Jason Carr

To be honest, if you were just introduced to LaunchBox, it may be a bit too advanced for you at this point. The first post of this topic gives you all the instructions, though.

Hi paQ, I just logged in without issues. Is it still not working for you?

You mean like C:\LaunchBox? What are the exact errors you're seeing?

Gotcha. It should be an easy fix, in theory. Just delete the My Documents\Emulators\LaunchBox\LaunchBox folder. Then run the latest beta setup and make sure to install to the correct location.

Wow, that could have actually caused a lot of the issues you've run into recently. Glad you found it.

If you don't have any data, it sounds like you installed it to the wrong place. Usually this happens when you accidentally install it into a folder inside of your LaunchBox folder. What folder did you install LaunchBox to? Do you have a LaunchBox folder inside of that folder?

I did indeed. Great to hear. I plan to release the official version tomorrow. The gist of it was that the new version of the Chromium engine needed the Visual C++ 2015 redistributable to work.

@luvablemarmot @im_etten 11.3-beta-19, which I just put out, should resolve all the issues. You can download it here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/firlwbtu76rwvxj/LaunchBox-11.3-beta-19-Setup.exe?dl=0

Beta 19 is out now to resolve a number of setup issues, and now automatically downloads and installs the Visual C++ 2015 redistributable if needed. This is a release candidate, and I hope to (re-)release 11.3 tomorrow morning. If you're already on 11.3, you can go ahead and just stay on it, as the only thing that will change for the new 11.3 release is the setup, and if you're already working, then you have no need for it.

This is just how Microsoft decided to make the project files work for .NET Core. There's really nothing we can do about it, and I don't see how it's any kind of an issue for end users, but if it bothers you, you can safely distribute themes without the project file (it's only used for development).

@Wanderer189 Good to know. Did you get it all resolved then? What was the specific issue with the paths?

It probably is for certain views, unfortunately. CoverBox has different views set up for each platform, so you may find one that it doesn't work right for. I believe what it does is centers the selection in the text lists.

Pretty sure we finally have this figured out (from another thread). Can you try installing this: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685 You'll want the 64-bit version. I expect that will fix it. We updated Chromium, which apparently now requires that. We'll integrate that into the installer here soon.

Well holy crap. Thanks for helping me figure out. Now, what I absolutely do not understand, is how completely fresh installations of Windows 10 are working for me without that. But I guess we will cut our losses and add that to the installer lol. I blame Google. This is all because we updated to the latest version of Chromium.

That might be really helpful, actually, but I'll need to do some prep first. Actually, I might have just stumbled on the ridiculous issue. I found this: Does it happen to work if you download and install this: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685

Same issue as we're dealing with in this thread: But I can't for the life of me figure out why it's not working on certain machines...

@luvablemarmot Are you running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 10?

@Boomerps2 @jeffbini Again, my apologies for the trouble. I just put out a new beta that I'm hoping will fix the issues, but I could use your help to test. You can download the beta here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/firlwbtu76rwvxj/LaunchBox-11.3-beta-19-Setup.exe?dl=0

@im_etten @luvablemarmot Again, sorry for the trouble with all this. I just put out a new beta that I'm hoping will fix the issues, but I could use your help to test. You can download the beta here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9tvl9qi3uj8gica/LaunchBox-11.3-beta-18-Setup.exe?dl=0

Unfortunately this probably means you have corrupted data files. Try deleting your LaunchBox\Data\Platforms\Sony Playstation 2.xml file; unfortunately that will remove your PS2 games though.

@LK236 Sorry for the trouble. What version of CoverBox are you running? Is it the latest version from the Big Box Themes Manager? I tested that version and didn't run into any issues.

@wallmachine Thanks for the info and logs. Can you test beta 18 to see if it fixes the issue?

I had to revert the 11.3 release earlier because of setup issues. I've discovered two issues so far that I've been able to fix: The setup was trying to install .NET Core 3.1.6 and failing when .NET Core 3.1.7 (or later) was already installed For some reason, CefSharp/Chromium had files in use and could not be overwritten 11.3-beta-18 is out now to resolve those two issues. There may still be additional issues to resolve, but I'm hoping this will cover the issues.

On the PC that is having issues, does it work to delete the LaunchBox\ThirdParty\CefSharp folder and then run the latest beta setup?

@luvablemarmot Can you try downloading and manually installing this? https://www.dropbox.com/s/bckz97j4sc8ok8d/windowsdesktop-runtime-3.1.6-win-x64.exe?dl=0 That's the .NET Core runtime.