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Windower wont launch
Lakshmi.Glaciont
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By Lakshmi.Glaciont 2012-06-17 00:47:55
yeah go and doublecheck/triplecheck your windower settings, when you start the gui does it start up and just not launch? or does the gui not start either?
the gui starts up just fine, but when i click launch i go through the same stuff.
VIP
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By Siren.Kalilla 2012-06-17 00:58:14
if you are using windows 7, create a shortcut of the GUI and pin the shortcut to to your taskbar, that what makes it work for me.
if not forgive me, i didn't read the thread ; ;
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Lakshmi.Glaciont
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By Lakshmi.Glaciont 2012-06-17 00:58:45
Quetzalcoatl.Dawnn said: »are you running it from the icon on the desktop or the actual windower executable?
for whatever reason whenever i download/install windower the desktop icons dont work for me
sorta ninja edit: I downloaded windower with firefox so my path for it is c:/program files/mozilla/windower/
go in there, right mouse click the launcher.exe or windower.exe i forget and click send to desktop. It'll create a working shortcut on the desktop and as long as you launch it in admin it'll be fine
could be something related but if its the same as mine then that'll fix it, that way you can keep UAC enabled and crap
No fly zone man, didn't work :/
if you are using windows 7, create a shortcut of the GUI and pin the shortcut to to your taskbar, that what makes it work for me.
if not forgive me, i didn't read the thread ; ;
Also didn't :(
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By Siren.Kalilla 2012-06-17 01:02:08
if you are using windows 7, create a shortcut of the GUI and pin the shortcut to to your taskbar, that what makes it work for me.
if not forgive me, i didn't read the thread ; ;
Also didn't :( lame ; ;!
hope you get it fixed :\ if I knew more tricks to make it work I would share but I do not :(
By Jetackuu 2012-06-17 01:03:00
yeah go and doublecheck/triplecheck your windower settings, when you start the gui does it start up and just not launch? or does the gui not start either?
the gui starts up just fine, but when i click launch i go through the same stuff.
silly question maybe, but is it the steam(or other digital) XI or disc XI?
and did you use the pol for win vista/7?
Lakshmi.Glaciont
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By Lakshmi.Glaciont 2012-06-17 01:04:45
yeah go and doublecheck/triplecheck your windower settings, when you start the gui does it start up and just not launch? or does the gui not start either?
the gui starts up just fine, but when i click launch i go through the same stuff.
silly question maybe, but is it the steam(or other digital) XI or disc XI?
and did you use the pol for win vista/7?
disc, and yep i downloaded the one from the the website.
if you are using windows 7, create a shortcut of the GUI and pin the shortcut to to your taskbar, that what makes it work for me.
if not forgive me, i didn't read the thread ; ;
Also didn't :( lame ; ;!
hope you get it fixed :\ if I knew more tricks to make it work I would share but I do not :(
all good : [
By Jetackuu 2012-06-17 01:24:01
I'd uninstall windower and reinstall it if you haven't already.
where'd you leave windower (since for me it likes to stay in the damn firefox folder, I typically move it to program files (x86), not sure if that would change anything.
Lakshmi.Glaciont
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By Lakshmi.Glaciont 2012-06-17 01:32:12
:/ no go........
Lakshmi.Glaciont
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By Lakshmi.Glaciont 2012-06-17 01:47:02
Just reinstalled playonline.... still doesnt work.
Im just going to try to attempt this tomorrow....
By Jetackuu 2012-06-17 02:00:11
it shouldn't be a pol/xi issue, go ahead and disable everything you can think of, even go offline if you need/want to, then try to run.
Did you play with any video drivers since you last started pol up?
or do you have different settings for launcher and pol in your profile?
Lakshmi.Glaciont
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By Lakshmi.Glaciont 2012-06-17 11:05:12
I know, I just thought I would rule it out. As for my video drivers, i believe they were up to date back then when I played on this computer.
whatcha mean different settings?
By Jetackuu 2012-06-17 11:34:22
video card managers let one have different settings for different programs.
as for the other settings:
windower settings, xi's config settings, make sure using the right language.
check your device manager a moment and make sure all your devices are installed.
Lakshmi.Glaciont
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By Lakshmi.Glaciont 2012-06-17 12:45:22
All drivers are installed, and i've configured the video card manager to allow everything for windower/playonline.
As for settings I have it all setup properaly, inported settings using the gui and have the language set right. I also installed all windows updates just incase.
Still no go :/
Carbuncle.Kunisama
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By Carbuncle.Kunisama 2012-06-17 13:01:51
Long shot but do you have an infra red receiver or bluetooth or anything like that on your pc? If so try disabling them, I know my IR receiver used to cause alot of problems with windower.
By Jetackuu 2012-06-17 13:10:22
I'm pretty much out of ideas without looking, on monday afternoon (est) I'll be online, can teamviewer in and take a look if you want.
/scratches head
Lakshmi.Glaciont
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By Lakshmi.Glaciont 2012-06-17 13:15:38
Carbuncle.Kunisama said: »Long shot but do you have an infra red receiver or bluetooth or anything like that on your pc? If so try disabling them, I know my IR receiver used to cause alot of problems with windower.
No go :[ unplugged everything.
And yea jet i wouldn't mind that.
Lakshmi.Glaciont
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By Lakshmi.Glaciont 2012-06-17 14:55:20
I feel like it's just getting stuck when loading, in processes the memory used stays the same which to me suggests it is frozen or stuck......
Lakshmi.Glaciont
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By Lakshmi.Glaciont 2012-06-17 17:53:04
:/ anyone have any clue?
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By Lakshmi.Glaciont 2012-06-17 18:20:51
FIXED! It was my antivirus. If you're having the same issue as me and have comodo installed, unistall it.
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By Jetackuu 2012-06-17 22:29:05
FIXED! It was my antivirus. If you're having the same issue as me and have comodo installed, unistall it.
I've run XI with comodo installed before well their firewall.
I just use Microsoft Security Essentials for AV.
(it likes to flag keygens though...)
I have noticed some programs like to mess with XI in very odd ways, like on my computer I use virtualbox no problem, on my gf's pc it caused severe lag, unplayable lag, it was due to the way it latches on the network card, sad part is that it wasn't even running and it still did it...
(although I fixed it I still can't get her to play /sadface).
Lakshmi.Glaciont
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By Lakshmi.Glaciont 2012-06-17 22:42:20
FIXED! It was my antivirus. If you're having the same issue as me and have comodo installed, unistall it.
I've run XI with comodo installed before well their firewall.
I just use Microsoft Security Essentials for AV.
(it likes to flag keygens though...)
I have noticed some programs like to mess with XI in very odd ways, like on my computer I use virtualbox no problem, on my gf's pc it caused severe lag, unplayable lag, it was due to the way it latches on the network card, sad part is that it wasn't even running and it still did it...
(although I fixed it I still can't get her to play /sadface).
That's the weird thing, I used comodo for 6 years with ffxi and never had a problem with it. Don't understand why now all of a sudden there's a problem when it comes to windower
By Jetackuu 2012-06-17 22:44:37
idk maybe an issue with an update or something, maybe you could contact the comodo support and report a bug.
edit: I liked the prospect of using their DNS but I had to stop because my school had this odd way of authentication (with a web redirect) and that didn't work with a custom dns. I also didn't like that I couldn't just select programs from running processes to block, and had to add everything manually, I stopped using it altogether when I realized I could just edit my hosts file to block adobe from calling home.
Herro everyone
I'm probably going to get some hate but whatever. I have searched forever for a way to fix this problem. The official website is a ghost town and other threads i've read havent provided a fix for me :(. So, i've come here asking for a bit of help.
As the title says, windower just doesnt want to launch. Whenever i double click launcher.exe the loading icon appears then returns to to normal. I'm not sure what is going on here. I have tried reinstalling windower and pol, I've ran it as admin and in compatibility mode, and i've tried using the gui to avail.
Oddly though, when I go to task manager, pol.exe is there under processes but not application. With that in mind I have two additional questions: when opening windower does it appear as pol.exe normally or as windower.exe? and if so, could this be the problem and is there a fix?
Any help would be great.... I cannot stand to play using the old macro system, I long for spellcast :(.
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