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Couatl64_P3D.exe - Entry Point Not Found **WINDOWS 7 is no longer supported**
Captain Lars:
I use Windows 7 and experience the same problems. I tried Achmed's solution attempt for several days actually but to no avail, couatl scripting engine won't start because it has been modified. I own GSX part 1, Zurich, Honolulu, Vancouver, Memphis and Louisville (EUR 147,15 for me) and none of these work any more, showing only docking bridges.
Please change the one character in couatl64_P3D.exe from "0" to "1" and ideally make an announcement of how to obtain the necessary "api-ms-win-downlevel-ole32-l1-1-1.dll". An alternate solution would be that you provide us with an installer from the beginning of february so that I can use my products.
Thank you in advance
Lars
virtuali:
As I've said, several times by now:
- Windows 7 is unsupported since January 2020, and we repeated this over and over many times when asked during the past 2 years, keep saying what IS happening right now: that at a certain point, any update in the MS libraries and/or VC++ compilers that Microsoft released would break compatibility with Windows 7 at any time, urging users to upgrade.
- I don't think you can just change a .dll like that but, as I've said so many times, we don't have ANY means to test it, since nobody at FSDT uses Windows 7 since years, you cannot even buy a copy, and while Microsoft DOES let freely download an OS Image to be used on a Virtual Machine ( that was a way I tried to pursue to be able to test the problem ), but they only have the 32 BIT version of Windows 7 for some reason.
- I already linked a site where you could download that 1-1 .dll but that's stops there because, again, there's no way for us to know if it works.
Something you can try is using the 32 BIT version of Couatl, it should still work and before we had a 64 bit version, this was used for all simulators. To enable it, open this file:
Documents\Prepar3d V5 add-ons\Fsdreamteam Addon Manager\ADD-ON.XML
Look for this line:
<Path>C:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager\couatl64\Couatl64_P3D.exe</Path>
and change it to:
<Path>C:\Program Files (x86)\Addon Manager\couatl\Couatl.exe</Path>
This assuming a default installation, if you installed elsehwere, your paths will look different, so makes your changes accordingly. This will configure it to use the 32 bit version of the program, maybe it will work better in Windows 7.
Captain Lars:
Thank you, I did as you said and it works. There's a delay of about 1/2 second when commanding the GSX menu, but of what I have tested, everything seems to work. Is there any downside of not using the 64Bit version, any functionality missing? I run Windows 7 64Bit and P3D 4.5 HF2.
For the time being, the work-around is fine, but I still think you should fix this (despite of what you explained).
Captain Kevin:
--- Quote from: Captain Lars on March 05, 2022, 02:44:13 am ---For the time being, the work-around is fine, but I still think you should fix this (despite of what you explained).
--- End quote ---
But how do they fix it when they can't test it.
Captain Lars:
--- Quote from: Captain Kevin on March 05, 2022, 03:39:05 am ---
--- Quote from: Captain Lars on March 05, 2022, 02:44:13 am ---For the time being, the work-around is fine, but I still think you should fix this (despite of what you explained).
--- End quote ---
But how do they fix it when they can't test it.
--- End quote ---
I volunteer as Beta tester when they try to tackle this.
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