If you use Windows 10 or Windows 11 and the Epic Games Launcher indicates that OS system requirements are not met, you can try these steps:
- Shut down the Epic Games Launcher completely. Make sure it's closed in the system tray by finding the Epic Games icon, right-clicking it, and selecting Exit.
- Go into the directory where it is installed, right-click the launcher .exe file, and click Properties (Epic Games\Launcher\Engine\Binaries\Win64\EpicGamesLauncher.exe).
- Go to the Compatibility tab.
- Check the Run this program in compatibility mode for if this option is unchecked.
- Select the latest available version of Windows shown.
- Click Apply and then Ok.
- Relaunch the Epic Games Launcher.