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![EPIC Game Launcher slow Download speed](https://solariz.de/images/20/epic-launcher-slow-download-speed-1612904668.jpg "EPIC Game Launcher slow Download speed")

Yesterday I wanted to install a Game from Epic Game Launcher in Windows. (Spellbreak, btw.) Unfortunately even I have a 1G Line, it only dripped in with about 100-500 kb/s and would take several hours to complete.

But I remembered that there was a fix in the past for the Epic Game Launcher having slow download speed that actually worked. Actually it's a simple edit of a Config file to give the slow Epic Game Launcher different Timeout and retry Settings. Those changes helped to improve my download from a slow 100-500 kb/s to 450 - 600 Mbit/s.

## Fix Slow Download Speed in Epic Game Launcher

So, to fix the slow Download speed in the Epic Game Launcher you need to open this Directory:

`C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\EpicGamesLauncher\Saved\Config\Windows\`

The `%username%` is the Folder of your current User. Just copy and paste the whole string as it is in a Windows Explorer (Win+E) Address bar and you should see the directory. Here you should find a file named **Engine.ini**. Edit it with your text editor of choice (visual studio code, notepad++, vim, whatever). Copy and paste the following content into the file:

```ini
[HTTP]
HttpTimeout=10
HttpConnectionTimeout=10
HttpReceiveTimeout=10
HttpSendTimeout=10

[Portal.BuildPatch]
ChunkDownloads=8
ChunkRetries=20
RetryTime=0.5

[/Script/OnlineSubsystemUtils.IpNetDriver]
InitialConnectTimeout=5.0
ConnectionTimeout=20.0
KeepAliveTime=0.2
MaxPortCountToTry=512

[/Script/OnlineSubsystemUtils.OnlineBeacon]
BeaconConnectionInitialTimeout=5.0
BeaconConnectionTimeout=45.0
```

After that, save the File and do a quick right-click on it. In File Properties set it to **read only** so the Epic game Launcher can't override it to default. After that you need to be sure the Epic Game Launcher is completely terminated. To be 100% sure, reboot your PC. After this reboot, try to start the Game Download again, it should be much faster now.

![EPIC Game Launcher, fix for slow Download Speed rate](https://solariz.de/images/20/epic-game-launcher-slow-download-fix.png "EPIC Game Launcher, fix for slow Download Speed rate")

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