BB launch error if DX corrupted

[Martin Conroy]

Got the below error which I suspect is due to a corrupt DirectX file

(Inner Exception)

HRESULT: [0x80004005], Module: [General], ApiCode: [E_FAIL/Unspecified error], Message: Unspecified error

App: Big Box Version: 7.11-beta-3 Type: SharpDX.SharpDXException Site: Void CheckError() Source: SharpDX

at SharpDX.Result.CheckError() at SharpDX.DirectInput.DInput.DirectInput8Create(IntPtr hinst, Int32 dwVersion, Guid riidltf, IntPtr& vOutOut, ComObject unkOuterRef) at SharpDX.DirectInput.DirectInput..ctor() at () at Unbroken.LaunchBox.GameControllerHandler.get_Input() at () at Unbroken.LaunchBox.GameControllerHandler.GetCurrentDevices() at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.BigBox.Data.OptionsListItem..ctor(String name, Action1 saveAction, Action1 loadAction, Func`1 getValues, Boolean playDefaultSound) at () at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.BigBox.Data.OptionsPages.get_Controller() at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.BigBox.ViewModels.OptionsViewModel..ctor(MainViewModel mainViewModel) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.BigBox.ViewModels.MainViewModel..ctor()

(Outer Exception)

Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

App: Big Box Version: 7.11-beta-3 Type: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException Site: System.Object CreateInstance(System.RuntimeType, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean ByRef, System.RuntimeMethodHandleInternal ByRef, Boolean ByRef) Source: mscorlib

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, IDictionary`2 settings) at (Bootstrapper , Object , StartupEventArgs ) at Unbroken.LaunchBox.Wpf.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)

Recent Log:

4:22:26 PM Exception

[Martin Conroy]

Unfortunately not even removing the settings.xml and bigboxsettings.xml and having them recreated fixed this so now I basically can't use BB :(

[Martin Conroy]

Established this is the same as #2344 and #2945. However, re-installation of LB did not fix this, neither did installing the runtimes from here

[Martin Conroy]

FYI - I have resolved but thought I'd leave the solution here for reference. What I did was to uninstall all Visual C++ and DirectX updates from Settings ... Apps, then reinstall LaunchBox. Clearly there was some corruption there, but these files must not be updated by the installer - maybe they are in use? After this all was fine. Unfortunately I brutally uninstalled all the updates so not sure exactly which one is the issue. Think the only "good" solution would be if the LB install process forced these files to be overwritten.

[Martin Conroy]

One final comment. This does NOT guarantee that plugins work.