BigBox won't open

[syztemlord]

Hi,

Just updated to 8.7 and I'm getting a problem with BB crashing on startup.  Launchbox opens ok though.  I get the following message

 

(Inner Exception)

External component has thrown an exception.

App: Big Box Version: 8.7 Type: System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException Site: Int32 XAudio2Create_(Void*, Int32, Int32) Source: SharpDX.XAudio2

at SharpDX.XAudio2.XAudio28Functions.XAudio2Create_(Void* arg0, Int32 arg1, Int32 arg2) at SharpDX.XAudio2.XAudio28Functions.XAudio2Create(XAudio2 xAudio2Out, Int32 flags, Int32 xAudio2Processor) at SharpDX.XAudio2.XAudio2..ctor(XAudio2Flags flags, ProcessorSpecifier processorSpecifier, XAudio2Version requestedVersion) at (SoundManager ) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.Audio.SoundManager.Initialize() at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.BigBox.ViewModels.MainViewModel..ctor()

(Outer Exception)

Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

App: Big Box Version: 8.7 Type: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException Site: System.Object CreateInstance(System.RuntimeType, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean ByRef, System.RuntimeMethodHandleInternal ByRef, Boolean ByRef) Source: mscorlib

at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type) at Caliburn.Micro.BootstrapperBase.DisplayRootViewFor(Type viewModelType, IDictionary`2 settings) at (Bootstrapper , Object , StartupEventArgs ) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.BigBox.Bootstrapper.OnStartup(Object sender, StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__1_0(Object unused) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

Recent Log:

5:18:41 PM Exception

Any ideas?

[Retro808]

Not quite sure. What Windows version are you running?

I found on Google several mentions on gaming forums of Xaudio errors such as this and the fix was installing an older DirectX update to fix it. DirectX June 2010 update. If you just google DirectX June 2010 Update the first link will take you to the MS page for the update. 

[syztemlord]

Thanks but no joy there.