Strange problem with eq2map and eq2

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This is weird. I came across this tool and I'm dying to get it up and running, but check this out.

I install eq2map with no probs. Fire it up, and it downloads the updates.

EQ2 launches. The normal EQ2 update scanner runs and then tells me that I have a 4 hour download. Huh?

Ok, so I close the window. I fire off eq2 normally from my start menu - the problem goes away.

Interestingly enough, if I manually change into the EQ2 directory, and launch EQ2.exe from there (not from the start menu), I get the same problem where EQ2 thinks it has to download a bunch of stuff.

Any ideas?