Have yet to play GamEx

[d2ua]

I really want to use this incredible front-end everyone keeps telling me about but everytime I install this program I get the following log:

16:07:38.0 10/06/2007: GameEx: Version 8.13: Starting Log

16:07:38.3 10/06/2007: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

16:07:38.3 10/06/2007: Operating System Name: Windows XP

16:07:38.3 10/06/2007: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

16:07:38.4 10/06/2007: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

16:07:38.5 10/06/2007: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

16:07:38.5 10/06/2007: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

16:07:38.5 10/06/2007: AMD Athlon

16:07:38.5 10/06/2007: 1.24Ghz

16:07:38.9 10/06/2007: Running Randomize()

16:07:39.0 10/06/2007: Loading PlugIns

16:07:39.2 10/06/2007: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

16:07:39.2 10/06/2007: Running Misc startup tasks

16:07:39.2 10/06/2007: Setting Menu types

16:07:39.2 10/06/2007: Opening Configuration File

16:07:39.2 10/06/2007: Getting Configuration Values

16:07:39.2 10/06/2007: Using Theme: Default - GameEx - Animated

16:07:39.2 10/06/2007: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - GameEx - Animated

16:07:39.2 10/06/2007: Using Images from theme: Default - GameEx\MEDIA\

16:07:39.3 10/06/2007: Launching HideOS.exe

16:07:39.3 10/06/2007: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

16:07:39.5 10/06/2007: Hiding Taskbar

16:07:39.5 10/06/2007: Is Media Center running?

16:07:39.5 10/06/2007: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

16:07:39.6 10/06/2007: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

16:07:39.6 10/06/2007: Media Center Mode 2

16:07:39.7 10/06/2007: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems

16:07:39.7 10/06/2007: Snap Delay set to: 2

16:07:39.7 10/06/2007: Get other settings

16:07:39.7 10/06/2007: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

16:07:39.7 10/06/2007: Start work for Form

16:07:39.7 10/06/2007: Getting Original Screen Size

16:07:40.1 10/06/2007: Opening Database Connection

16:07:43.5 10/06/2007: Error: No error message available, result code: E_FAIL(0x80004005).

16:07:43.9 10/06/2007: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionInternal..ctor(OleDbConnectionString constr, OleDbConnection connection)

16:07:43.9 10/06/2007: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningObject)

16:07:43.9 10/06/2007: at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreateNonPooledConnection(DbConnect

on owningConnection, DbConnectionPoolGroup poolGroup)

16:07:43.9 10/06/2007: at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection)

16:07:43.9 10/06/2007: at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory)

16:07:43.9 10/06/2007: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.Open()

16:07:43.9 10/06/2007: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.InitGameEx(Boolean reinit, String ctheme, Boolean nohideos)

16:07:44.0 10/06/2007: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform..ctor()

16:07:44.0 10/06/2007: GameEx is exiting with errors

16:07:46.3 10/06/2007: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

I searched through the forums and read that this has to do with the data.mdb missing, but I've looked after every reinstall and seen it in my DATA folder. How do I fix this?

[bkenobi]

Just curious if you set up your directories in the configuration wizard? The error has something to do with database operations which are used to build and access the list of roms, snaps, etc.

[d2ua]

yea...i even run "verify setup" or whatever after I'm done too, but i still get the same error

edit: I hope i don't come off as an ass....not my intention....i just really want to try this out...the excitement is killing me! :-D

[headkaze]

I've seen this error before and I dont know if there is an obvious solution to this yet. I think downloading GameEx again and re-installing might be worth a try. If you have a search on this forum for oledb error you might find some other posts related to this and a possible solution. Let us know how you go.

[d2ua]

well I've uninstalled and reinstalled a few times and it didn't fix the problem

i did the search you mentioned and all of them point to the DATA.mdb missing...really nothing else on the matter

*cry*

[Tom Speirs]

well I've uninstalled and reinstalled a few times and it didn't fix the problem

i did the search you mentioned and all of them point to the DATA.mdb missing...really nothing else on the matter

*cry*

Im not too sure what this is yet, although I have something for you to try. Are you using an NLited XP install or anything like that?

Anyway try installing this, microsoft data acess components (MDAC).

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.as...isplayLang%3den

Thanks,

Tom

[d2ua]

Thanks Tom, but that didn't solve the problem either. Meh, any other suggestions?

Oh and yea I am using a sort of bare bones XP.

[Tom Speirs]

Thanks Tom, but that didn't solve the problem either. Meh, any other suggestions?

Oh and yea I am using a sort of bare bones XP.

My only other suggestion is ditch the bare bones XP, its obviously missing some files for standard database access.

[d2ua]

Crud...and my computer was o so nice and fast-ness running.

MMMMk

[Tom Speirs]

Crud...and my computer was o so nice and fast-ness running.

MMMMk

Really sorry. At this moment in time thats the best I've got for you.

Tom

[headkaze]

Thats the problem with bare bone installs, sometimes they're too bare!

[bkenobi]

If you knew exactly what files were needed, you could probably install them manually, but it's really a lot easier to install full windows and turn off the things that you don't need. If your system is more modern, some things don't make that much difference other than during login...