Subj : Really struggling with windows install pls help :)
To   : Matthew C E Bamber
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Dec 31 2023 09:10 pm

 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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