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LMMS Crashes on start.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 1:30 am
by LinusEDM
I saw LMMS today and was introduced to it. I download it being completely intrigued, and it crashes on start.
I get this error: "This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way."
I can't seem to find a fix, can i get some help?
*Windows 10 User
*FL main user.
Re: LMMS Crashes on start.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 2:58 pm
by musikbear
LinusEDM wrote:I saw LMMS today and was introduced to it.
Welcome to the forum LinusEDM! First, For you, all important links:
http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4740
And a few rules for posting and using the right sub-forum :)
it crashes on start.
Thats unfortunate, but also strange.
Did you get your lmms from our official page?
https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/releases/d ... -win32.exe
What i would like you to do first is to do a proper un-install
Then
Delete your current lmms-dl.
Scan your pc for anything 'lmms', and delete it
DL the version i linked to above
Install.
Dont worry, we have up to now, at least always gotten lmms running on win10 :)
Re: LMMS Crashes on start.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 4:14 pm
by LinusEDM
Thank you for the reply.
Unfortunately I'm still having the same problem.
The full error says:
Runtime Error! Program: C\Program Files (x86)\LMMS\lmms.exe This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information.
Hope that helps a little more. The error window says
Microsoft C++ Runtime Library at the top.
Thanks again.
Re: LMMS Crashes on start.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 5:46 pm
by mrlmmsguy
LMMS should be installed in the regular Programs Directory, not the (x86) one. How are you installing it?
Re: LMMS Crashes on start.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 12:20 am
by musikbear
LinusEDM wrote:Thank you for the reply.
Hope that helps a little more. The error window says Microsoft C++ Runtime Library at the top.
Ahhh!! Then its the libportaudio, and the sound-devise.
i believe you can fix it by removing the file i describe here:
https://lmms.io/wiki/index.php?title=LM ... h_Settings
I am also almost sure that it is the same issue that we have here:
https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/512
https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/issues/1173
See if that fixes it. Otherwise i will send you a file, that will 'trick lmms to believe that you have a previous working installation, and that worked last time :p
If i find the link, il will post it here too, but this is fixable :)
Re: LMMS Crashes on start.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 1:19 am
by LinusEDM
Thanks for the reply musikbear.
I looked for the file that you listed and my PC says it can't be found anywhere.
I also looked through all of the Program Files (x86) files of LMMS and could not find any .xml files whatsoever.
Re: LMMS Crashes on start.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:16 am
by brandystarbrite
I'm currently using the portable version of Lmms 1.1.3 on Win XP.
This might be a stretch, but....
If possible, try the
portable version of Lmms 1.1.3, and see if it works, at least for now.
http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/lmms-portable
Tell us if the portable version works.
If however, the same problem occurs, please tell us.

Re: LMMS Crashes on start.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 12:45 pm
by musikbear
portable.. well njei.. that is not how i like to solve this. We need to understand this better, but first i need to find out where win10 hides the .lmmsrc.xml I hope someone in community knows...
A different type of direct-sound port-audio also exists....
I just want to solve this without that.. file, because its not ours..
But DO try the portable version as Brandy suggest. I dont see it as a real -solution-, because there is no doubt an overhead on CPU usage, so lmms will work less efficient :/
Re: LMMS Crashes on start.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 4:23 pm
by slipstick
The .lmmsrc.xml file is in the same place on my Win 10 machine as it is on the older Win 7. I.e. C:/Users/"username"/.lmmsrc.xml
NOTE: it's at the top level NOT in the C:/Users/"username"/lmms folder which is my LMMS working directory. But they are both using the 64 bit version. I don't know if the 32 bit version does anything different though I can't think of any reason why it would.
Steve
Re: LMMS Crashes on start.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 4:44 pm
by musikbear
slipstick wrote:The .lmmsrc.xml file is in the same place on my Win 10 machine as it is on the older Win 7. I.e. C:/Users/"username"/.lmmsrc.xml
Steve
Yop, i have also two confirmations on this from an other topic and
@LinusEDM
Here is what we will do:
Take
THIS in the code-box and
copy that to a
code-editor
!! NOT '
Word' or any other text-editor! !!
Maby you can use note-pad..
Code: Select all
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE lmms-config-file>
<lmms version="1.1.3">
<app nomsgaftersetup="0" displaydbv="0" nommpz="1" configured="1"/>
<audioportaudio backend="MME" device="Microsoft Sound Mapper - Input"/>
<audiosdl device=""/>
<mixer framesperaudiobuffer="6400" hqaudio="1" audiodev="SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer)" mididev="WinMM MIDI"/>
<recentfiles>
</recentfiles>
</lmms>
Now install lmms
again
Then go to
C:/Users/"username"/
And locate the new
.lmmsrc.xml
If it is
still not there:
Take the code from my codebox and rename it
.lmmsrc.xml
OBSERVE THE DOT!! YOU MUST HAVE THAT!
Then copy it to C:/Users/"username"/
Start LMMS
IF there IS a new
.lmmsrc.xml
MOVE! that file to a different folder!
Take the code from my codebox and rename it
.lmmsrc.xml
Then copy it to C:/Users/"username"/
Start LMMS
Please tell us if it worked :)