The Ghosting happens every time I run the DayZ launcher.

Quick fix - I found that if I selected the COMMUNITY tab, let a few servers load, stopped the search, then returned to the FAVORITES tab, my favorites will now mostly or all show as normal (active and joinable).

Ghosted servers also are missing most of the server details - They all say Mods: no mods :: Server Type: Private :: Mode: 1st Person :: DLCs: [blank] :: Day Acceleration: 0x :: Night Acceleration: 0x :: ... Yet the server IP address, port and version are correct. If you know the mods and the server IP address and port, you can manually load those mods, and use Direct Connect to get on the server successfully.6

I also run a LAN server on the same PC for testing purposes. This also shows the same issue in the FAVORITES and LAN tabs - even if I try the "fix" mentioned above, it still shows as ghosted in both the LAN and FAVORITES tabs. Manually loading the mods and using Direct Connect allows me to connect.

I have...

1. Wiped my DayZ game install fully (uninstalled via Steam, and manually deleted remaining folders).
2. Turned off Steam Cloud Sync.
3. Downloaded a fresh copy of DayZ.
4. Verified the integrity of all game files.
5. Uninstalled my LAN server and cleared any associated files manually.
6. Reinstalled the DayZ Server.
7. Installed only the @CF and @VPPAdminTools mods, and setup the startup script accordingly.
8. Manually loaded mods and used Direct Connect to connect successfully to my LAN server.
9. Checked Windows Firewall settings to ensure full network access is allowed for DayZ, the launcher, etc.