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Community => Simutrans Help Center => Topic started by: snartumis on April 09, 2009, 05:38:54 pm

Title: when I double click simutrans.exe a window will show saying simutrans.exe has stopped working
Post by: snartumis on April 09, 2009, 05:38:54 pm
I am not sure if this is the right forum to ask. I followed the instructions to intall and as far as I can see I followed them correctly. Unfortunately when I double click simutrans.exe a window will show saying simutrans.exe has stopped working, windows is checking for a solution to the problem and they asked to close the program.

Can anybody help me with this issue.
I am using windows vista home premium.
I tried both the executable - version 102.0 windows native and window with sdl and both pak64 and pak128.

Thanks a lot.
Title: when I double click simutrans.exe a window will show saying simutrans.exe has stopped working
Post by: jamespetts on April 09, 2009, 06:56:18 pm
Look for settings.xml in the \My Documents\Simutrans folder, and delete it (after backing it up first). Sometimes, a corrupted or incompatible settings.xml file can cause a crash on starting. This is not necessarily what is causing your problem, but it is worth a try.

(Incidentally, it would probably have been better to have started a new thread, as this is a separate problem. And welcome to the forums!)
Title: Re: when I double click simutrans.exe a window will show saying simutrans.exe has stopped working
Post by: Isaac Eiland-Hall on April 10, 2009, 07:56:50 pm
Split. :)
Title: Re: when I double click simutrans.exe a window will show saying simutrans.exe has stopped working
Post by: snartumis on April 11, 2009, 03:04:23 pm
my apology for posting my question in the wrong thread.

Thanks james for your reply but I couldn't find "settings.xml" in the simutrans folder.

I used to play this game few years back on an XP Operating System.
Title: Re: when I double click simutrans.exe a window will show saying simutrans.exe has stopped working
Post by: wipi35 on April 11, 2009, 05:58:12 pm
I can confirm this behaviour, happens from time to time since I started using Vista. Unable to reproduce it.

Thanks james for your reply but I couldn't find "settings.xml" in the simutrans folder.

Neither could I!
Title: Re: when I double click simutrans.exe a window will show saying simutrans.exe has stopped working
Post by: jamespetts on April 11, 2009, 08:10:03 pm
Vista would be the bug, then...
Title: Re: when I double click simutrans.exe a window will show saying simutrans.exe has stopped working
Post by: Michael 'Cruzer' on April 12, 2009, 06:00:37 pm
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Thanks james for your reply but I couldn't find "settings.xml" in the simutrans folder.
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It's in the home user "Own Files" directory.

Like: "C:\Users\Username\Simutrans\"
Title: Re: when I double click simutrans.exe a window will show saying simutrans.exe ha
Post by: Dwachs on April 19, 2009, 03:05:12 pm
@snartunis: can you provide a screenshot of the situation? sometimes simutrans gives an indication where the error occurs.

could you reproduce the error with the newest nightly?