Jason Carr

Sure. The Chrome portion is portable and should be completely unrelated to any installed version of Chrome (in theory).

Okay, thanks for the info. No reason to keep reiterating the same info over and over again though lol... I'm wondering if the big wait somehow has to do with 7-zip. Do you see anything in task manager called 7-Zip or "7-Zip Console" while you're waiting for Big Box to load?

Not a bad idea. It very well could be crappy anti-virus interfering. Safe mode isn't a bad idea either. Thanks @Kondorito.

Alright, another thing to test. Once Big Box loads are you able to use the built-in PDF reader to view manuals? Is performance in Big Box still poor once it finally loads?

It still doesn't make sense that extracting those files would take 10 minutes though, unless the system is a complete dinosaur.

Okay, so, on first launch Big Box does extract a rather extensive set of files for the Chrome integration. However, this should only happen on first launch. There could also be a problem if the process is killed half-way through, come to think of it as well (though probably unlikely). @tjwoosta Does Big Box start up quickly now that it loaded up?

Oh really...odd...

Okay, good to know. My hunch is that this is somehow related to the Chrome integration we added, and there's some sort of semi-rare incompatibility on certain systems that's causing it. It's just a hunch at this point, but can you try installing these C++ redistributables just to make sure that's not the issue: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679 Thanks! Let me know if that resolves it. If so, at least I know how to fix it. Otherwise we're gonna have to really dive in deep.

@Vhero I'm not convinced that everyone's issues here are necessarily the same, or even related. Did you confirm if Big Box or LaunchBox were still running after checking Task Manager?

The latest version of the .NET Framework (4.7.1) does not actually come with the base version of Windows 10, though I believe the updated frameworks do come with the updates to Windows 10, yes. It's messy because at previous times in the past it was or was not (back and forth I think) possible to actually install the latest framework on top of Windows 10 (dumb I know). It's at least worth a shot seeing if you can uninstall/reinstall, or even just trying installing the latest from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56116

@kostas I'm not gonna be any help with Rocket Launcher at this point, as I'm not at all an expert. I have enough on my hands just helping people troubleshoot LaunchBox and Big Box lol.

@Vhero Check Task Manager to see if there are any instances of LaunchBox or Big Box running in that case. If there's nothing wrong, then there's really no way that LaunchBox or Big Box could be killing CPU usage, unless there's some kind of insane Windows or .NET Framework bug. Also I'd recommend making sure your 100% up to date on all Windows updates. Are you running Windows 7 or Windows 10? It also might be worth reinstalling the .NET Framework, as that has fixed some strange oddities for some other people as well. This kind of stuff is typically not related to the LaunchBox code, and is more likely due to some kind of corrupted install or corrupted driver (often the .NET Framework). Big Box often pushes systems to their limits, so it's no surprise that weird stuff will come out through Big Box. @tjwoosta What version did you upgrade from? Were you on 7.16 before upgrading to 8.0? You can enable logging by changing the DebugLog line of the Settings.xml file, which may or may not help figure this out.

I think I might have an idea what's happening here guys, sorry for the late reply @laodaron. I'm doing some testing and it seems to happen only when you only have a single platform and can't move up and down in the list. I'll get a fix into a beta soon but in the mean time you should be able to get around it just by adding another platform in LaunchBox.

@Vhero Can you try installing the latest version into a new folder to see if Big Box works with a brand new install? That will help to narrow it down a little at least. This is the first I'm hearing of this issue, so most likely there's some kind of odd configuration issue or something.

It looks like the error is in the HelperControl.GetTotalGamesConverter method, which I don't recognize so I'm guessing maybe that it's in a plugin? There's a String.Substring in that method that has an invalid value fed into the length parameter. Do you recognize that method @NJDave71?

The way this works is that Smartscreen will notify you if the particular file has not been downloaded by very many people (yet). Since 8.0 just came out, that's basically what it means. Eventually, after enough people have downloaded LaunchBox 8.0, Smartscreen should stop whining about it.

That would be correct. I don't believe I ever received any actual translated files from him, so we're starting from scratch here, sadly. Please do carefully read the first few posts of this thread though, because there are a few gotchas. Thank you so much!

It's as safe as buying something from Amazon is.

Typically this happens if you're restarting LaunchBox or Big Box and the previous instance hasn't yet shut down.

You can go here and enter your email: https://www.launchbox-app.com/premium/lost-license That will re-send out your license via email, with the discount code.

If you have a premium license to LaunchBox, there's a discount code available in your license email.

Correct. Though I believe you'll need a paid subscription over there for manuals.

Manuals are currently only available via EmuMovies.

Thanks @Opak. The official release is out now guys.