried rebooting, tried the .ini file fix, made sure latest drivers are loaded, even tried turning off my firewall/anti-virus. Nothing.

Having read many of the posts on this thread I find people fall into two camps. The first camp believes: 1. We should be upset with Bioware 2. We should reward cheaters/exploiters (because it's Bioware's fault they chose to cheat) 3. We should punish honest players by letting cheaters/exploiters unfairly profit without consequence. (For those that profess they don't really care one way or the other if cheaters/exploiters are punished, you basically fall into this camp by default.) The second camp believes: 1. We should be upset with Bioware 2. We should punish cheaters/exploiters. 3. We should reward/encourage honest players. I must admit I fall into the second camp. As such, I would like to see the punishments listed below imposed on those that significantly abused this exploit. I say "significantly" because what I'm recommending is severe and shouldn't really be imposed on those that used the exploit once or twice, either out of curiosity or to see if it really did work. Others may feel less forgiving. For the record, while I am fully aware of the exploit and how it works (as are a LOT of folks), I have never used it. 1. A seven day Tuesday to Tuesday account suspension. 2. All 186 gear, mods, armorings, barrels, hilts, relics, implants, MK-10 kits, "36" augments, etc. deleted. This would include any armor pieces containing or modified by these items. This would also include anything equipped on companions, in cargo holds, or in legacy cargo holds. I am aware this would include gear earned legitimately from DF/DP and PVP gear. I did say "severe" punishment. 3. All grade 11 crafting materials (including Operation drops) deleted. 4. Credit levels set to either the amount a toon had the day 3.0 went live, or current amount, whichever is less. 5. Reputation for Rishi / Yavin reset to zero. All reputation tokens/items deleted. All achievements/titles connected to 3.0 reset. 6. All comms reset to 0 except for Basic Comms. Basic comms would be set to 1000 or the amount a toon had the day 3.0 went live, whichever is less. This allows them to purchase some basic gear. 7. Account suspension from all global chat channels (general, trade, etc.) for 30 days. This would also counts as a huge reward for those not guilty of using the exploit. :-) Now, these folks can then recover all their gear though dailies, ops, FPs, battlegournds, etc., it will just take most of them quite some time. Also, they can recover any CM items purchased with Cartel Coins from collections. They will be able to start farming mats, crafting replacement items, trading with friends / guildies, etc. As an indirect bonus, this will reward many of the honest players by creating a rather large uptick in demand for crafted gear and mats. Finally, if it was possible, it would also be nice for those that didn't use the exploit to receive the following: 1. A Chalice of Honesty (pub) / Honor (imp) decoration, or some equivalent cosmetic item. 2. The title "Honest". (anyone who managed to create a toon with the name "Abe" or similar would LOVE this. And no, I'm not one of those people. lol ). And yes, my torch is lit, and I just finished sharpening my pitchfork.