mrbigjonstud

well I ran that admin powershell command for my test install of launchbox, sadly no changes, it doesn't even start to load.

well I actually tried that with no luck. as another idea, I installed 13.25 freshly to a test folder (meaning a new library , no plugins) just to see if it loads but I have the same issue. I checked event viewer and regardless of the versions 13.24 or 13.25 I get a similar error. copying my info below Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Date: 1/28/2026 9:34:28 AM Event ID: 1000 Task Category: (100) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: DESKTOP-**** Description: Faulting application name: LaunchBox.exe, version: 13.25.0.0, time stamp: 0x69340000 Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.19041.1706, time stamp: 0x458acb5b Exception code: 0xc0000602 Fault offset: 0x000000000010fa32 Faulting process id: 0x7404 Faulting application start time: 0x01dc906b9709fdb8 Faulting application path: E:\LaunchBox-latest\Core\LaunchBox.exe Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll Report Id: dc8075f0-0331-4333-b4d5-1fb383e6628e Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="Application Error" /> <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID> <Version>0</Version> <Level>2</Level> <Task>100</Task> <Opcode>0</Opcode> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2026-01-28T15:34:28.4810789Z" /> <EventRecordID>285201</EventRecordID> <Correlation /> <Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" /> <Channel>Application</Channel> <Computer>DESKTOP-J34L2TO</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data>LaunchBox.exe</Data> <Data>13.25.0.0</Data> <Data>69340000</Data> <Data>KERNELBASE.dll</Data> <Data>10.0.19041.1706</Data> <Data>458acb5b</Data> <Data>c0000602</Data> <Data>000000000010fa32</Data> <Data>7404</Data> <Data>01dc906b9709fdb8</Data> <Data>E:\LaunchBox-latest\Core\LaunchBox.exe</Data> <Data>C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dll</Data> <Data>dc8075f0-0331-4333-b4d5-1fb383e6628e</Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> </EventData> </Event>

so a little background info, windows 10 if that matters and I'm pretty tech savvy about fixing application issues. I have not been able to update launchbox since about a full year. I can load it just fine using v13.18 and I have tried many different updates since then including the last one 13.24 . if I click the main exe nothing happens, no errors, no crashes, it just sits there. also verified it's not running in task mgr or anything. I checked a few guides that mentioned something about a dotnet compatibility issue with certain plugins but I have no clue how to troubleshoot that. also my logs folder is empty currently. I tried rebuilding my settings.xml file, but same issue. for now all I can do is downgrade it back to v13.18 and it works perfectly. any ideas I can try to fix this? thanks for any help you can offer.