Unable to launch A13.8 Missing 7dLauncher.exe

[SuperNinja55]

Alright so I was wanting to go back to A13 for nostalgia's sake, but I'm unable to launch 7DTD after going to properties and changing to A13 in steam. I can load A18.4 and up but anything below A18.3 cannot be launched.
A message pops up when launching the game stating that
"An error occurred while updating 7 Days to Die (missing executable) :  C : \ Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\7 Days To Die\7dLauncher.exe
I go to check the path that it says and sure enough it isn't there.
Does anyone have an idea on what to do? I've done everything I can but to no avail. 

there is no 7dLauncher.exe file

[n2n1]

I don't remember... whether there was a launcher in A13 at all.

Why not create a shortcut and run it directly ?

[SuperNinja55]

4 hours ago, n2n1 said:

I don't remember... whether there was a launcher in A13 at all.

Why not create a shortcut and run it directly ?

i'll try that out and come back to this thread to see if it worked

[SuperNinja55]

well it didn't work.

[SylenThunder]

This is related to changes that added a launcher and Steam not allowing multiple choices for launching based on version.
I normally just launch the executable manually.

 

Here is how to launch:

1. After uninstall/install of the older version.
2. Steam Client > Games Library
3. Right-Click 7 Days To Die
4. Select Properties and click
5. Click Local Files Tab
6. Click Browse Local Files
7. Double-Click 7DaysToDie.exe

You may want to make a shortcut to the executable itself to make launching easier.
Alternatively, back up the 7dLauncher.exe before downgrading, then copy it to the install folder after changing to the older version

[SuperNinja55]

On 7/9/2020 at 12:44 AM, SylenThunder said:

This is related to changes that added a launcher and Steam not allowing multiple choices for launching based on version.
I normally just launch the executable manually.

 

Here is how to launch:

1. After uninstall/install of the older version.
2. Steam Client > Games Library
3. Right-Click 7 Days To Die
4. Select Properties and click
5. Click Local Files Tab
6. Click Browse Local Files
7. Double-Click 7DaysToDie.exe

You may want to make a shortcut to the executable itself to make launching easier.
Alternatively, back up the 7dLauncher.exe before downgrading, then copy it to the install folder after changing to the older version

i don't have the launcher to start with though. i tried this.

[SylenThunder]

33 minutes ago, SuperNinja55 said:

i don't have the launcher to start with though. i tried this.

You would if you had a newer version installed that had the launcher. Install the current a18.4 copy the file, then revert. That's basically what the last line of the instructions imply.