Looks like there needs to be a new item in the trainer troubleshooting.
Trainers do not like being on external hard drives, apparently...
moved the ff13 trainer to my c drive and it worked instantly lol.
Whats the point of external hardd rives if half the stuff doesn't work properly on them lol.
Gonna move my trainers back to an internal drive and that will most likely fix it. Sorry for the trouble (and multiple authorizations this undoubtedly caused)
Edited: So I tried it again with FF13, and the trainers on my primary drive and it seems to be working fine for now. will try with more games soon.
[Edited by mrdefender, 10/2/2015 10:53:13 PM]
Generally I would never put games on an external. Exhd are better for storage of files. If you can get a large 7200rpm InHd and use it as a Perma Game drive.