Author Topic: bglman.dll compatibility solved (Read 15352 times)

gapdblue37 · « **on:** January 30, 2010, 06:18:15 pm »

Hello gents,

I'm running FS9 on Win7 64 bit and I recently purchased this scenery. When I installed it I found that I could no longer load FS9. As I read in the manual I did as suggested and removed bglman.dll and bglman.dat from the modules folder and I could sign on again. I then uninstalled, then tried again, including the standalong addon manager after running my installer again with no success. I'm wondering if there is another version of the scenery I could try to work with to see if it is compatible with Win 7. Any other ideas also welcome.

Thanks,

Norberto "Bert" Rivera
KORD Hub Manager
American Airlines Virtual
www.aavirtual.com

virtuali · « **Reply #1 on:** January 30, 2010, 09:16:21 pm »

The current version of the Addon Manager is compatible with Windows 7, any version.

Please, be sure to do the following:

- Turn the Antivirus OFF

- Reinstall the Stand-Alone Addon Manager. Don't launch FS9 yet

- Configure your antivirus to exclude the following file from scanning:

FS9\MODULES\bglman.dll

- Turn the antivirus back ON, then try it.

gapdblue37 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 07, 2010, 03:25:27 am »

I tried that and it did not work.

I uninstalled the addon manager, turned off my AV, reinstalled the addon manager, added bglman.dll and all the bglman related DAT files to the exclude list on the AV. When I try to launch FS9 it will not launch at all. I get an error message that FS has stopped working and must close at the splash screen.

If it helps, I'm running AVG v 9.0.733 and I turned off the Resident Shield, Firewall, Web Shield, and E-mail scanner modules all off prior to installation and left them off until I added the files to the exclude list.

virtuali · « **Reply #3 on:** February 07, 2010, 07:36:42 am »

Check you have the following file:

Esellerateengine.dll

in the C:\ProgramData\Esellerate ( this is an hidden folder, you need to turn on hidden folders view to see it )

and check you DON'T have the same file in the following folders:

C:\Windows ( if this is where you installed Windows )
Your FS9 main folder

gapdblue37 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 13, 2010, 05:58:53 am »

Still not working.

A friend suggested uninstalling completely and starting over. He mentioned something about having to delete a file or files in the root directory, but I don't know where those would be. I've looked and I can't find any remnants of DCA, ORD or the addon manager.

virtuali · « **Reply #5 on:** February 13, 2010, 10:26:40 am »

Quote from: gapdblue37 on February 13, 2010, 05:58:53 am

He mentioned something about having to delete a file or files in the root directory, but I don't know where those would be.

Which is exactly what I've said you should check, refering to the Esellerateengine.dll. See my previous message.

gapdblue37 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 14, 2010, 06:20:41 pm »

And I've done that. The Addon Manager Installer puts the file in C:\Windows by default. There is no other Esellerate.dll file created. I checked the FS9 directory for it. I've moved it to the C:\ProgramData\Esellerate folder as instructed and it still will not work. This is getting very frustrating.

virtuali · « **Reply #7 on:** February 14, 2010, 08:27:48 pm »

Quote from: gapdblue37 on February 14, 2010, 06:20:41 pm

The Addon Manager Installer puts the file in C:\Windows by default.

No, it doesn't.

The Addon Manager installer puts the file in the correct folder for the OS used, which is C:\Windows ONLY under Windows XP

Under Vista and above, which includes Windows 7, the Addon Manager installer puts the .dll in the C:\ProgramData\Esellerate folder

I asked you to check, NOT because our installer puts the .dll in the wrong folder, but because you might have run installers for *other* products (including old Cloud9 installers) that use the C:\Windows folder, regardless of the OS, which is wrong.

Are you running the installer, or Windows 7 itself, or FS9, in one of the XP compatibility modes, or the XP Virtual machine ? This would explain why you have that .dll in the C:\Windows folder, since your system is behaving like XP.

gapdblue37 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 14, 2010, 09:40:20 pm »

I'm running FS9 and the installers both in XP SP3 compatibility modes. Now that you mention it. I had run an older installer for the Washington Scenery to demo it before I purchased. (v1.01). I uninstalled it using the control panel, but it still shows up on the list. All the program files were removed but it is still listed. I double checked after uninstalling in C:\, C:\Windows, C:\ProgramData as well as the FS9 folder and there were no Cloud9 or FSDT files left that I could find. I will try it by turning off compatibility mode on FS9 and the installers and see if that will work until I hear something else from you.

gapdblue37 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 14, 2010, 10:03:29 pm »

Well, after a complete uninstall of all FSDT sceneries (KORD and KJFK) and Cloud9 KDCA it now works. I turned off compatibility mode for XP. It still would not run, then I tried running FS9 only under Compatibility Mode for Vista SP2 and all is well so far. I have installed and tested ORD and DCA. I still have to install JFK, but I don't foresee any problems. Thank you for your help.

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