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Windower and windows 7
 Gilgamesh.Rhavin
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 17:41:50
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I'm having a problem getting windower to run on my new laptop, win7, 64bit, NVIDIA Geforce GT 335M (drivers up to date - confirmed today). Windower either runs in regular POL mode with no console, or if i try to run as administrator it never loads at all. I have downloaded and redownloaded multiple times, reinstalled POL viewer for win7, tried changing out the hook on the windower website...nothing works
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By Asura.Kosmik 2011-03-26 17:50:18
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Did you try run the GUI Launcher and click the x64 box?
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 17:56:52
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I did, it still either loads in POL mode, or with "RAA" it still doesnt load at all. I also went it and made sure in the ffxi config that "run in windowed mode" was not checked.
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By DanielHatcher 2011-03-26 17:58:03
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You need to run it as an administrator.
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 18:01:05
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I have tried that. I right click and run as administrator, I even tried going into the properties and setting it to always run as administrator
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By Asura.Kosmik 2011-03-26 18:06:30
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hmm
ive seen the same thing a few times, usually just clicking x64 does the job.
you made sure to run the GUI launcher as admin and launched from it to make sure the settings were saved?
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 18:08:39
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Juat tried that. right clicked on GUI -> run as admin -> clicked x64 -> clicked launch -> little symbol comes up like comp is thinking for a sec, then nothing.
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By Diabolos.Prodigy 2011-03-26 18:11:23
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Make sure when you download the windower, dont install it in x86 or program files at all. Make a new file and download it to your desktop in it's own file. Then it should work. Also make sure you check x64 in the settings. That should do it.
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By Asura.Kosmik 2011-03-26 18:12:42
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Try disabling windows UAC also.
that *** is always messing things up
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By Carbuncle.Callicantzaros 2011-03-26 18:14:42
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Did you make sure to get the proper hook.dll file. I know there were a few issues that I had with it non 64bit. Try posting on there forum as well might get some extra help.
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 18:15:18
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Ok, uninstalling, and will start from scratch
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By Fenrir.Horsebreath 2011-03-26 18:17:04
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Asura.Kosmik said:
Try disabling windows UAC also.
that *** is always messing things up

Had the same issue. works fine now
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 18:21:22
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Turned off UAC

downloaded 3.42 -> C:\Users\Rhavin\Desktop\Windower

right clicked on launcher_GUI -> run as admin

clicked x64 -> clicked saved -> clicked launch

nothing happened.
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By Unicorn.Ducea 2011-03-26 18:31:02
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common problem. most of the time its the driver. certain cards will only run it correctly using the windows vista drivers. i have an old ati that requires the same to run on win7 64. no one knows why but do everything everyone else said and use the vista drivers. also blinkmenot no longer works
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 18:33:01
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Ok, Ducea, I also tried that. I have right clicked, and did "Troubleshoot Compatibility", and it tells me to run it either in xp serv pack 2, or vista serv pack 2, I have tried both. It still only loads the game in POL mode, no console.
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By Asura.Kosmik 2011-03-26 18:35:00
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he can get the game to run without windower tho if im understanding correctly.
doesnt seem like a video driver would be the prob if thats the case

not sure what to say now tho, usually those couple things fix the issue
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 18:39:28
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Yes, the game will run without windower.
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By Asura.Kosmik 2011-03-26 18:52:14
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what are the advanced settings looking like in the gui launcher?
just remembered a buddy of mine had to set the max sounds setting because for some reason it installed with a default of 0
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 18:58:05
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yeah, set to 0
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By Asura.Kosmik 2011-03-26 18:59:28
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Asura.Kosmik said:
try 12 on that

edit: i think thats the FF default
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 19:03:50
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hmmm, made that change, rightclicl -> RAA gui -> launch -> "that registry ket does not exist" -> gui closes
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By Gilgamesh.Cardinalgate 2011-03-26 19:04:46
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i dont have this issue at all nor do i have to "run as admin"
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 19:06:06
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hell, would it be worth going down to vista? lol, at least vista did what i told it to
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By Asura.Kosmik 2011-03-26 19:08:14
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ok run your actual FF config as admin, set up your settings in there and save, run GUI and try to Import Current Settings
seems like its not wanting to save the settings to the registry entry
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 19:14:45
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when i click "Import current settings" i get the "Registry key does not exist" again
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By Asura.Kosmik 2011-03-26 19:26:01
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well damn lol got me stumped here
guess it's not wanting to find your reg entry, beyond yet another reinstall, im not sure how to remedy that
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By Asura.Nightbear 2011-03-26 19:33:05
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I had the same issue on 7, first of did you download the PoL version for 7? it should be on the official site, that was my solution just to get PoL to run, then FFXI it self crashed, I had to completly take the the Ati drivers and let Windows use its own, if I didn't do that FFXI would just crash at the toon selection screen.
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By Gilgamesh.Rhavin 2011-03-26 19:36:24
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Yes, I went to the official site and downloaded the POL for win 7.

Win 7 sux, I might just take the vista CD from my desktop and get rid of 7 on my laptop with it lol
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By Asura.Nightbear 2011-03-26 20:06:42
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Probably its just the video drivers >.< , and yes win 7 gave me a mayor headache just to run FFXI.