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Hrm there's nothing special about 40% on the patcher. Have you tried launching it as admin (right click and select "Run as administrator") to see if that makes a difference?
Did you unzip the file into a folder first. Some people have attempted to run the patcher by double clicking the zip file, which ultimately doesn't work.