FSUIPC Error/Crash

[SkylarM]

So I tried upgrading to the latest (4.558 or something like that) today, and now I get:

"Flight Simulator has detected a problem with a third-party software program (add-on):

Name: FSUIPC4 DLL: FS new universal IPC interface

Version: 4.53

Company: Peter L. Dowson

File: Modules\FSUIPC4.dll

I hit YES I want to run it, then my FSX stops responding. I have re-installed 3 times now to no avail (back to 4.53).

FSUIPC file:

********* FSUIPC4, Version 4.53 by Pete Dowson *********

User Name="Skylar macMinn"

User Addr="daisilwws@gmail.com"

FSUIPC4 Key is provided

WIDEFS7 not user registered, or expired

Running inside FSX on Windows Vista (using SimConnect Acc/SP2 Oct07)

Module base=61000000

Wind smoothing fix is fully installed

DebugStatus=15

78 System time = 28/12/2009 17:54:43

78 FLT UNC path = "C:\Users\Skylar\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files\"

78 FS UNC path = "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\"

702 LogOptions=00000000 00000001

702 SimConnect_Open succeeded: waiting to check version okay

2434 Running in "Microsoft Flight Simulator X", Version: 10.0.61637.0 (SimConnect: 10.0.61259.0)

2434 Initialising SimConnect data requests now

2434 FSUIPC Menu entry added

2481 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\FLIGHTS\OTHER\FLTSIM.FLT

2481 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\Aircreation_582SL\Aircreation_582SL.AIR

10016 System time = 28/12/2009 17:54:53

10016 *** FSUIPC log file being closed

Memory managed: 6 Allocs, 6 Freed

********* FSUIPC Log file closed ***********

FSUIPC INSTALL file

Installer for FSUIPC4.DLL version 4.53

Looking in registry for FSX install path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\10.0

Parameter"SetupPath"

... >>> OK! FOUND FSX! <<< ...

Looking in registry for ESP install path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft ESP\1.0

Parameter"SetupPath"

Not there, so looking in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft ESP\1.0

Parameter"AppPath"

... NOT found! ...

===========================================================

INSTALLATION FOR FSX:

AppPath="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\"

Checking version of FSX.EXE:

... Version 10.0.61637.0 (Need at least 10.0.60905.0)

Checking compatibility with installed SimConnect:

Found SimConnect build 60905 (Original)

Found SimConnect build 61259 (Acc/SP2 Oct07)

Checking if there's already a version of FSUIPC4 installed in:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\FSUIPC4.DLL

... Version 4.530 found.

FSX Modules folder already exists.

Okay -- installed FSUIPC4 into "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\FSUIPC4.DLL"

Looking for the current user's Application Data path:

... found as "C:\Users\Skylar\AppData\Roaming"

Now finding \Microsoft\FSX\FSX.CFG for all users, including this one

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\AppData\Roaming"

Found FSX.CFG in "C:\Users\Skylar\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\FSX.CFG"

Now checking DLL.XML ...

... There is a previous DLL.XML, checking for FSUIPC4 section.

No previous FSUIPC4 entry found, so adding it now ...

... FSUIPC4 section of DLL.XML written okay

Now checking for a SimConnect.XML file ...

... No SimConnect.XML file found. This is okay.

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Application Data\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Contacts\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Cookies\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Desktop\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Documents\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Downloads\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Favorites\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Links\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Local Settings\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Music\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\My Documents\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\NetHood\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Office Genuine Advantage\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Pictures\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\PrintHood\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Recent\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Saved Games\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Searches\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\SendTo\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Start Menu\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Templates\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Looking in "C:\Users\Skylar\Videos\Roaming"

No FSX.CFG there

Now installing additional files into the Modules folder:

Installed "FSUIPC4 User Guide.pdf" okay

Installed "FSUIPC4 for Advanced Users.pdf" okay

Installed "FSUIPC4 History.pdf" okay

Installed "List of FSX controls.pdf" okay

Installed "GlobalSign Root.exe" okay

Installed "FSUIPC Lua Library.pdf" okay

Installed "FSUIPC Lua Plug-Ins.pdf" okay

Installed "Lua License.pdf" okay

Installed "Example LUA plugins.zip" okay

FSUIPC4.DLL installed and signature checked out okay!

Deleted GlobalSign Root fix programno longer relevant

===========================================================

All installer tasks completed okay!

Registration check for FSUIPC4 was successful! (result code 00)

*************** End of Install Log ***************

[SkylarM]

Also want to note that when I overwrite the FSUIPC4.DLL file (as the other thread suggested), I get the same error just the version reads as the latest.

[Pete Dowson]

So I tried upgrading to the latest (4.558 or something like that) today, and now I get:

"Flight Simulator has detected a problem with a third-party software program (add-on):

Name: FSUIPC4 DLL: FS new universal IPC interface

Version: 4.53

Company: Peter L. Dowson

File: Modules\FSUIPC4.dll

That is not 4.558, but 4.53.

I hit YES I want to run it, then my FSX stops responding. I have re-installed 3 times now to no avail (back to 4.53).

"Back"? But it says it is 4.53!?

Sorry, but everything in this report is related to 4.53. Is that what you mean, that you cannot run 4.53? The log shows it running okay. The install shows it installing okay. Why would you want to install it 3 times when once is enough?

Please explain what the problem is and what version it is you really mean. Everything, apart from the message above, shows 4.53 is working correctly. The Log shows 4.53 is working even if the message doesn't. Which is correct?

You second message is even more confusing:

Also want to note that when I overwrite the FSUIPC4.DLL file (as the other thread suggested), I get the same error just the version reads as the latest.

What "other thread"? If this is a continuation of something you already started, why not keep it in the same thread so that there is some continuity. It is not easy to follow what you are talking about otherwise.

So please could you answer these quite simple questions?

1. Have you ever used FSUIPC4 before?

2. Which version and was it working okay for you?

3. If it was okay and has stopped working, what have you changed in the mean time?

[LATER]

It occurs to me that you might have a problem in your SimConnect files, just like the one eventually found and fixed in this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=54&t=78579

Perhaps you could show me your DLL.XML and EXE.XML files? I expect there's a problem in one of those. They can be found in the same folder as FSX.CFG, i.e.

C:\Users\Skylar\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX

Regards

Pete

[SkylarM]

Sorry I worded it completely wrong.

I have had FSUIPC for a while now, just recently got the registered version. I have been running FSUIPC 4.53 for a while now just fine.

I updated to the latest via the sticky post, and that's when I started getting errors -- thus I deleted the files, and tried to re-install 4.53

[Pete Dowson]

I have had FSUIPC for a while now, just recently got the registered version.

The version is the same, registration merely makes the User facilities available.

I have been running FSUIPC 4.53 for a while now just fine. I updated to the latest via the sticky post

The Updates announcement, you mean? And did you simply copy the DLL in, no other changes? Because that's al that is needed.

... and that's when I started getting errors

Okay .. so you changed something else as well. Merely copying in the DLL won't introduce any new serious errors.

-- thus I deleted the files

What "files", exactly? Surely only the one you copied -- FSUIPC4.DLL. I hope you haven't deleted anything else.

... and tried to re-install 4.53

Why "tried"? The log showed you succeeded.

Is there still a problem? I'm lost now. If you currently have a problem with 4.53 installed, and you didn't before, with 4.53 installed, then you've changed something else in FSX - another add-on installed or reinstalled, perhaps? Did you check that other thread I pointed you to? In that case exactly your error occurred because of a corrupted FSX file, either or both of the EXE.XML or DLL.XML files. Fixing those fixed the problem.

Regards

Pete

[SkylarM]

I used a backup copy of my DLL and EXE files and it seems to be working now.

I hadn't modified anything else AT ALL. I copied the DLL from the Updates announcement thread, and then when I booted up FSX I'd get the error I posted, then FSX would "stop responding" and I'd have to restart it -- to get the same problem.

When I said I "deleted" files, I removed all of the fsuipc files that had been installed (documentation, the dll itself, etc).

Now I understand how the files can become corrupt, however I Haven't installed anything new for about a week or so now, other than copying in the FSUIPC4.dll

[Pete Dowson]

I used a backup copy of my DLL and EXE files and it seems to be working now.

Didn't you save copies of the broken ones? I'd like to have seen what happened to them, and maybe identify the culprit that way!

I hadn't modified anything else AT ALL. I copied the DLL from the Updates announcement thread, and then when I booted up FSX I'd get the error I posted, then FSX would "stop responding" and I'd have to restart it -- to get the same problem.

Yes, but that really cannot possibly happen merely by copying in the new DLL. There's no way, honestly.

When I said I "deleted" files, I removed all of the fsuipc files that had been installed (documentation, the dll itself, etc).

There's really never any need to do that.

Now I understand how the files can become corrupt, however I Haven't installed anything new for about a week or so now, other than copying in the FSUIPC4.dll

And you didn't want to show them to me as I asked? Now I cannot identify the cause. The same problem can occur again. The previous user did the same, so we are none the wiser yet again. :-(

Regards

Pete

[SkylarM]

I think it was something to do with AES. I had it installed, decided I didn't really care for it, and uninstalled it (this was about a week ago prior to the error)... so it may have had something to do with it not uninstalling it correctly?