.DLL failures + Launch/Repair loop

[Stiganovski]

Hi all,

I currently have the following symptoms:

On launching DCS.exe I receive the following errors;

GraphicsVista.DLL is not designed to run on Windows etc

Weather.DLL same message

DTC_manager.DLL same message

Launcher does not open.

 

I tried to manually run DCS_Updater and perform a 'slow check'.

This runs until approx halfway through the process and the repairer closes without messaging and then the launcher opens.

On trying to open the the game, repair or update it fails halfway through and opens the launcher.

 

So I am a little unsure how to progress. I can't run the game, I can't repair the game and I can't update the game.

 

Apart from redownloading the whole game again (Oh god I hope not. It's almost 1TB on disk!) does anyone have some things to explore first that I'm missing?

 

Thanks folks

[rob10]

1st thing to check/do is an exclusion from your anti-virus for DCS folders, then try a SLOW repair because your AV has probably quarantined some files.  If you can't get it to run a repair try restoring the files from in your AV.

[Stiganovski]

Thanks Rob, good point.

Yeah I have it excluded, I also checked quarantine logs and nothing from DCS was captured in there.

I have a horrible feeling I'll be DLing the whole game again

[rob10]

If you're using the launcher, there is a sqlite file I think that's been causing people issues.  Do a search and you can likely find out what one it is and deleting it has solved some problems. I disabled the launcher as soon as it came out so I haven't paid enough attention to remember what the file is.

[Stiganovski]

OK, just deleted it now in the savegame\DCS folder and still getting the DLL errors, so I don't think it's even getting to the launcher step

For some more context:

The failure point is during the "Verifying Installed Files" phase.

I've done the sqlite file - No change

I've deleted (.OLD'd) the DCS folder in saved games too - No change

[MAXsenna]

23 minutes ago, Stiganovski said:

I have a horrible feeling I'll be DLing the whole game again

I see you already tried repairs. Try to open the options.lua and set the launcher to 0 to prevent it from opening. If DCS then starts, try another repair.

EDIT: One more thing, try to delete the _download folder, and try a repair again. 

Can you show us the exclusions in your AV? 

Edited 5 hours ago by MAXsenna

[Stiganovski]

Thanks Max.

Launcher set to 0 - DCS.exe crashes/closes with no messaging

The repairer close at the verify phase with no message

Deleted the _download folder and tried launching the game - No change

 

The odd thing is there was no change between one day working and the next not. I checked my Win11 updates and it has no updates in the time period, so I'm at a loss

[MAXsenna]

Thanks Max.
Launcher set to 0 - DCS.exe crashes/closes with no messaging
The repairer close at the verify phase with no message
Deleted the _download folder and tried launching the game - No change
 
The odd thing is there was no change between one day working and the next not. I checked my Win11 updates and it has no updates in the time period, so I'm at a loss

Hmmm... That's a hard nut for sure! Tried to test your RAM?

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[sleighzy]

Can you drop your DCS log file in here in case there's anything in there. In case of a Windows issue open a command prompt as administrator, run the below two commands separately and then restart your PC.

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

sfc /scannow