BigBox won't launch after update (13.18)

[FormulaFox]

Hello. So, I just updated Launchbox on one of my arcade cabs to version 13.18, and now BigBox refuses to launch. Launchbox itself launches fine, but with BigBox the screen goes black for a few seconds, then back to desktop. BigBox is listed in the Task Manager after this point, but it doing nothing - it uses no CPU power, no disk, and a minute amount of memory. I have let it sit for ten minutes and nothing happens. Rebooting system has had no impact - it won't even properly launch on system startup like normal

I notice no other forum threads about this so I assume it must be an isolated incident not a widespread problem, so I suspect finding the cause won't be easy, but I have no idea where to start.

[AFK4LYF]

Ironically, I had the opposite problem after updating to 13.18. For me, Bigbox worked fine, but Launchbox refused to launch. I reverted back to 13.17 and everything started working normally again.

[brilakebay]

I'm having the same problem. No matter what I try (loading multiple auto/custom backups) I can't get Bigbox to load!?

[AstroBob]

Hi Folks,

For anyone experiencing this issue, to rule out anything that may have been fixed in the most recent release, can you please try updating to the 13.19 beta that is ongoing

If you are still experiencing the same issue on the latest beta, please add it to the beta thread so we can try to narrow things down. 

Cheers,

[FormulaFox]

So I went to do the beta update as suggested above, and...all of a sudden BigBox is launching like normal. I didn't do the beta update - BigBox is set to load automatically on Windows startup and it did so. I rebooted three times while experiencing the original problem with no luck, so I've no idea what happened.

 

I'll keep the beta update in mind should issue suddenly recur, but it has booted reliably on three attempts now.

[brilakebay]

Well, I tried installing the Beta 13.19-4  update and no change. Big Box still won't load!?