dcs updater/ initializing hanging for many hours?

[Fakum]

I have been current with my updates. This morning when I went to run the the A-10, I got a dcs updater install prompt, then it downloaded, then it went to the initializing portion and just hung there for a couple hours, Couldn't even open up anything else like task manager to shut it down. So I reformatted the drive and reloaded an image from a couple days ago, went through the same process and there it sits "initializing" for about 8 hours now, and I can not open up a browser or taskmanager. Bit defender is current with updates and I scan every day? Any suggestions? Thanks

[Wolf Rider]

How are you trying to bring up Task Manager?

 

There were quite a few instances of "Bit Defender not playing nice with DCS" reports a while back...

 

restart in Safe Mode and disable the Bit Defender, then restart normally and try updating again.

[bobd]

Pretty sure it's BF again. I finally got frustrated enough to uninstalled world, & BF. Lucky I still had the world download. Got world & modules back. then BF. N/P now. I started a ticket with them. They did fix BD problem in 2013, but back in 2014 .V Anyone who thinks it's the problem should contact them.

[Fakum]

Control-Alt Delete to bring up task manager, no response. I get no response of anything else either. I will try your suggestion about disabling bitdefender. If that is the root cause, it would be the 1st problem I have had between the 2 in many years? I thought it may have had something to do with the announcements of the Keys from steam not working anymore. I don't use steam anymore anyway,I really didn't understand that post or how it might effect me? I have bought some modules both thru steam and DCS, so I don't know?

[Fakum]

Pretty sure it's BF again. I finally got frustrated enough to uninstalled world, & BF. Lucky I still had the world download. Got world & modules back. then BF. N/P now. I started a ticket with them. They did fix BD problem in 2013, but back in 2014 .V Anyone who thinks it's the problem should contact them.

 

Do you remember how to disable bit defender from the desktop? I know there was a way, but that was a couple years ago that I did it

[ANGST]

Yup, I have BItDefender too, and had the same issue.

 

Try my fix of manually copying from temp directory http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=125700

[Fakum]

Thanks, I did a search for this issue before I posted,, odd i didnt see that one,,, anyway,, how quickly I forgot! I did have an issue with Bitdefender before, and posted up here;

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1989448&postcount=53

 

Adding a few things to bitdefenders exclusion list resolved my update issues at that time, back then I was using 2013,, when I updated to Bitdefender 2014, I never added anything to the exclusions list and found my updates went well,,, I will now look into that again along with your suggestion,, thanks.

[Fakum]

Adding a few files to bitdefenders exclusion list worked for me again this time.