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SDC Suddenly Crashing on Launch

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I updated SDC this morning on a Win2K rig that had an existing SDC version which was relatively old (but still 2.x). After the mandatory reboot, SDC crashes on launch, triggers a Dr. Watson message and closes.

Strangely enough, I later launced SDC on my XP rig at work and got the nice MS error report message and SDC closed. I had updated SDC on the XP rig 1 or 2 days ago and had been running SDC without any problems until the first launch today.

I had another Win2K rig with an older version of SDC on it, so I decided I'd try updating that one to see if the same crash would occur. After reboot, SDC opens normally without crashing on that rig, but it defaults to the News section each time it's launched, despite having the "remember settings" option selected and closing it while in Object Desktop view.

I'm a bit stumped - now have 2 rigs on which SDC won't launch. Newsgroup server appears to be down, too - I was going to uninstall SDC, download the latest downloadable installer & let it update again, but can't for now.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Daiwa
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Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"C" version works for me. FYI I upgraded over the "default" 205 version available for download from https://www.stardock.com/products/sdcentral/ and the new version is working fine (so far)

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
2.09c.342

was gonna follow Boss's advice and do the repair 1st - clicked on SDC by habit, it's didn't close but said there was an update... and it took
Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I may have spoken too soon.

I read Riahon's post Link and decided to give it a try. Now I have the same problem Digital 2 won't download - fails - and when I try to delete it, it just re-queues.
Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
other downloads seem to be working
Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
still can't get the other to delete.
Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top
Mebion -

Looks like the update to 2.09c.342 Build 94 managed to uncheck the *Enable MCP Smart Startup* item in SDC Settings. Just re-check it - everything's back to normal here after doing so.

And thanks SD for the prompt fix.

Cheers,
Daiwa
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Daiwa-

Many thanks, but all necessary boxes are checked and I am at a loss to know what to do next, except repeat the last exercise of reloading a Ghost image and prevent SDC updating.
Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Joy of joys! An uninstall, a download of 2.05 Build 83 and an update to Build 94 eventually seems to have restored normallity.
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The latest update fixes SDC. But is a fix for Desktop coming soon?
Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmmm... I just changed servers to California (just for the halibut) and it crashes. Changing back to Chicago server makes it work again!

2.09c.342 build 93

the update to 2.09c.342 Build 94


I don't get a notification to update to this build. Why? I have notifications of betas turned off - is it a beta?

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