#472 Unable to execute file fgrun.exe Error 14001 application has failed to start

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: joza...@hotmail.com

*What steps will reproduce the problem?*
1.Flight gear installation
2.Trying to start flightgear
3.

*What is the expected output? What do you see instead?*

flight gear install, errors come up

unable to execute file:
H:\programFiles\FlightGear 2.4.0\bin\win32\fgrun.exe

Createprocess faile; code 14001.
This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. reinstalling the application may fix this problem

and

unable to execute file:
H:\programFiles\FlightGear 2.4.0\bin\win32\fgadmin.exe

Createprocess failed; code 14001.
This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. reinstalling the application may fix this problem

*Any output in the console (black window)?*
???

*What FlightGear version are you using (when using GIT version, please
mention date)?*

flight gear v2.4

*What operating system and graphics card?*

Windows Xp Pro SP3

Nvidia Gforce 8400 512mb

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: bre... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

Looks like a corrupt installation of fgrun. Probably not much we can do. CCing Frederic, in case he has any idea on fgrun/Windows installation. Closing otherwise...

Labels: Windows
Cc: frbo...@gmail.com
Status: NeedInfo

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: frbo... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

fgrun is not supposed to start itself or fgadmin

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: gijsrooy

Related forum topic: http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=13904
With several (possible) solutions (no-one tried the latest yet...).

Summary: Unable to execute file fgrun.exe Error 14001 application has failed to start

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: frbo... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

download vcredist_x86.exe from this page : http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26368 (the 3rd item, for 32bit systems), install it and retry

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: frbo... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

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Status: Testing

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: gijsrooy

Fixed, according to http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=143049#p143049

Status: Fixed

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: gijsrooy

Not a FG issue actually :)

Status: Invalid

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: frbo... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

if you are not able to run fgrun or fgadmin with this error, it's unlikely fgfs will run very well ;)

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: bre... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

A missing dependency issue. The redistributables change with every MSVC version, so that's a frequent problem. They could be added to the fgfs release installer, so user's get the vcredist automatically, if they're still missing the matching version. That's what setups of "professional payware" do (my employer does that ;-) ), but I'm not sure how easy that is and if our Windows setup would capable of bundling this at all.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: gijsrooy

Well, it's in the FAQ now, so I'd say that we can leave it out of the package...
http://wiki.flightgear.org/Frequently_asked_questions#Unable_to_execute_file:_bin.2FWin32.2Ffgrun.exe_during_installation

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: bre... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

Ok. May also be a good idea to add this as a hint/requirement to the Windows installer (FG download page).
Do we stick to MSVC9 for the official FG 2.6.0 setup, or do we switch to the MSVC10 compiler? If we switch, we'll need the MSVC10 redistributables instead:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5555

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: frbo... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

The plan is to switch to MSVC 10 as soon as I have access to the Jenkins server. The transition as already been made to the nightly build.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: bre... (code.google.com)@gmail.com

Ok. Hope power is restored and Jenkins back soon (how long can US guys survive without electricity? ;-) )