Does not start - Win 7

[dartrax]

Hi,
EventGhost_0.3.5c does not start for me on Win 7, also not "as administrator" and/or compatibility mode.

EventGhost.exe.log:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "EventGhost.pyw", line 39, in <module>
  File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost/eg/Main.py", line 97, in <module>
    eg.Init(debugLevel)
  File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\eg\Init.py", line 261, in Init
    self.DoImports1()
  File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\eg\Init.py", line 390, in DoImports1
    from WinAPI.Pathes import (
  File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\eg\WinAPI\Pathes.py", line 14, in <module>
    STARTUP = get_path2(shellcon.CSIDL_STARTUP)
  File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\eg\WinAPI\Pathes.py", line 10, in get_path2
    location = shell.SHGetFolderPath(0, folderId, None, 0)
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147024894, 'Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.', None, None)

The error message translated: "The system cannot find the given file."

dartrax

[stottle]

Is there any reason you are using such an old version?

Newer versions can be found here.

Brett

[dartrax]

Is there any reason you are using such an old version?

Yes - it's the newest Version on the SourceForge Project Page!

Please correct this. I now have this old version installed on two PCs.

-dartrax

[eatmeimadanish]

Yeah because complaining in the forum right next to the download button and requesting people to update the software on some remote site IS INDEED an easier way to get the new version.

[Pete7874]

I'm having the same problem on W7 64-bit. I have EventGhost in the startup folder and also checked in EventGhost options to start automatically. It is set to "Run as administrator". Yet, it does not start automatically.

0.3.7r1262



Thanks.

[Pete7874]

Update: I solved the problem by following these directions (just replace the path to PeerBlock with a path to your EventGhost.exe file):

http://www.peerblock.com/userguide/how_ ... untcontrol

[Mangoat]

I'm having the same problem on W7 64-bit. I have EventGhost in the startup folder and also checked in EventGhost options to start automatically. It is set to "Run as administrator". Yet, it does not start automatically.

0.3.7r1262



Thanks.

Apologies for necro-bumping an older thread, but I was having the same issue as you. However, I discovered that it was down to the folder you install to.

On a 64 bit system, Event Ghost installs to "Program Files (x86)" by default, and it doesn't seem to like this on start up. If you install to the regular 32 bit path of just "Program Files" it should start with Windows just fine.