UncleDaddySwiss Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 I installed Launchbox to my Dropbox folder on my gaming PC a few weeks back, then updated to 6.9. Now when I try to open Launchbox on my laptop I get the image below. Its says to rerun setup but would that undo any of the things I've done in launchbox, or would it overwrite my Lauchbox.xml file, etc? Also, would it cause problems because it was technically installed on my gaming pc, and not on my laptop, even though I access it from both? Launchbox was working fine from both my laptop and gaming pc before I updated to 6.9. Is this normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Try downloading and reinstalling just direct x first. If that doesn't work just reinstalling Launchbox over top without uninstalling should keep all your settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDaddySwiss Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 Just trying to get info here, but there seems to be quite a few posts about this where Launchbox is concerned, could it be accidentally modifying something, for instance, while updating? Why else would there be so many reports of this when starting Launchbox...OK, not a huge number, but there are some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Hard to say exactly but just out of curiosity where is your Launchbox install folder ? Is it on C: drive or another hard drive ? Sometimes having stuff installed to C: updates can run into troubles with permissions writing to the drive. I have my Launchbox folder on a separate drive, E: to be precise and have never run into problems with updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDaddySwiss Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 Its actually installed to root of DropBox, and shared between the 2 computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Hmm, that I have no experience with, maybe @Jason Carrcan help you with that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDaddySwiss Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 Ok, thank you for trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 This is happening specifically because LaunchBox is synced to different computers without installation, which is normal, but unfortunately certain DirectX libraries are required. Users get this message when those DirectX libraries are missing. LaunchBox is not causing DirectX issues; it's simply saying it needs some missing libraries. Re-running the setup program on the computer should fix the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Oh, also, no, reinstalling will never overwrite any games or settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDaddySwiss Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 Ok, I'll try it. But when I update on one computer, should I also rerun the updated setup on the other computer? Because it was working on both before the update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 I can't explain why it would have been working before the update, to be honest, other than maybe game controllers got switched on or something. The xinput library is used for game controllers. It's not necessary to run the setup on the other computer as well, only on the one that is having issues. Also, if you're worried about not updating your LaunchBox installation, you can just install to a different folder and then delete it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDaddySwiss Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 Ok, yeah, that works. Thank you for your help. As always, I'm loving this program! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleDaddySwiss Posted September 25, 2016 Author Share Posted September 25, 2016 Ran installer on laptop and works now, thanks again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Great to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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