djFai Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I'm currently on version 8.6 beta-1. When I open LaunchBox it prompts me that a new beta is available. After the download is completed LaunchBox closes but no install occurs. If I navigate to the LaunchBox directory then the Updates folder, I can see that 8.6-beta-5 setup exe was downloaded. Is it safe to install the new beta by clicking on the installer from within windows explorer? I don't want to risk it wiping my current LB library! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 @djFai Sorry for the trouble. Please see the details in the beta thread here: Regardless, yes, you can safely install the latest beta over top and you won't lose any data. Just make sure you install into the correct folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djFai Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 @Jason Carr Thanks for the reply! Oops sorry, didn't realise all beta queries go in that thread! I just installed 8.6-beta-6 over top and it worked perfectly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbm Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 This is happening to me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookz718 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 well idk about ya'll but ever since i downloaded this beta version i've been having Major Issue... now BigBox keeps crashing. I sometimes have to fight with my PC to start up launchbox mind you i have a high-end PC.. this shouldn't be happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 try going to the update folder and reinstalling the latest installer again right over top of your current one it won't overwrite any of your data if that doesn't work install the last installer that was stable for you. If you are downloading Beta versions there are always chances you can run into issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookz718 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, DOS76 said: try going to the update folder and reinstalling the latest installer again right over top of your current one it won't overwrite any of your data if that doesn't work install the last installer that was stable for you. If you are downloading Beta versions there are always chances you can run into issues. thats what i did.. first LaunchBox didn't even want to boot up.. but once i did that everything ran back to normal with LaunchBox and LaunchBox.Next .. But now BigBox is the one giving me issues. It'll start up and then in the middle of starting up it'll freeze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 4 hours ago, Cookz718 said: thats what i did.. first LaunchBox didn't even want to boot up.. but once i did that everything ran back to normal with LaunchBox and LaunchBox.Next .. But now BigBox is the one giving me issues. It'll start up and then in the middle of starting up it'll freeze Try rebooting, and try going back to the official 8.5 release. Honestly, I'm doubtful that the issues you're having have anything to do with the betas, but that would be a good test. It might be faulty drivers or something of that nature, so I would check to see if any drivers were updated or Windows updates were installed recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClassicalGod Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 This was happening to me as well. Going into the LaunchBox install folder(typically C:\Users\****\LaunchBox\Updates\ .. with the **** being your logged in username) and manually installing the most recent beta, you should be good to go after that. If you also happen to run into the odd issue that I did where LaunchBox seems to load but you don't see the full windows; I closed and reopened a few times until I noticed the top window bar was still there and I had to double click(or right click) to make maximize both windows before they were fully visible. I closed LaunchBox and reopened two or three times and it seemed to be fine after doing it that one time. This could entirely be something I mistakenly did myself, but just thought i'd share in case it happened to others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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