Re: Really struggling with windows install pls help :)
By: Matthew C E Bamber to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Hi everyone!
I am brand new to aynchronet BBS and trying to install it for the forst time on windows, i go though the setup windows installer but at the end when it say launch synchronet i get a window popup saying.

sbbsctrl.exe - application error
the application was unable to start correctly click ok to close the application?

any ideas?

Ive tried reinstalling several times.
many thanks
matt

we need more information than 'windows'

what OS version windows. what version synchronet.
what did you do to install. did you encounter any problems during install.
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On Monday, January 1, 2024 at 5:10:53 AM UTC, Digital Man wrote:

To: Matthew C E Bamber
Re: Really struggling with windows install pls help :)
By: Matthew C E Bamber to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Hi everyone!
I am brand new to aynchronet BBS and trying to install it for the forst time
on windows, i go though the setup windows installer but at the end when it say launch synchronet i get a window popup saying.

sbbsctrl.exe - application error
the application was unable to start correctly click ok to close the application?

any ideas?

Ive tried reinstalling several times.

Things to check:
- does running sbbs.exe instead of sbbsctrl.exe make any difference?
- do you have any "security software" installed that might be killing Synchronet because it's opening and listening on TCP/UDP ports?
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Rush quote #59:
He's got a force field and a flexible plan, got a date w/fate in a black sedan
Norco, CA WX: 52.1øF, 90.0% humidity, 0 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
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Thanks for coming back to me, i really appreciate your help.
i am running Microsoft Windows 10 Home
version 10.0.19045 build 19045
I have turned off (as best I can) windows defender, thats the only security software I have installed its a pretty bare bones install. although I do have the net frameworks installed.
This is the Synchronet version i am using
Installer: sbbs319b.zip [ftp] [mirror] (11MB) (January 2022)
CRC32: cef7558f
MD5: 3c5e28d62aea3c437f4cc4f9e6080f76
SHA1: e38f973ebbc816942588adfcb044c1a644c26a94
I tried running the sbbs.exe (in sbbs exec folder) i get "sbbs.exe - application error the application was unable to start correctly, although this time a black window pops up, black window goes when i click the OK box.
I had no issues during install, only at the end when its finished installing and try and run the software.
When i uninstall i get error sbbsNTsvcs.exe application error
Hope this information helps.
Thank you for your time
Matt
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On Monday, January 1, 2024 at 11:08:36 AM UTC, Matthew C E Bamber wrote:

On Monday, January 1, 2024 at 5:10:53 AM UTC, Digital Man wrote:

To: Matthew C E Bamber
Re: Really struggling with windows install pls help :)
By: Matthew C E Bamber to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Hi everyone!
I am brand new to aynchronet BBS and trying to install it for the forst time
on windows, i go though the setup windows installer but at the end when it
say launch synchronet i get a window popup saying.

sbbsctrl.exe - application error
the application was unable to start correctly click ok to close the application?

any ideas?

Ive tried reinstalling several times.

Things to check:
- does running sbbs.exe instead of sbbsctrl.exe make any difference?
- do you have any "security software" installed that might be killing Synchronet because it's opening and listening on TCP/UDP ports?
--
digital man (rob)

Rush quote #59:
He's got a force field and a flexible plan, got a date w/fate in a black sedan
Norco, CA WX: 52.1øF, 90.0% humidity, 0 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
--- Synchronet 3.20a-Linux NewsLink 1.114
* Vertrauen - Riverside County, California - telnet://vert.synchro.net

Thanks for coming back to me, i really appreciate your help.

i am running Microsoft Windows 10 Home
version 10.0.19045 build 19045

I have turned off (as best I can) windows defender, thats the only security software I have installed its a pretty bare bones install. although I do have the net frameworks installed.

This is the Synchronet version i am using
Installer: sbbs319b.zip [ftp] [mirror] (11MB) (January 2022)
CRC32: cef7558f
MD5: 3c5e28d62aea3c437f4cc4f9e6080f76
SHA1: e38f973ebbc816942588adfcb044c1a644c26a94

I tried running the sbbs.exe (in sbbs exec folder) i get "sbbs.exe - application error the application was unable to start correctly, although this time a black window pops up, black window goes when i click the OK box.

I had no issues during install, only at the end when its finished installing and try and run the software.

When i uninstall i get error sbbsNTsvcs.exe application error

Hope this information helps.
Thank you for your time
Matt

update....
I tried it on another machine and it works perfectly so did a complete fresh install on the machine i want to run it on and installed c++ 2010 and C++2015 and tried installing and now get
scfg.exe system error
the code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found.
Any ideas?
Appreciate all your help :)
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Re: Re: Really struggling with windows install pls help :)
By: Matthew C E Bamber to alt.bbs.synchronet on Mon Jan 01 2024 04:24 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

On Monday, January 1, 2024 at 11:08:36¨AM UTC, Matthew C E Bamber wrote:

On Monday, January 1, 2024 at 5:10:53¨AM UTC, Digital Man wrote:

To: Matthew C E Bamber
Re: Really struggling with windows install pls help :)
By: Matthew C E Bamber to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

Hi everyone!
I am brand new to aynchronet BBS and trying to install it for the forst time
on windows, i go though the setup windows installer but at the end when it
say launch synchronet i get a window popup saying.

sbbsctrl.exe - application error
the application was unable to start correctly click ok to close the application?

any ideas?

Ive tried reinstalling several times.

Things to check:
- does running sbbs.exe instead of sbbsctrl.exe make any difference?
- do you have any "security software" installed that might be killing Synchronet because it's opening and listening on TCP/UDP ports?
--
digital man (rob)

Rush quote #59:
He's got a force field and a flexible plan, got a date w/fate in a black sedan
Norco, CA WX: 52.1¨F, 90.0% humidity, 0 mph ESE wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
--- Synchronet 3.20a-Linux NewsLink 1.114
* Vertrauen - Riverside County, California - telnet://vert.synchro.net

Thanks for coming back to me, i really appreciate your help.

i am running Microsoft Windows 10 Home
version 10.0.19045 build 19045

I have turned off (as best I can) windows defender, thats the only security software I have installed its a pretty bare bones install. although I do have the net frameworks installed.

This is the Synchronet version i am using
Installer: sbbs319b.zip [ftp] [mirror] (11MB) (January 2022)
CRC32: cef7558f
MD5: 3c5e28d62aea3c437f4cc4f9e6080f76
SHA1: e38f973ebbc816942588adfcb044c1a644c26a94

I tried running the sbbs.exe (in sbbs exec folder) i get "sbbs.exe - application error the application was unable to start correctly, although this time a black window pops up, black window goes when i click the OK box.

I had no issues during install, only at the end when its finished installing and try and run the software.

When i uninstall i get error sbbsNTsvcs.exe application error

Hope this information helps.
Thank you for your time
Matt

update....
I tried it on another machine and it works perfectly so did a complete fresh install on the machine i want to run it on and installed c++ 2010 and C++2015 and tried installing and now get
scfg.exe system error
the code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found. Any ideas?
Appreciate all your help :)

It sounds like maybe you didn't install the x86 version of the Visual C++ 2015 runtime package. The links are on this page:
https://wiki.synchro.net/install:win
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digital man (rob)

Synchronet "Real Fact" #122:
Synchronet v2.30a (DOS & OS/2) was released on 5-30-97, 20 months after v2.20b Norco, CA WX: 64.6øF, 38.0% humidity, 0 mph E wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
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