Subj : Re: Really struggling with windows install pls help :)
To : Matthew C E Bamber
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Jan 01 2024 03:48 pm
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: 64.6�F, 38.0% humidity, 0 mph E wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrs
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