soloredis420 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 I have the premium version of launchbox/bigbox. When I launch bigbox it says an update has downloaded and is ready to install with a yes or no option, I click yes, it quits out, the loading wheel spins for a second and nothing happens. I have version 12.11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 12 hours ago, soloredis420 said: I have the premium version of launchbox/bigbox. When I launch bigbox it says an update has downloaded and is ready to install with a yes or no option, I click yes, it quits out, the loading wheel spins for a second and nothing happens. I have version 12.11 I'm not sure why the auto-updater would be failing, but you can always just manually download the latest version and install over top if you need to. It won't overwrite any of your settings or games. Just make sure that you install to the proper folder (and not a LaunchBox\LaunchBox folder), because the installer can be slightly confusing in that regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knowcontrol Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 Do you have a firewall, piHole, or some other frontend device that could be blocking the connection to the update server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClapTraps007 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 I'm constantly having problems performing updates too. It downloads just fine but when it goes to restart Launchbox to install the update nothing happens. I can see the update file is in the Update folder in Launchbox but it doesn't seem to work. I keep having to restart Launchbox or re-download the update to somehow get the update process to properly trigger. Is anyone else finding the update process kinda buggy? I struggle with it every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 40 minutes ago, ClapTraps007 said: I'm constantly having problems performing updates too. It downloads just fine but when it goes to restart Launchbox to install the update nothing happens. I can see the update file is in the Update folder in Launchbox but it doesn't seem to work. I keep having to restart Launchbox or re-download the update to somehow get the update process to properly trigger. Is anyone else finding the update process kinda buggy? I struggle with it every time. Update just went fine on 2 of my set-ups. If the the update is in your \Updates folder than just run the updater. Make sure it is not embedding into into a second Launchbox folder. Look at the path when it shows where it is installing and make sure it does not show \Launchbox\Launchbox. Many users have made this mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 I have never had an issue with an update including this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClapTraps007 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 I've tried running the updater "LaunchBox-12.12-Setup" exe file from the Launchbox update folder and it the blue spinning wheel comes up and goes away and nothing happens. Tried running it also as an administrator and the same thing happens- blue wheel then nothing. Also my Launchbox folder is not embedded or aliased elsewhere. It's in the my user folder which is where it should be as far as I'm aware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 13 minutes ago, ClapTraps007 said: I've tried running the updater "LaunchBox-12.12-Setup" exe file from the Launchbox update folder and it the blue spinning wheel comes up and goes away and nothing happens. Tried running it also as an administrator and the same thing happens- blue wheel then nothing. Also my Launchbox folder is not embedded or aliased elsewhere. It's in the my user folder which is where it should be as far as I'm aware. What is the file size of the installer? And do you use a third party antivirus that could be blocking the exe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClapTraps007 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 It is 261 MB in size and I have Malwarebytes installed. It usually gives me a notification when it's blocked something so it would be odd if that was the culprit, I will try closing it down temporarily. See if that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, ClapTraps007 said: It is 261 MB in size and I have Malwarebytes installed. It usually gives me a notification when it's blocked something so it would be odd if that was the culprit, I will try closing it down temporarily. See if that helps. Mine is 267mb. So could be a interrupted and therefore unfinished download. I'd close Launchbox and delete that update file, then re-open Launchbox and let it download again and see if that works. Edited June 21, 2022 by neil9000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClapTraps007 Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, neil9000 said: Mine is 267mb. So could be a interrupted and therefore unfinished download. I'd close Launchbox and delete that update file, then re-open Launchbox and let it download again and see if that works. Yeah, mine is the same size. I know KB to MB is different so I get the MB read out from file properties. I also tried launching it without Malwarebytes running and still would not launch that .exe file, unfortunately. There must be something stupidly simple I'm missing here. Edited June 21, 2022 by ClapTraps007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloredis420 Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 I just reinstalled it entirely, then copied my data folder over to the new install and redownloaded my metadata. I also put lauchbox in my allowed list with malwarebytes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloredis420 Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 6 hours ago, neil9000 said: Mine is 267mb. So could be a interrupted and therefore unfinished download. I'd close Launchbox and delete that update file, then re-open Launchbox and let it download again and see if that works. I tried this, deleted the file redownloaded that did not do it. I also went and changed all the permissions to full access on the update its self/launchbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soloredis420 Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 14 hours ago, Jason Carr said: I'm not sure why the auto-updater would be failing, but you can always just manually download the latest version and install over top if you need to. It won't overwrite any of your settings or games. Just make sure that you install to the proper folder (and not a LaunchBox\LaunchBox folder), because the installer can be slightly confusing in that regard. So there is a problem with this method, my file paths were saving to the original paths I had set up when I first installed this. I changed this and had it functioning before the update. THen after the "update" even with reinstalling over and even changing the paths the new file paths would revert. I had to clean the registry to fix lauchbox, copied my data folder over and my license before doing this and was able to restore my settings. I think its launchbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 LaunchBox is a portable app and never utilizes the registry to serialize any settings. If you had to "clean the registry" to fix your issues I can assure you that you have something else going on with your system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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