unable to launch bigbox or launchbox from NAS

[Former user]

I can launch both programs from 2 other laptops but not from one desktop PC (all machines running latest win 10 build).

this error appears when running both launchbox and big box exe files from the remote folder. Launchbox app and games both located on a nas shared folder.

System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'xinput1_3.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E) at SharpDX.XInput.XInput.XInputGetState_(Int32 arg0, Void* arg1) at SharpDX.XInput.XInput.XInputGetState(Int32 dwUserIndex, State& stateRef) at () at LaunchBox.GameControllerHandler.GetCurrentDevices() at BigBox.Data.OptionsListItem..ctor(String name, Action1 saveAction, Action1 loadAction, Func1 getValues, Boolean playDefaultSound) at () at BigBox.Data.OptionsPages.get_Controller() at BigBox.ViewModels.OptionsViewModel..ctor(MainViewModel mainViewModel) at BigBox.ViewModels.MainViewModel..ctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type) at Caliburn.Micro.BootstrapperBase.DisplayRootViewFor(Type viewModelType, IDictionary2 settings) at (Bootstrapper , Object , StartupEventArgs ) at BigBox.Bootstrapper.OnStartup(Object sender, StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e) at System.Windows.Application.<.ctor>b__1_0(Object unused) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

[Jason Carr]

Hi Anonymous, this happens because certain DirectX libraries are missing from that machine. If you just run the LaunchBox setup program on that machine, it should add the missing libraries. You don't have to keep the installation have running the install.