Guild Wars 2 connection error detected

#1 - Oct. 20, 2012, 9:16 p.m.
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Happened to me this morning, was fine yesterday. Now the launcher refuses to start, it keeps getting stuck at Downloading 0kb then later on switch to Connection error detected..retrying.

I tried using msconfig to disable services and startups, restarted but nothing changed.

Anything you can help me with?

#3 - Oct. 22, 2012, 3:39 p.m.
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Hi Stormie – If you’re still experiencing this issue I’d like for you to try a Winsock reset. To do so:

1. Click the “Start” button to bring up the Start Menu.

2. Type in CMD into the “Search programs and files” field but do not hit enter. Doing this will change your start menu to show the program “cmd.exe.”

3. Right-click on “cmd.exe” and select “Run as Administrator.”

4. Type “netsh winsock show catalog >C:\LSP.txt” without the quotes. This will save a file to the root of your C drive called LSP.txt. Please attach that file to this ticket. (We would like this report even if the issue is resolved)

5. Once complete, type “netsh winsock reset” without the quotes. When the command is completed successfully, a confirmation appears, followed by a new command prompt line.

Once completed, please try connecting again.