xylem Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 just tried to update DCS world. At the very end a notice said can't find exe file and can't launch the app. I checked E:/DCS/DCS World/bin\DCS.exe and sure enough the exe file is gone. A search of my computer cannot locate it. My DCS sim has been in this location (and working)for years. Can somebody advise me on how to solve this? Thermaltake View 71 Snow, Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master, i9-9900K Coffee Lake,8core,16 Thread,3.6 GHz, Corsair Vengeance Pro 64 GB, NZXT Kraken X72 AIO CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid, Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilWillis Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Look for the update executable that is the usual route to run DCS World. Failing that, run a repair, whichoose should download and install any missing elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piXel496 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 start -> programs -> eagle dynamics -> DCS world repair ? old stuff I made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilWillis Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Yes, or you can also find it in the bin folder of the DCS World install too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunf Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 DCS runs fine? Try manual update - open your dcs world folder, select bin, shift+right click on it, select Open command window here from the menu. Type dcs_updater.exe update, in command prompt and press enter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylem Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) I created an icon from exe-update file and moved it to the desktop. The 'target' of the old icon and the new one both point to the updater file, but neither will open it. I notice the the update log file and the error msg both use the pathway containing "...DCS World\bin/DCS.exe..." please note the slash marks. I believe somebody inserted a wrong slash after 'bin.' Autoupdate temp log shows: "ERROR: Can't run E:\Game Apps\Digital Combat Simulator\DCS World\bin/DCS.exe: (2) The system cannot find the file specified." I also can find no 'repair' file. Perhaps someone could advise how I would do a repair? edit: I also notice that there is a "run.exe" file with an icon in the 'DCS World' folder. Is that the original exe file; (afraid to click it now). Edited December 26, 2016 by xylem Thermaltake View 71 Snow, Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master, i9-9900K Coffee Lake,8core,16 Thread,3.6 GHz, Corsair Vengeance Pro 64 GB, NZXT Kraken X72 AIO CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid, Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piXel496 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) [edited] If you create a shortcut to your desktop of dcs_updater.exe then right click it go to properties and add the word: repair Then target would look something like: ..\DCS beta\bin\DCS_updater.exe" repair apply and double click the shortcut. then update will do a repair oops te word in target should be: repair..... :santa: Edited December 26, 2016 by piXel496 oops wrong wordzzz old stuff I made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylem Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Thanks for your advice Pixel. Still having probs tho. clicking one of the icons on desk caused it to check for update; so I let the update run again. Now I have new items in my start menu, including a 'repair' file. But the app will still not load, so I ran the repair app: afterward it said DCS had been repaired. I then ran DCS again and it tried to load the entry screen but after a few seconds gives up and and notifies that a 'problem with the program caused it to shut down.' I have no idea what's happening, but the update file seems to have porked my comp. or maybe it's more Win 10 crap... BTW -the new update is v 155 6053 215; is that correct? Thanks.... Thermaltake View 71 Snow, Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master, i9-9900K Coffee Lake,8core,16 Thread,3.6 GHz, Corsair Vengeance Pro 64 GB, NZXT Kraken X72 AIO CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid, Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piXel496 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 155 6053 215 is correct. Now your problem gets a bit a-specific. although there is a log file for dcs in ../users/[user]/savegames/dcs/logs/dcs.log wich you can open with a text editor to see if you have recognizable odities. And there is. The worst case scenario wich is reinstall fresh. :huh: old stuff I made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted December 27, 2016 ED Team Share Posted December 27, 2016 My advice. delete DCS start again Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylem Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 ok, guys. Very grateful for your suggestions; and I agree that I should reinstall. It's been so long since I did this that I don't remember how I did it. I assume I uninstall just 'DCS world', and reinstall, correct? I also have LOMAC still installed from 10 or 12 yrs ago-can I uninstall that or do I still need it? I also have blackshark and assume I should keep it? I also bought A!0C and a number of missions and campaigns- will they be returned to my account or do I have to search for codes or receipts? Sorry to be so nubish. And I really appreciate your help..... Thermaltake View 71 Snow, Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master, i9-9900K Coffee Lake,8core,16 Thread,3.6 GHz, Corsair Vengeance Pro 64 GB, NZXT Kraken X72 AIO CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid, Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted December 27, 2016 ED Team Share Posted December 27, 2016 LOMAC is old, and unsupported now. Do you have the original blackshark? or blackshark 2, BS2 will work with the new DCSWorld BS1 will not Yes un-install and also delete your DCS folder in saved game so you can start fresh C:\Users\yourname\Saved Games\DCS Latest DCS can be found here https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/world/stable/ minimum / recommended specification here Minimum system requirements: OS 64-bit Windows 7/8/10; DirectX11; CPU: Core i3; RAM: 8 GB; Free hard disk space: 30 GB; Video: 2 GB RAM card, DirectX11 - compatible; requires internet activation. Recommended system requirements: OS 64-bit Windows 7/8/10; DirectX11; CPU: Core i5+; RAM: 16GB; Hard disk space: 30 GB; Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX780 / ATI R9 290 DirectX11 or better; Joystick; requires internet activation. Make sure all of your keys are bound to your ED account here https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/personal/licensing/ just login and check your keys are bound to your account correctly, then when you login ingame your modules will download via the ingame module manager some FAQs Here https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/faq/ hope it helps Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylem Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Hello BIGNEWY. I was interrupted by the holidays but am back now trying to get DCS reinstalled. I followed your advice: uninstalled and deleted DCS folder in saved games. I D/L'd the program from your link and reinstalled. I still have no success. When I try to run DCS I get a screen which is blank except for the words "DCS not responding." I also get a window screen saying "DCS has stopped working" and "problem caused PGm to stop working correctly." I will enclose my log file. As you can see all errors are of the nature " VFS: can't mount...." I am sorry to take up your time but I wonder if you could give me your advise on this problem? Thanks.... edit: I also tried disabling both the anti-virus and firewall. The only difference is that instead of a blank screen I now get the black DCS splash screen, but all else is the same and program won't start. I have also tried the 'repair' function and that didn't help either.Logs.zip Edited January 10, 2017 by xylem Thermaltake View 71 Snow, Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master, i9-9900K Coffee Lake,8core,16 Thread,3.6 GHz, Corsair Vengeance Pro 64 GB, NZXT Kraken X72 AIO CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid, Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uboats Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Is your graphic card Radeon HD 4870? DCS requires DX11 support, while Radeon HD 4870 is DX10 only [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My DCS Mods, Skins, Utilities and Scripts | Windows 10 | i7-4790K | GTX 980Ti Hybrid | 32GB RAM | 3TB SSD | | TM Warthog Stick | CH Pro Throttle + Pro Pedal | TIR5 Pro | TM MFD Cougar | Gun Camera: PrtScn | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylem Posted January 11, 2017 Author Share Posted January 11, 2017 Hmmm. Never thought of that. This problem only started with the V155 update. My machine is running DX12 and DxDiagnosis shows no problem, and all other programs run fine. Can anyone suggest what video card would run on my machine? Is there a way to run another version of DCS? If not I guess I'm out of the game for a while... Thanks Thermaltake View 71 Snow, Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master, i9-9900K Coffee Lake,8core,16 Thread,3.6 GHz, Corsair Vengeance Pro 64 GB, NZXT Kraken X72 AIO CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid, Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uboats Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Hmmm. Never thought of that. This problem only started with the V155 update. My machine is running DX12 and DxDiagnosis shows no problem, and all other programs run fine. Can anyone suggest what video card would run on my machine? Is there a way to run another version of DCS? If not I guess I'm out of the game for a while... Thanks could you try to delete the fxo and metashader folder under saved game/dcs.xxx? or if possible, delete the whole dcs.openalpha folder (or rename it) then, reinstall DX, graphic driver, and vs redistribute packages (in dcs xxx installation folder/distr/) and try. Can you play DCS 1.5.4? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My DCS Mods, Skins, Utilities and Scripts | Windows 10 | i7-4790K | GTX 980Ti Hybrid | 32GB RAM | 3TB SSD | | TM Warthog Stick | CH Pro Throttle + Pro Pedal | TIR5 Pro | TM MFD Cougar | Gun Camera: PrtScn | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylem Posted January 12, 2017 Author Share Posted January 12, 2017 Hi uboats. several comments: I assume I played v1.5.4 but not sure. I generally just update when a msg appears during load, and I just did that for 155. After that nothing worked. I looked at the specs for my video card and you are correct- it does not indicate support for anything above DX 10. In fact my machine does seem to be getting along in age :) but I don't have time now to build another one. I did however order a new graphics card and it arrived today. My plan is to install the new card and see if it resolves the problem. If it does not then I will try your other remedies. With regard to that I have a couple of questions: fxo is in 'saved games' but metashaders are in 'bazar' in the DCS install folder - Is that the folder I should delete? and I assume you ment 'vcredist_64.exe', is that correct? In any case I should have the card in by next week. And I am very grateful for you help. -Tom btw- I served several years in the Submarine Service so I like your moniker :) Thermaltake View 71 Snow, Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master, i9-9900K Coffee Lake,8core,16 Thread,3.6 GHz, Corsair Vengeance Pro 64 GB, NZXT Kraken X72 AIO CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid, Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted January 12, 2017 ED Team Share Posted January 12, 2017 It will be the card, directx 10.1 users seemed to get away with it for a while but as 1.5 progressed only Directx 11 cards will do now. Enjoy your new card when it arrives :) Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uboats Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 fxo is in 'saved games' but metashaders are in 'bazar' in the DCS install folder - Is that the folder I should delete? Yes fxo under saved game, but for 1.5.x no metashader in saved game. My suggestion is to delete the bin folder of DCS, and fxo/metashader and missioneditor folder (all in dcs installation folder). And then make a repair. Then try DCS again. 'vcredist_64.exe', is that correct? correct. also try to repair your windows config. Install/uninstall other software may change the system config, and subsequently affect other software. also try to re-install DX, graphic driver (latest) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] My DCS Mods, Skins, Utilities and Scripts | Windows 10 | i7-4790K | GTX 980Ti Hybrid | 32GB RAM | 3TB SSD | | TM Warthog Stick | CH Pro Throttle + Pro Pedal | TIR5 Pro | TM MFD Cougar | Gun Camera: PrtScn | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylem Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 OK. And thanks for your help guys. regards Thermaltake View 71 Snow, Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master, i9-9900K Coffee Lake,8core,16 Thread,3.6 GHz, Corsair Vengeance Pro 64 GB, NZXT Kraken X72 AIO CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid, Win 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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