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Installation problem.

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Forum Name: Opus Software
Forum Description: Support for OpusFSX for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Lockheed Martin Prepar3D.
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Topic: Installation problem.

Posted By: youngie63
Subject: Installation problem.
Date Posted: January-31-2023 at 3:48am

G’day all, we recently purchased OpusFSI_v6 as a management tool for a Buttkicker for our 737 simulator (P3Dv4.5). The install progressed seamlessly, using the setup guide as a reference. On completion of the install, we ran the Opus icon as an administrator. The Opus interface opened followed immediately by an. ‘Unhandled Exception Error’ message

“Could not load file or assembly ‘SlimDX.dll’ or one of its dependencies. Is not a valid Win32 application (Exception from HRESULT:0x800700C1).”

We have been at it for a few weeks now and it has now got the better of both of us.

Any ideas as what is going on? Happy to provide any information pertinent to the install.

Thanks in advance

Steve Young

Canberra

Replies:

Posted By: Opus Software
Date Posted: January-31-2023 at 3:51am

The SlimDX libraries must be missing on your windows install. Run the supplied SlimDX MSI install file in your OpusFSI v6 folder.

Regards

Stephen

Posted By: youngie63
Date Posted: January-31-2023 at 7:23am

Thanks mate, will give it a go and advise the result

Cheers Steve

Posted By: Opus Software
Date Posted: January-31-2023 at 7:25am

You may also want to install all supplied Redist packages just for good measure.

Regards

Stephen

Posted By: youngie63
Date Posted: February-01-2023 at 6:43pm

G’day Stephen

I checked in C:\Windows\WinWOW64 which is where slimDX.dll is supposed to be kept and It wasn’t there. So I installed it by hand, and rebooted.

Still get the same error message though. Any other thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers Steve

Posted By: Opus Software
Date Posted: February-02-2023 at 2:53am

You MUST install using our supplied SlimDX msi file. Also install all supplied Redist packages, both x86 and x64.

Stephen

Posted By: youngie63
Date Posted: February-02-2023 at 3:27am

Thanks Stephen, will revisit that and run those installers. Another question that may seem somewhat ‘silly’ - does the software need to be activated using the serial key received on purchase? I didn’t see anything in the ‘Getting Started’ instructions but curious just the same.

Cheers Steve

Posted By: Opus Software
Date Posted: February-02-2023 at 3:33am

After purchase a licence file (.lic) is created for your PC. This is hardware specific. Your key file (.key) is only needed if you need to activate a new licence on a new PC or have made changes to your current PC (installed new windows op sys for example).

If you do need to install on a new PC then the key file is used with the Purchase EXE wrapper again to create the new licence file without actually re-purchasing the software.

Regards

Stephen

Posted By: youngie63
Date Posted: February-02-2023 at 4:34am

Thanks Stephen, that clears that up. Will let you know how we go with the other install problem. Appreciate the quick response

Cheers Steve

Posted By: youngie63
Date Posted: February-04-2023 at 12:18am

Having run the Slim DX and all Redistribution files we still have the same problem. We are running an old version of Win 10 (1909) that’s compliments our iFly setup. Does it require a later version?

To be clear the only SlimDX installer l can find is the SlimDX Runtime.NET 4.0x64 (January 2012) and we have run that. What is the result of running that installer and what should we see?

Cheers Steve

Posted By: Opus Software
Date Posted: February-04-2023 at 10:04am

It should install the SlimDX libraries on your system, you would see a typical Microsoft Install process. Make sure any AV software is shutdown so that it is not blocked. Make sure you have installed OpusFSI in its own ‘root’ folder (e.g. c:\OpusFSI_v6).

Stephen

Posted By: Opus Software
Date Posted: February-04-2023 at 10:05am

Also make sure your Windows system is fully up to date. Reboot after installing the SlimDX msi.

Stephen

Posted By: Opus Software
Date Posted: February-04-2023 at 10:26am

I have just installed OpusFSI v6 on a newly built Windows 11 PC. I got the error message..

************** Exception Text **************

System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'SlimDX.dll' or one of its dependencies. is not a valid Win32 application. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800700C1)

File name: 'SlimDX.dll'

at d.f()

at bx.bp()

at bx.x(Object A_0, EventArgs A_1)

at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.OnTick(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.TimerNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

I then installed our supplied.

SlimDX Runtime .NET 4.0 x64 (January 2012).msi

in our standard c:\OpusFSI_v6 folder, for use by Anyone using the computer. I then ran the P3DSERVER.EXE in Admin Mode again (without rebooting) and all ran OK.

Regards

Stephen

Posted By: youngie63
Date Posted: February-04-2023 at 4:36pm

Cheers Stephen, l will most likely uninstall and try again as per your instructions. Are there likely to to any residual files hanging around after the uninstall that need to be removed before reinstall?

Cheers Steve

Posted By: Opus Software
Date Posted: February-05-2023 at 3:25am

Could just try uninstalling SlimDX then shutdown any AV software and install our msi within your c:\OpusFSI_v6 folder. Finally run P3DSERVER.EXE in Admin Mode.

Stephen

Posted By: Opus Software
Date Posted: February-05-2023 at 3:25am

Make sure your Windows op sys is fully up to date.

Stephen