Jaeger

Awesome. Thanks!

I'm doing a mass-installation of emulators tonight and have noticed that the Xpadder plugin continuously gets de-selected in the setup wizard. I'm guessing it's because it's the last one in the list and there's some off-by-one bug somewhere. Help! Thanks. Scott

Sure thing. I've not configured anything yet so the ini is pretty generic. I also noticed I made a mistake at the start of this thread. My 8.1 is Enterprise, not Pro. (Just how many editions of this thing are there, anyway?! Starter, Home, Pro, Enterprise, Ultimate, N, non-N, what else? Sheesh!) log.txt GameEx.ini

Nope. I took the defaults. Seems the DLLs that are included just don't like whatever is different about my 8.1 install. Reverting to the system-wide runtime DLLs fixed everything. I've been a GameEx user for a long time. This is the first issue I've ever had, so I understand where you're coming from saying it's never been a problem. Still, what are essentially system DLLs don't really belong in the app directory. If the official redistributable was installed as a prerequisite by the setup tool, it'd be a non-issue. In any case, it's at least documented here in the forums now should someone else run into it.

It would be much better to make the vcredist_*.exe package a dependency and have it run as a prerequisite to installation. That way, whatever OS/Service Pack specific voodoo MS decides to include will also be applied. As it stands, I am unable to use my (twice) paid license because the installation fails with half a dozen instances of this error. I have no idea what is missing or not properly configured. I'm going to attempt to pull apart the installer or write a script to immediately delete those DLLs when they are unpacked. Even if I manage to get running again, what a hack. :-/ Also, I'd like to say that the response time for responding to pleas for help in this forum is amazing. Color me impressed! My solution in the meantime was to create a batch file named FixInstaller.bat in the C:\GameEx folder. @echo offc:md \GameExcd \GameEx:topdel /F /Q msvc*.dllgoto top Starting that before the GameEx setup utility nukes the DLLs in question as soon as they hit the disk. This allows setup to complete properly. Once GameEx is installed, just kill the batch. Hacky, hacky, but also worky, worky!

SOLVED! With the help of a buddy of mine (who is a code monkey for Microsoft), I found that the MSVC runtime is being packaged with the GameEx distribution. This is, apparently, a Bad Idea . Once I removed the msvc*.dll files from my GameEx folder so it would find the system ones instead, it ran fine. However, I can't fix the initial installer this way. Any chance of a re-build of the setup package without these files? Thanks!

I've checked for a virus/malware. I've done the NET stuff. I did the sfc scan. The OS was loaded from a DVD. I'm a developer by trade and have been writing software since before there even was a Windows. I know my way around. Still, dumb thing doesn't want to work! Half tempted to just nuke it from orbit and reload 7. Only way to be sure.

Yes, NET is installed. It's used by other applications on the machine and they're working.

I recently upgraded my gaming system from Windows 7 Pro to Windows 8.1 Pro. This was a total wipe-and-reinstall upgrade. Since then, when installing GameEx, I get the following: ExtThemes.exe - Entry Point Not Found The procedure entry point wcstok_s could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ADVAPI32.dll. I get the feeling I'm missing some C/C++ runtime files or something similar. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks. Scott

Good god, man! You're awesome! Thanks! Scott

Thank you for the amazingly quick response! I think I see the root of my problem... I've got the Model 2 emulator here, not the main Nebula thing. Sorry for the confusion. I'm new to GameEx and Nebula/Model 2. Guess I need to make a map for the Model 2.

I am trying to set up Nebula (non-integrated) and cannot for the life of me get a listing of games to appear. I looked inside the map file and it looks more NeoGeo to me than Nebula. Is this a bug, or am I confused? Thanks!