I amended the FAQ as follows:
- The login window only works if you start the game via everquest2.exe (and not the patcher) in your Everquest 2 folder. Same goes for account switching.
- An easy way to start the game via everquest2.exe is the following: Find your EQ2 icon on your desktop, make a copy thereof (e.g. by selecting the icon, pressing the Ctrl-C key combination and the Ctrl-V combo), right click the copy, select properties and change the text in the Target: textbox from ending in EQ2.exe" to end in EverQuest2.exe". Change only that part, keep the rest of the text in the box the same. Then click ok.
- You can now start the game via your new icon (best rename it appropriately so you recognize it) and make use of the login menu. The other advantage is that you save a lot of time by not loading the launchpad first.
- If the game won't start because of a version mismatch then run your the launchpad via your old EQ2 icon to update the game.
Hope that's easy enough to follow.