PSXeven no longer starts up!

spoony · April 24th, 2003

I posted this in the general troubleshooting forum, but it took ages for someone to respond, and unfortunately his suggestion didn't work.

Basically, PSXeven used to work.
Now it doesn't.

I haven't installed any new hardware/drivers. One day, it just stopped working, whether it be version .14b, .14 or .13.

I've attached an image that shows the windows of the error that appears.

Basically it's complaining about some conflict with mfc42.dll
Checking the MS Windows tech support site for similar errors show that this sort of problem is due to program incompatibility with WinXP, and MS can't be responsible for it. Curse them.

Of course, if the problem were OS compatibility, how is it that it used to work? (And i'm sure it wasn't a delusion... i've got screen shots to prove it to myself

)

Help me... plz... anyone...

**Xeven** · April 24th, 2003

thy using this mfc42.dll instead. Unzip it inside the "PSXeven" directory.

spoony · April 24th, 2003

I've tried placing it in the root PSXeven dir (alongside the executable), but it doesn't solve the problem for PSXeven .13, .14 or .14b.

Maybe I should try reinstalling Windows XP later and see how that goes...

7th · May 5th, 2003

i get a similar problem when running psxeven. although, it hasn't worked for me at all, but i really want to try this emulator out.
tried it with different bios, got the dll, different plug-ins/settings yet it still doesn't work. it only reaches the 'detected ntsc disk' part on the debug screen, then the windows' error mssg pops up. (similar to what you had, except the modname is 'unknown'.

any ideas?
thanks.

spoony · May 5th, 2003

alright, sorry for taking so darned long, but after a long and painful reinstall of Windows XP Corporate, and an installation of PSXeven .16, it works again YAY!

HOKUTO HYAKURETSU KEN!!!
good ol' Kenshiro

7th · May 5th, 2003

you mean that if psxeven doesn't work, it has somethig to do with windows? btw, does psxeven put some 'keys' in windowas when you install/unzip it?

spoony · May 5th, 2003

if PSXeven doesn't work with the error that i showed in my first post, yes, it has something to do with windows.

no, I don't believe PSXeven sticks anything into windows; mfc42.dll is a common library file that a lot of programs use, but sometimes there are problems...

Badaro · May 5th, 2003

FYI,

I had this problem once, solved by deleting the all the PSXeven configuration keys from the registry.

[]s Badaro

7th · May 6th, 2003

what's the name of the keys i should look for in the registry?

**n_w95482** · May 6th, 2003

the mfc42.dll file is one of the dll files for directx, so if anyone has this problem, try reinstalling directx.

edit: i looked for the file and saw that there was 4 copies on my comp, and the properties said that the product name was visual c++, so spoony was right, it is a common file

but still it wouldnt hurt to do a reinstall of directx if you have that problem again...

Badaro · May 6th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by 7th
what's the name of the keys i should look for in the registry?

IIRC I deleted:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PSXeven
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Vision Thing

[]s Badaro

spoony · May 6th, 2003

ah that's a good idea... i didn't think of that...

i tried reinstalling DirectX 9.0a, it didn't help me, but definitely try it anyways before reinstalling Windows...

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April 24th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
spoony Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 15	I've tried placing it in the root PSXeven dir (alongside the executable), but it doesn't solve the problem for PSXeven .13, .14 or .14b. Maybe I should try reinstalling Windows XP later and see how that goes...

May 5th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
7th Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 87	i get a similar problem when running psxeven. although, it hasn't worked for me at all, but i really want to try this emulator out. tried it with different bios, got the dll, different plug-ins/settings yet it still doesn't work. it only reaches the 'detected ntsc disk' part on the debug screen, then the windows' error mssg pops up. (similar to what you had, except the modname is 'unknown'. any ideas? thanks.

May 5th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
spoony Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 15	alright, sorry for taking so darned long, but after a long and painful reinstall of Windows XP Corporate, and an installation of PSXeven .16, it works again YAY! HOKUTO HYAKURETSU KEN!!! good ol' Kenshiro

May 5th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
7th Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 87	you mean that if psxeven doesn't work, it has somethig to do with windows? btw, does psxeven put some 'keys' in windowas when you install/unzip it?

May 5th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
spoony Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 15	if PSXeven doesn't work with the error that i showed in my first post, yes, it has something to do with windows. no, I don't believe PSXeven sticks anything into windows; mfc42.dll is a common library file that a lot of programs use, but sometimes there are problems...

May 6th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
7th Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 87	what's the name of the keys i should look for in the registry?

May 6th, 2003	#12 (permalink)
spoony Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 15	ah that's a good idea... i didn't think of that... i tried reinstalling DirectX 9.0a, it didn't help me, but definitely try it anyways before reinstalling Windows...