Ok I am not too sure about what has happened, but I do know that Omniverse Launcher is now depreciated. We no longer use it. Nor do you need it. All Omniverse has always been free and open access, but now you do not even need Launcher. So if you want to use Isaac Sim 5.0, you can. If you want to use USD Composer, you can.
To download and build the latest Composer and other templates go to:
Or better still just follow these instructions: (Windows)
1. Download "git" from https://git-scm.com/downloads
2. Download "git Large File Storage from https://git-lfs.com/
3. Start a windows command console by using running "cmd" from the Windows Start menu
4. Navigate to where you want to install the kit app template folder
5. Copy and run "git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA-Omniverse/kit-app-template.git"
6. run "cd kit-app-template"
7. run "repo.bat template new"
8. run "repo.bat build"
9. run "repo.bat launch"
To download and build the latest Isaac Sim template:
Or better still just follow these instructions: (Windows)
1. Download "git" from https://git-scm.com/downloads
2. Download "git Large File Storage from https://git-lfs.com/
3. Start a windows command console by using running "cmd" from the Windows Start menu
4. Navigate to where you want to install the kit app template folder
5. Copy and run "git clone https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacSim.git isaacsim"
6. run "cd isaacsim""
7. run "build.bat"
8. run "\_build\windows-x86_64\release\isaacsim.exp.full.kit.bat"