Subj : Re: Really struggling with windows install pls help :)
To   : Matthew C E Bamber
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Jan 01 2024 15:48:39

  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
-- 
                                            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
--- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux
 * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)

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