Anyone here possibly know a fix to this never getting to the launcher and just staying on it for hours on end meaning not even closing and giving a error?
Easy fix actually. Open a second instance of the launcher. You should then get an error window telling you that you there's already a client running. It will then prompt you to close the old one and run another.
I found this on accident and I'm not sure it's on the forums. Go spread the word if not