Duplicate copies of FSUIPC

[Gerrit Suichies]

Mr Dawson,

I encountered the following problems;

I could not connect to the IVAO network, the multiplayer session did not start. End of flying on the network.

I have FS9 on a partition which I formatted to heve a complete new and fresh start.

FS9 setup, FSUIPC the last verzion installed and registered (I am an registered user).

Next IVAP 4.0 installed. Ivap needs FSUIPC to connect to the IVAO network.

Next I received the following message: "There are duplicate copies of FSUIPC installed, please remove older copies and move them out of the Modules folder.

Next FS9 was shut down. End of excercise.

I tried it al over again, instead I first installed IVAP which gave me notice that I needed FSUIPC to continue. FSUIPC installed again with the same results.

I installed the latest versions what can be wrong? How do I recognize a duplicate version, I can,t see a duplicate version in the modules folder.

Regards Gerrit S.

[Pete Dowson]

Mr Dawson

It's "Dowson" actually, but call me Pete.

Next I received the following message: "There are duplicate copies of FSUIPC installed, please remove older copies and move them out of the Modules folder.

Next FS9 was shut down. End of excercise.

I tried it al over again, instead I first installed IVAP which gave me notice that I needed FSUIPC to continue. FSUIPC installed again with the same results.

I installed the latest versions what can be wrong? How do I recognize a duplicate version, I can,t see a duplicate version in the modules folder.

There are three possible ways this can occur:

1. There are indeed duplicate versions, possibly with different names. Renaming FSUIPC to something else will not necessarily stop it being loaded by FS. If it still looks like a DLL it will load and run.

2. There's a copy of FSUIPC, by its own or another name, in the main FS folder. Not so long ago it was found that FS will sometimes actually try to load modules there as well in the Modules folder.

3. There is still an FS session running, without a Window. That happens when you thought you closed FS down and it appeared to, but something (usually one add-on -- an earlier version of Active Camera, for instance, did this) actually refuses to close, so Windows cannot remove the process. Check for this by using Ctrl-Alt-Del and looking at the list of Processes.

There's really nothing else at all which I know of which can give the symptoms you mention. It has to be one of those three I think.

Regards,

Pete

[Gerrit Suichies]

Mr Dawson,

Some more information, I installed FS9 on a new partition and downloaded FSUIPC from the IVAO website version 3.0.3 ? in the belief that the latest version of FSUIPC was teh culprit.

After installing IVAP and FSUIPC and register I started FS9 hoping everything was allright now. I cloud not belief it: the same message again.

I give up flight simming, I had some fine flying hours in IVAO (nearly 100), but i can't find a way to connect to the Ivao network.

FS9 went down too. :( 8) 8)

Gerrit S.

[Pete Dowson]

Mr Dawson

As I said, it actually Dowson, but please call me Pete.

Some more information, I installed FS9 on a new partition and downloaded FSUIPC from the IVAO website version 3.0.3 ? in the belief that the latest version of FSUIPC was teh culprit.

There are only the possibilities I listed above. Did you check each one?

Regards,

Pete

[Gerrit Suichies]

Pete, accept my apologies by spelling your name wrong.

Thank you for your response. but I cannot make much sense of it.

I formatted a new partition and started all over again. FS9 , FSuipc, which I downloaded again to be sure to have the latest version.

Where could that old module hide, not in the new partition.

I searched for all the folders for FSuipc before formatting and the ones I found where put in the dustbin.

I spent two days in installing and uninstalling and the result is that I can't even open FS9 .This is not my finest hour, I spent some money in this game and the result is beyond belief.

The ultimate action will be to start all over again with Windows XP.

Regards Gerrit.

[Pete Dowson]

I formatted a new partition and started all over again. FS9 , FSuipc, which I downloaded again to be sure to have the latest version.

Where could that old module hide, not in the new partition.

I searched for all the folders for FSuipc before formatting and the ones I found where put in the dustbin.

If there's a duplicate it will not have that name. If it did have the same name it would be replaced when you added the new one!

I'm sorry I cannot see your system from here, but the check carried out by FSUIPC for a duplicate is essential. If it were to carry on regardless of that check FS would not work correctly in any case, but it would take a very long time to work out why. This used to happen before I added the check, and is the reason for it. It has been present in all versions of FSUIPC for about three years and has never been wrong yet.

I spent two days in installing and uninstalling and the result is that I can't even open FS9 .

If you cannot open FS9 without FSUIPC installed, then you need to look elsewhere. That is your first priority, to get FS working. Do not install FSUIPC or any other add-ons until you can load and run FS9 successfully.

Regards

Pete

[Gerrit Suichies]

Pete, after my last reply I again tried to open FS9, I don't give up so easily.

To my surprise FS9 opened I cpuld connect to the Ivao network as if nothing had happened.

It was late in the evening so I did not fly actually.

Yesterday I had no time to fly but think it all over.

I don't know if am right, but this could be the problem:

I downloaded the latest version of FSUIPC and thereafther IVAP.

In IVAP you will be asked if you want to upgrade to FSUIPC v. 3.45.( I did not),because I had the latest version 4.0.

This caused the conflict I described. I suppose.

Next I installed FS9 again, but loaded FSUIPC from the IVAO website and when asked in IVAP to upgrade I did. It seems to work on fine now.

I will report to Ivao if my sugestion could be right.

Thanks for your support,

Gerrit.

[Pete Dowson]

In IVAP you will be asked if you want to upgrade to FSUIPC v. 3.45.( I did not),because I had the latest version 4.0.

The latest is 3.47. I assume your "4.0" is a misprint? Or are you looking at something else? Maybe that's a clue?

This caused the conflict I described. I suppose.

Unless the IVAO install puts a renamed FSUIPC into the Modules folder (i.e. one not actually called FSUIPC.DLL), or places it, incorrectly, into the main FS folder, I really don't think that is a possibility.

Next I installed FS9 again, but loaded FSUIPC from the IVAO website and when asked in IVAP to upgrade I did. It seems to work on fine now. I will report to Ivao if my sugestion could be right.

Please cross-check EXACTLY what you are doing when you think you are installing FSUIPC version "4.0", which doesn't exist. That is the main suspicious part now. I really doubt very much that the IVAO install will be doing anything wrong.

Regards,

Pete