Mike Busutil Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Hello, Trying to update this afternoon and I am getting an error related to the Christen Eagle. This is not allowing the update to proceed. If I ignore the update and just log into DCS, I am greeted with a notice that nearly all of my modules are disabled... I have also tried to disable the Christen Eagle in the module manager and have tried uninstalling the Christen Eagle module with no luck. Please help with any recommendations. Thank you. Desktop Screenshot 2025.01.20 - 12.44.22.75.jxr Error log.txt [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Checkout my user files here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/user-is-Mike Busutil/apply/
Solution MAXsenna Posted January 20 Solution Posted January 20 Double check if your Anti-Virus solution has quarantined any files. Try to exclude the DCS core installation folders, and perform a full repair. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
Mike Busutil Posted January 20 Author Posted January 20 (edited) Checked Anti-Virus and all seems to be normal. After disabling the Christen Eagle module I am getting the same error for the AV8B now... As for the full repair, I mentioned that in the first post that I have tried and am unable to as the full update cancels itself after telling me it cant find the Christen Eagle DLL files. autoupdate_log.txt Edited January 20 by Mike Busutil [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Checkout my user files here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/user-is-Mike Busutil/apply/
MAXsenna Posted January 20 Posted January 20 3 hours ago, Mike Busutil said: Checked Anti-Virus and all seems to be normal. Right, and you have the folders excluded? A repair must always be performed after, and I see no mention of it in your first post actually. Finally had a look at the updater log. That's the error. Makes me think: Your AV solution snags it, (unlikely as to your findings) There is a problem with the _download folder. Space, security settings, disk errors etc. A problem with the updater itself, had that once, but then nothing happened and I had to download an uncorrupted one Really baffles me as I can't remember to have seen this one before, apart from Anti-Virus snatching files. And that usually happens after the updater has done the update. You should have a look in the Windows EventViewer, just to check if something else is going on. Cheers!
Mike Busutil Posted January 21 Author Posted January 21 Thank you for looking. Sorry, I thought I mentioned in the first post that I tried the repair but I guess I missed that. I have tried the repair multiple times but I first get a message stating the repair can't move a Christen Eagle .dll file. If I uninstall the Christen and try to repair again, it changes the error to the F-14. If I uninstall the F-14 the repair then says the same error for the AV8B, if I uninstall the AV8B I get the same error message for the F4... I then went to C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods and deleted all the folders here and completed a repair. I can see all the folders get replaced and this allowed most of my modules to return to the main menu instead of nearly all modules being "unauthorized". However I am still seeing a few modules that are remaining "unauthorized" when logging in. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Checkout my user files here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/user-is-Mike Busutil/apply/
Czar66 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Mike Busutil said: I then went to C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods and deleted all the folders here and completed a repair. I can see all the folders get replaced and this allowed most of my modules to return to the main menu instead of nearly all modules being "unauthorized". However I am still seeing a few modules that are remaining "unauthorized" when logging in. 6 hours ago, Mike Busutil said: Hello, Trying to update this afternoon and I am getting an error related to the Christen Eagle. This is not allowing the update to proceed. If I ignore the update and just log into DCS, I am greeted with a notice that nearly all of my modules are disabled... I have also tried to disable the Christen Eagle in the module manager and have tried uninstalling the Christen Eagle module with no luck. Please help with any recommendations. Thank you. Hi Mike. Do the following: Make an Exclusion on the whole DCS root folder on your anti virus, including windows defender. Do a repair. (yes, once again) Usual path for files and folder exclusion management (windows 11 in english): Search for "windows security" in the search bar Virus & Threat Protection At 'Virus & Threat Protection Settings', click on 'manage settings' Bottom of the page click on 'add or remove exclusions' Add the whole DCS root Folder. 5 hours ago, Mike Busutil said: Checked Anti-Virus and all seems to be normal. Maybe stuff isn't normal and it is not apparent. Anti virus, including Windows Defender usually instant act upon known files taken as 'threats'. I haven't got this issue, so this comes from other experiences. Item 1 is very important, or everything else will fail. I'm skeptical about drive failure or corruption, but if all else fails, do a check disk command to make sure your drive is ok. Search for: "CHKDSK" and "diskdrive get status" on the web. Edited January 21 by Czar66 Steps for Defender exclusion added
MAXsenna Posted January 21 Posted January 21 6 minutes ago, Mike Busutil said: Thank you for looking. Sorry, I thought I mentioned in the first post that I tried the repair but I guess I missed that. No problem! 6 minutes ago, Mike Busutil said: If I uninstall the F-14 the repair then says the same error for the AV8B, if I uninstall the AV8B I get the same error message for the F4... Yes, I noticed. I just screenshoted the first error. This leads me to believe that something is up with the actual _download folder. Did you install DCS as Administrator when you installed it? And with what user are you running the Updater? Apologies if you already wrote this. Can you confirm that the folders are excluded in your Anti-Virus? This is really strange, as I assume everything was OK with the Christmas update? I can see this was an OpenBeta installation. Do you have the enough space to parallel install another version? If yes, I would do that at this point. The installer will pull all local files it can, and retrieve the missing from the net. If that works and when you run it, it will create a DCS folder in Saved Games, and you can just copy over the files from the DCS.openbeta folder.
MAXsenna Posted January 21 Posted January 21 3 minutes ago, Czar66 said: Hi Mike. Do the following: Make an Exclusion on the whole DCS root folder on your anti virus, including windows defender. Do a repair. (yes, once again) Yeah, this is what I've been saying, literally in the second post. while it's very strange that a repair sort of works while an update fails. Haven't seen any AV messing with ALL modules yet. It has to be a first time, right?
Czar66 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 3 minutes ago, MAXsenna said: Yeah, this is what I've been saying, literally in the second post. while it's very strange that a repair sort of works while an update fails. Haven't seen any AV messing with ALL modules yet. It has to be a first time, right? Oh right, apologies Max. I saw your post with the logs but somehow missed that last part of the earlier post. Maybe pointing out once again can be enough reinforcement to get attention to that part. Sometimes we're in tunnel vision and miss some steps that are given to us. I'm very guilty of that sometimes. All the modules affected does seems to be a first indeed. Hopefully OP gets everything going. I wonder if we all need to go to Linux one day (including DCS, ofc) for this issue to stop appearing around other folks.
MAXsenna Posted January 21 Posted January 21 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Czar66 said: Oh right, apologies Max. None needed! 5 minutes ago, Czar66 said: Maybe pointing out once again can be enough reinforcement to get attention to that part. Sometimes we're in tunnel vision and miss some steps that are given to us. I'm very guilty of that sometimes. Very true! 5 minutes ago, Czar66 said: Hopefully OP gets everything going. Agreed! A quick look to confirm the folders are excluded. There have been users here reporting Defender have removed/exclusions after a Windows update. Hope the fix is that easy! Cheers buddy! Edited January 21 by MAXsenna 1
Mike Busutil Posted January 21 Author Posted January 21 You were both right and I was able to resolve my issue with your help. It appears I did not have the whole DCS folder set as an exception. Only the DCS.bin file. Not sure what changed but I got it resolved. Thank you for your help. 2 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Checkout my user files here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/user-is-Mike Busutil/apply/
MAXsenna Posted January 21 Posted January 21 You were both right and I was able to resolve my issue with your help. It appears I did not have the whole DCS folder set as an exception. Only the DCS.bin file. Not sure what changed but I got it resolved. Thank you for your help. Excellent! I assume you meant the Bin folder, not file?Cheers! Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
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