runtime error on installation

[Marie]

I just had my laptop wiped and redone. Now whenever I try to run the Exultwin32.exe I get the following error:

Runtime Error (at - 1.0):

Cannot Import
d//:C\Users\me\AppData\Local\Temp\is-HFR3P.tmp\exconfig.dll.

Why in the world is this happening? I had exult installed on here before the wipe and nothing has changed, that I know of.

[Jaesun]

I would just re-install Exult. It's not that large of a download, and it will not effect any of your saves.

[Dominus]

Jaesun, that's what Marie is trying

Marie, which Windows version? Maybe try running it as an admin. AFAIR you can right click on the exe and chose that.

[Marie]

Windows 10, but it was 10 before the wipe and I have tried it as administrator. ..lol talk about frustrating haha

[Dominus]

Doesn't help much, but when it worked before, was it from an earlier Windows installation that you upgraded to 10?
Just maybe our installer is not compatible but no one noticed because they all upgraded...

Last thing to try: please redownload and thrn start the installer manually. Just maybe it got corrupted for some reason...

[Marie]

Yes it was installed on windows 8 before I upgraded to windows 10. I will try it manually to see if it works and I'll let you know It will be in a little bit though. ..busy morning!

[Dominus]

And please try disabling your virus scanner or anything else similar to that - I know not the best advice but then those apps can often be a pita...

[Marie]

This is the weirdest thing. Yesterday I spent hours trying to install and it kept popping up that stupid error. Today I go and for kicks and giggles double clicked the file and bam... it freaking worked! What in the world...lol

Thank you so much for the help though!

[Dominus]

Yeah!

[krai]

Hurray for necroposting!
I have exactly the same problem. And almost the same situation. I had reinstalled my Windows 10 and Exult stopped working. So I decided to reinstall it. But first of all, to delete old installation (stupid me). Now I'm getting the same error as Marie.
Well, I think I will try to wait one day and then double-click on installation file again.
But maybe there is something that can be fixed and nobody else will have to encounter this problem?

[ADT]

Has anyone managed to find a solution to this runtime error? Running the latest insider build of Windows 10 Home (17763) and I get "Runtime Error (at - 1.0)..." every time I run the installation exe. Tried running as admin and compatibility mode, but no dice. Hhhaaalllppp!!!

[Dominus]

We have no clue why that is happening. Maybe try, as I suggested before, dusabling any virus detection.

[TK]

The problem is that exconfig.dll is extracted to wrong directory.

C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\exult>innounp047\innounp.exe -x Exultwin32.exe
; Version detected: 5402
#1 {app}\Exult.exe
Reading slice C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\exult\Exultwin32.exe
#2 {app}\COPYING.txt
#3 {app}\SDL2.dll
#4 {app}\README-SDL.txt
#5 {app}\AUTHORS.txt
#6 {app}\bgdefaultkeys.txt
#7 {app}\ChangeLog.txt
#8 {app}\exult.cfg.example
#9 {app}\faq.html
#10 {app}\FAQ.txt
#11 {app}\NEWS.txt
#12 {app}\ReadMe.html
#13 {app}\README.txt
#14 {app}\README.win32.txt
#15 {app}\sidefaultkeys.txt
#16 {app}\images\back.gif
#17 {app}\images\docs01.png
#18 {app}\images\docs02.png
#19 {app}\images\docs03.png
#20 {app}\images\docs04.png
#21 {app}\images\docs05.png
#22 {app}\images\docs06.png
#23 {app}\images\exult_logo.gif
#24 {app}\data\exult.flx
#25 {app}\data\exult_bg.flx
#26 {app}\data\exult_si.flx
#27 {tmp}\exconfig.dll
#28 install_script.iss


Workaround is to extract the installer like a zip, with http://innounp.sourceforge.net/

-tagi

[Knight Captain]

I recently installed the latest build on Win10 x64 and had no trouble.

I did notice the improved money move was off by default. Not sure if that's abnormal.

[TK]

I ran into the exact error that's in the first post in Win10 X64. Something fails in the InnoSetup. It would be more sure if it were released as .zip file without the installer.