Loaded XBMC 10.1 on a W7 Machine and it won't start. An Icon shows in the quick launch bar on the bottom and when I click it I see something start up quickly but it disappears off the screen in under a second. I looked in Start All Programs but it doesn't show up as a program and in control panel programs its not listed - Im looking for something called xbmc.
2011-03-19, 02:41
I've downloaded it twice now and reinstalled it twice with the same error. I have 64 bit windows 7 and if I right click the icon to close it it comes back with a error .....its location and in the error box >> the parameter is incorrect while it closes.
2011-03-19, 16:50
It does work under 64 bit Windows 7. Are you installing a nightly version or the 10.1 release version? If it is not showing up in control panels/programs then I would think it is not installing properly. Are you installing under a restricted account?
2011-05-05, 21:51
im having the same issue, when i click on it from the start menu the thinking spinner comes up and then windows asks me if i want to allow XBMC to make changes to the computer. i say yes then it does nothing. shortly after that my computer locks up and i have to hard reboot. same OS W7 64bit. ive got the 1GB GDDR5 Radeon HD 6770M
2011-05-06, 00:27
Have you updated your Radeon drivers? Did you do a full install? What version of XBMC are you using?
2011-05-06, 09:49
2011-05-06, 17:08
kricker Wrote:Have you updated your Radeon drivers? Did you do a full install? What version of XBMC are you using?
the computer is brand new. i just got it 2 days ago. running the latest stable release 10.1
2011-05-06, 17:11
Then do as jhsrennie suggests. And post the log for review.
2011-05-06, 18:07
kricker Wrote:Then do as jhsrennie suggests. And post the log for review.
just tried the above instructions, i got the first part to work but when i try and run the .log command i get an error. "windows cannot find user C:\users\austin' make sure you have typed the name correctly and try again.
running %appdata%\xbmc\xbmc.log
also note that whenever i try to run XBMC it renders my computer usless until i hard restart. if i try and use firefox or anything else it just sits there and does nothing. if i try and normal restart my computer will sit in the "windows is shutting down" screen forever.
2011-05-06, 18:29
Okay hold up. So if from a clean boot you try to run firefox or any other app it does nothing?
2011-05-06, 19:04
austin713 Wrote:just tried the above instructions, i got the first part to work but when i try and run the .log command i get an error. "windows cannot find user C:\users\austin' make sure you have typed the name correctly and try again.
running %appdata%\xbmc\xbmc.log
also note that whenever i try to run XBMC it renders my computer usless until i hard restart. if i try and use firefox or anything else it just sits there and does nothing. if i try and normal restart my computer will sit in the "windows is shutting down" screen forever.
Ah, you probably have a space in the username. Try putting the Run command in quotes i.e.
"%appdata%\xbmc\xbmc.log"
JR
2011-05-07, 02:33
kricker Wrote:Okay hold up. So if from a clean boot you try to run firefox or any other app it does nothing?
everything opens fine if i havent tried to run XBMC. once i try and run it is when everything stops working
2011-05-07, 02:46
Okay. I was thinking that is what you meant. I just wanted to clarify. Did you try jhsrennie's latest suggestion?
2011-05-08, 23:39
ok for some reason for a stroke of luck it has all the sudden started letting me in. for some reason now it is not letting me play anything. here is the log
http://pastebin.com/TeM4BNqq
http://pastebin.com/TeM4BNqq
