Jason Carr

Beta 6 is out now with the following: Added a "Core\Plugins" folder link to help solve some additional plugin issues The LaunchBox and Big Box default theme project files for Visual Studio have been updated to work properly against the betas with .NET Core Fixed "The system cannot find the drive specified." error found by @wallmachine Hopeful fix for rare "Cannot set Visibility to Visible or call Show, ShowDialog, Close, or WindowInteropHelper.EnsureHandle while a Window is closing." error with startup screens Updated VLC to 3.0.11 Corrected message popup logic that was minimizing the add/edit window

In LaunchBox or Big Box?

Why 11.0? If anything, I would downgrade to 11.2 if you want to get off of the betas. 11.1 and 11.2 contain important fixes for the 11.0 release. Should be safe to downgrade to 11.2.

Usually that error occurs when you've recently sent an email to that address already.

@wallmachine @pixelcide We're having trouble replicating all of those issues. My best guess is that they're being caused by plugins. What plugins do you have installed? Can you try temporarily removing them to see if those issues go away? Also, what LaunchBox theme are you running?

Sure, that should work. Should just need your Data and media folders. Still don't know why one instance would work though while the other doesn't. @C-Beats has this fixed for the next beta. What theme are you using? Any chance you can try temporarily removing plugins one by one to determine which one is causing the issue?

Beta 5 is out now with the following: Improvements to alternate name matching during import and download metadata processes Improvements to ROM combining on import New fields are now in audit More folder links have been created in the Core folder for all the media folders and the ThirdParty folder (should provide better compatibility with certain plugins and themes) Alternate names have been added to the MAME import Fixed some further high-DPI star rating issues Fixed games database syncing New fields are now available for filter, arrange by, and auto-populate playlists Improvements to threading to hopefully reduce waiting situations (people have been describing these as lockups)

@erling1000 @Wanderer189 Per Future Pinball, we'll look into why that command line wouldn't be working.

I see. Here's the proper installer for .NET Core 3.1.6 x64: http://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/3eb7efa1-96c6-4e97-bb9f-563ecf595f8a/7efd9c1cdd74df8fb0a34c288138a84f/windowsdesktop-runtime-3.1.6-win-x64.exe Can you try installing that?

I see. Running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 10?

Those files look right, so I'm baffled as to why you'd be getting any issues with .NET Core. What version of Windows are you running? Oddly, I just tested this and it seems to be working fine. We seem to be seeing a lot of strange issues with your setup; they're fairly varied, however. Would be nice to get to the bottom of what's different and causing all the issues. Do you have anything unique about your setup? I've change some code around here which should hopefully help for the next beta. Syncing your collection to the cloud is also fixed for the next beta as well.

@wallmachine That all looks correct, yes. We have no control over whether Microsoft prompts to unblock the setups; thankfully, though, they do remove that warning after a certain number of people download it without issues. I can add more folder links for media and the ThirdParty folders if that will fix some plugin issues; I'll do that. That is helpful, but I need the same thing for the LaunchBox\Core folder.

I checked the code, and it doesn't look we reference Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Computer from anywhere in the code, so this definitely looks to be caused by a plugin. What plugins do you have in your LaunchBox\Plugins folder?

What is the exact error?

@Android16 We'll be fixing the project file in the default theme to work properly without errors before the official release.

It would be good to figure out why the installer isn't working to upgrade your existing folder. The fact that it runs from a separate folder though means that you do, in fact, have .NET Core installed correctly. Can you take a screenshot of the files in your LaunchBox folder and your LaunchBox\Core folder?

Beta 2 I believe.

You can create button or key bindings to Switch View and/or Switch Theme which will allow you to switch the view and theme regardless.

If the setup isn't prompting you to install .NET Core, then I would think you have it installed correctly, unless something got oddly corrupted.

It already does. The new setups prompt you to download and install .NET Core if it's not installed. I would not release an official version with missing dependencies.

It already is included.

The problem with this code is that siteoforigin unfortunately now refers to the LaunchBox\Core folder, so it no longer works properly. However, I believe if you replace "pack://siteoforigin:,,," with "LAUNCHBOX_ROOT_FOLDER", it should work. Any themes that do this will most likely need changed/upgraded for 11.3, but I don't think it's a very common thing for themes to do.

That's interesting. I assume the setup process does not prompt you to install .NET Core? I've seen this issue before, but only when files are missing from the LaunchBox\Core folder. Have you tried installing beta 4 to a new folder, separate from your current LaunchBox install? Can you give me an example of a theme that does this? Themes that use a custom folder outside of the theme's folder unfortunately may need tweaked/upgraded for the new version when it comes out.

Beta 4 is out now, with the goal of fixing as many theme-related issues as possible. For example, the Colorful theme should work properly now, and startup and pause themes should work as well (but there may be some outliers still). There are still things in this thread that need addressed, but please let me know if you run into any theme-specific issues with this beta (and what theme it is as well as the error). Thanks again all!

@Zeaede Are you trying to upgrade to a beta release, or the 11.2 official release? It's probably best to just download the latest installer from the website and install it over top of your current installation. Just make sure to install it to your LaunchBox folder and not a LaunchBox folder inside of your LaunchBox folder. It won't overwrite your data or your configuration.