I followed what you have said to the letter and i will post what i did.
Un-installed Spellforce 2
Removed starforce using sfdrvrem.exe
reboot, F8, disable digital driver signature thing
installed game
patched
nowhere to copy the new launcher - i will attach a picture
removed starforce using sfdrvm.exe (again)
reboot, F8, disable digital driver signature
only shows patch as being installed and not the game...
here is the picture of the destination folder for spellforce 2:
I have tried a different guide aswell which provided a updater but, no luck either.
Progress report:
Times rebooted - 15
Times start-up repair has launched - 7
Time spent trying to get this to work since i got the disc - 32 hours
I officialy HATE Starforce, if this is included in future Spellforce games, i think JoWood have lost a sale