LameCranberry Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 (edited) So Norton got a bug up its *** and removed my Launchbox.exe file. My bigbox.eXe still works. I tried to copy the launchbox.exe from my laptop but its not working. Any advise how to fix. I no longer have access to downloads. Thanks Update OK never mind I was able to download 7.11. I have hundreds of games already configured so I really dont want to overwrite anything in my old install. Can I simply use the EXE to repair it? Edited October 9, 2017 by LameCranberry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 6 minutes ago, LameCranberry said: So Norton got a bug up its *** and removed my Launchbox.exe file. My bigbox.eXe still works. I tried to copy the launchbox.exe from my laptop but its not working. Any advise how to fix. I no longer have access to downloads. Thanks You can go into your Launchbox/Updates folder and re-install the newest one there over the top of your current install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LameCranberry Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 Neil9000 Thanks that did the trick. Now back to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Cool, if I was you I would add a exclusion to Norton so it doesn't happen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I would even go so far as to abandon Norton, there are far better options out there and free ones at that like BitDefender or Avast just to name two. Norton and McAfee are probably two of the worst anti virus programs out there and have been for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LameCranberry Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 I had before but had to do a fresh install of Norton when I was hacked. By a fake Norton popup. Man hate the internet sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LameCranberry Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 5 minutes ago, lordmonkus said: I would even go so far as to abandon Norton, there are far better options out there and free ones at that like BitDefender or Avast just to name two. Norton and McAfee are probably two of the worst anti virus programs out there and have been for a long time. Couldn't agree more. I was actually looking into Avast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Yeah I also dropped Norton a couple of years back, way to many false positives for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Avast is and has been been pretty good to me in the past but I did have a recent problem with it where an update caused my system to not boot past the Windows logo and had to reinstall windows. Up until that point though I had been using it for quite while without issue so I would chalk that up to a one off piece of rotten luck. Right now I am using BitDefender and I have also used that quite a bit over the years and it is quite good and it is what I have on my parents computer. Avira and Panda anti virus are two other reasonable choices. Norton used to be good a very long time ago until they decided they were going to the "full security suite" type of product and since then their actual virus protection has gone to shit much like McAfee. If I were to actually pay for an anti virus I would either pay for the paid version of BitDefender or most likely Kaspersky but i'm a cheap bastard and not willing to pay for anti virus lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 1 minute ago, lordmonkus said: but i'm a cheap bastard and not willing to pay for anti virus lol. lol, that's why I just use the windows 10 built in antivirus these day's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LameCranberry Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 I thought Kaspersky was in some kind of trouble recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 But even Microsoft doesn't recommend that since it's just the basic better than nothing protection. Hell it's better than most of the other free anti virus software out there which is why I suggest BitDefender of Avast. 1 minute ago, LameCranberry said: I thought Kaspersky was in some kind of trouble recently. Nah, that's just American paranoia over Trump and Russia because it is a Russian company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LameCranberry Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 Thanks guys Ill check out BitDefender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KINGCHAPPO Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 On 10/9/2017 at 7:15 PM, neil9000 said: You can go into your Launchbox/Updates folder and re-install the newest one there over the top of your current install. Hi, do you just double click on the last setup application in the updates folder and reinstall the thing? or copy and paste some files somewhere?? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west91755 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 Boot into safe mode (Windows). Locate your Launchbox-XX.X-Setup.exe file and install the file. Boot back into normal Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 No one needs to dig up a 6 year old thread that was last posted in 3 years ago with a pointless answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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