ePSXe not working after turning on the PC

Al Fast · November 27th, 2006, 13:36

Well.. thats the problem i've: when i turn on the PC the ePSXe.exe archive is 202kb (when it was 167kb before turning off), and when i try to run the emulator, it doesn't work, so for now i've the emulator in a DVD and i copy this archive every time from the DVD, but if anyone knows whats the problem, i would be really happy

I've tried too to change the ePSXe.exe properties and making it of "Only read" and disabling the two "advanced properties" that are enabled... so it doesn't work after all...

Mr. Killjoy · November 27th, 2006, 14:18

ePSXe.exe ain't an archive, it's an executable. It could be a self-extractible archive, you'd still have to use the real exe that's inside.

Then it would help to know your system specs

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- RAM: 4GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400)

VGA: GF GTX460 1024MB

- Monitor: H233H 23" 1920x1080
Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec NeoPower Blue 650w
24Mb/1Mb ADSL

- Windows 7 Ultimate
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All ePSXe plugins up-to-date

http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

RedLion · November 27th, 2006, 16:31

Hello Alfast and welcome to Ngemu forums.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al Fast

Well.. thats the problem i've: when i turn on the PC the ePSXe.exe archive is 202kb (when it was 167kb before turning off), and when i try to run the emulator, it doesn't work, so for now i've the emulator in a DVD and i copy this archive every time from the DVD, but if anyone knows whats the problem, i would be really happy

I've tried too to change the ePSXe.exe properties and making it of "Only read" and disabling the two "advanced properties" that are enabled... so it doesn't work after all...

Do you have an error message when you try to run it?
Is the emulator in a compressed archive? If yes, do you try to run it from it?

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**hushypushy** · November 27th, 2006, 18:26

The file is small, just copy it to your hard drive. Go download it from the website, unzip that archive, and run it from there.

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Al Fast · November 27th, 2006, 20:16

Well, i'll explais better now:

after copying the "emulator" folder that i have in the DVD (burned by me with other things) and if i didn't have before the emu in the hard disc, the emulator runs well (after configuring and all...), the games (the few i have) work correct and seems better impossible.

The problem comes when i turn off the PC and later, when i turn on, the ePSXe.exe executable (i told archive before, but yes, thats an executable :P) doesn't work i doubleclick the ePSXeLauncher.exe, it seems it would do something, but it keep as an active process but without doing nothing (it appears in the task manager as active...).

After a few tests i've seen what i've told before: the ePSXe.exe that is in the respestive folder of the DVD is 167kb, i copy it to the respective folder of the hard disk (changing the one there was, that was 202kb), and then... the emulator works correctly!!! (with the new, of 167kb)

But after this, when i turn off and on the computer... it comes the same problem, the executable (ePSXe.exe) has increased to 202kb again and it doesn't work...

So i tried keeping a copy of the executable changing the name of it to make the copy-paste i did easier (without using the DVD, that is a spend of time :P), but the executable WITH the name changed (ex: "ePSXe.exe" changed to "safeePSXe.exe"), after turning off and on the PC...HAS CHANGED to 202kb and after changing the name to "ePSXe.exe" and replacing the one in the respective folder...DOESN'T WORK!!

And the last thing i tried is what i said in the first post, trying if windows doesn't change anything, but it makes the same...

It seems that is windows (i've Windows XP SP2) who changes the executable...
And i don't know what more to try :'(

And finally my PC:

Intel Duo Core 3'4Ghz
Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Deluxe
Nvidia Geforce 7900GTX
1Gb Kingston Memory RAM
And the hd, cd, ... it doesn't matter for this problem, no?

Mr. Killjoy · November 27th, 2006, 20:21

It sounds like you got a virus... files aren't supposed to change of size for no reason

__________________
CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3.2GHz

- RAM: 4GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400)

VGA: GF GTX460 1024MB

- Monitor: H233H 23" 1920x1080
Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec NeoPower Blue 650w
24Mb/1Mb ADSL

- Windows 7 Ultimate
---------------------------------------------
All ePSXe plugins up-to-date

http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

RedLion · November 27th, 2006, 20:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al Fast

It seems that is windows (i've Windows XP SP2) who changes the executable...
And i don't know what more to try :'(

Windows has never and will never change the size of executable files....

And you got a last thing to try.... as said above, your PC is surely cursed by a satanas virus.Voodoo dance are useless....but great time for a clean. Avast antivirus will surely do the job....

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**Hard core Rikki** · November 27th, 2006, 21:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedLion

Windows has never and will never change the size of executable files....

And you got a last thing to try.... as said above, your PC is surely cursed by a satanas virus.Voodoo dance are useless....but great time for a clean. Avast antivirus will surely do the job....

If you got a virus altering exes, assume anything installed will get infected as soo as run.

what you'll need id Trend's Housecall. Use it, to stay on the safe side. Once your system is clean, consider using either Avast or AVG Free.

**ShendoXT** · November 27th, 2006, 21:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al Fast

i doubleclick the ePSXeLauncher.exe

Run ePSXe without launcher and then restart your PC and see if the same thing happens.

Al Fast · November 28th, 2006, 00:58

Thanks to all

Problem solved :P

After a few scans i've not found any virus and i've dowloaded the ePSXe from the homepage, and after copying the archives i wanted to save (savegames, bios...), i've played this version and worked ok... including after rebooting the PC

And yes, the one i was trying wasn't downloaded from the homepage, but a time ago (in another PC) it runed... and i think the exe change might be done by the launcher it had (to run that version i had to run an "ePSXeLauncher.exe", but with the official version there isn't this launcher, and it runs... so... there might be the problem).

Now i can play to my old PSX games ok

Thank for all and the (really) fast answers given.

See u later

(well, usually i don't post much, only when i've some problem or if i see i know the answer to something, but i'll be looking over here

November 27th, 2006, 13:36	#1
Al Fast Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Spain Posts: 3	ePSXe not working after turning on the PC Well.. thats the problem i've: when i turn on the PC the ePSXe.exe archive is 202kb (when it was 167kb before turning off), and when i try to run the emulator, it doesn't work, so for now i've the emulator in a DVD and i copy this archive every time from the DVD, but if anyone knows whats the problem, i would be really happy I've tried too to change the ePSXe.exe properties and making it of "Only read" and disabling the two "advanced properties" that are enabled... so it doesn't work after all...

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November 27th, 2006, 14:18	#2
Mr. Killjoy Translator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,829	ePSXe.exe ain't an archive, it's an executable. It could be a self-extractible archive, you'd still have to use the real exe that's inside. Then it would help to know your system specs __________________ CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3.2GHz - RAM: 4GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF GTX460 1024MB - Monitor: H233H 23" 1920x1080 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec NeoPower Blue 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - Windows 7 Ultimate --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

November 27th, 2006, 18:26	#4
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,979	The file is small, just copy it to your hard drive. Go download it from the website, unzip that archive, and run it from there. __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

November 27th, 2006, 20:16	#5
Al Fast Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Spain Posts: 3	Well, i'll explais better now: after copying the "emulator" folder that i have in the DVD (burned by me with other things) and if i didn't have before the emu in the hard disc, the emulator runs well (after configuring and all...), the games (the few i have) work correct and seems better impossible. The problem comes when i turn off the PC and later, when i turn on, the ePSXe.exe executable (i told archive before, but yes, thats an executable :P) doesn't work i doubleclick the ePSXeLauncher.exe, it seems it would do something, but it keep as an active process but without doing nothing (it appears in the task manager as active...). After a few tests i've seen what i've told before: the ePSXe.exe that is in the respestive folder of the DVD is 167kb, i copy it to the respective folder of the hard disk (changing the one there was, that was 202kb), and then... the emulator works correctly!!! (with the new, of 167kb) But after this, when i turn off and on the computer... it comes the same problem, the executable (ePSXe.exe) has increased to 202kb again and it doesn't work... So i tried keeping a copy of the executable changing the name of it to make the copy-paste i did easier (without using the DVD, that is a spend of time :P), but the executable WITH the name changed (ex: "ePSXe.exe" changed to "safeePSXe.exe"), after turning off and on the PC...HAS CHANGED to 202kb and after changing the name to "ePSXe.exe" and replacing the one in the respective folder...DOESN'T WORK!! And the last thing i tried is what i said in the first post, trying if windows doesn't change anything, but it makes the same... It seems that is windows (i've Windows XP SP2) who changes the executable... And i don't know what more to try :'( And finally my PC: Intel Duo Core 3'4Ghz Motherboard: Asus P5W DH Deluxe Nvidia Geforce 7900GTX 1Gb Kingston Memory RAM And the hd, cd, ... it doesn't matter for this problem, no?

November 27th, 2006, 20:21	#6
Mr. Killjoy Translator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Somewhere I don't belong (La Rochelle, France) Posts: 7,829	It sounds like you got a virus... files aren't supposed to change of size for no reason __________________ CPU: Core 2 Q6600@3.2GHz - RAM: 4GB DDR2 (Corsair PC6400) VGA: GF GTX460 1024MB - Monitor: H233H 23" 1920x1080 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R - PSU: Antec NeoPower Blue 650w 24Mb/1Mb ADSL - Windows 7 Ultimate --------------------------------------------- All ePSXe plugins up-to-date http://mrkilljoy.deviantart.com/

November 28th, 2006, 00:58	#10
Al Fast Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Spain Posts: 3	Thanks to all Problem solved :P After a few scans i've not found any virus and i've dowloaded the ePSXe from the homepage, and after copying the archives i wanted to save (savegames, bios...), i've played this version and worked ok... including after rebooting the PC And yes, the one i was trying wasn't downloaded from the homepage, but a time ago (in another PC) it runed... and i think the exe change might be done by the launcher it had (to run that version i had to run an "ePSXeLauncher.exe", but with the official version there isn't this launcher, and it runs... so... there might be the problem). Now i can play to my old PSX games ok Thank for all and the (really) fast answers given. See u later (well, usually i don't post much, only when i've some problem or if i see i know the answer to something, but i'll be looking over here