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Yesterday I started having trouble logging in one character via stormfront. My other four characters log in fine, and this one did too yesterday, but suddenly I get an error message every time I try to log in. Before Stormfront can start up, I get an error message that says:
Layout Paragraph: GetTextExtentExPoint and then a C++ runtime error for stormfront.exe.
I'm running Windows 8.1.
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling a few times. I've tried running stormfront.exe and launcher.exe in Win7 compatability mode.
All of that character's info is saved locally. I can log in with that character on other computers using Stormfront, or from the problem computer using the web client.
Anyone have any ideas?
I haven't worked with Windows 8.1 directly, but you should be able to set it to run in a lower Windows revision context.
I hate this approach, but since SFE isn't even starting, it's probably a service or driver installed with your 8.1 implementation that's causing this. And no good way to determine which, that I know of, based on that message.
Details on using Compatibility Troubleshooter here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/older-programs-compatible-version-windows
Doug
I hate this approach, but since SFE isn't even starting, it's probably a service or driver installed with your 8.1 implementation that's causing this. And no good way to determine which, that I know of, based on that message.
Details on using Compatibility Troubleshooter here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/older-programs-compatible-version-windows
Doug
