addons did not install

Meanwhile a friend of mine suggested to delete the folder "updates".

After having done that Windower has created a new folder containing "manifest.xml" and "resources.xml".

Now the "Addons" Tab on Windower's setup is completly empty. *ugs*

Kind regards,

Omen

Yes, this is also a known bug, also happens only on Windows XP.

Omen could you please post the crash log on github or pastebin and link it here?

https://gist.github.com/

http://pastebin.com/

Or just paste it in a post if its pretty small.

Checked yesterday evening the available addons in my windower with a friends one.

 

Logger, chatlink are not showing up, while tparty's got a lua file that only shows HP% but not TP.

 

We verified multiple times that windower is downloading a different lua file in my place than his

installation does on his place (unload addon, delete directory, re-activate the addon itself and

thus force it to download).

 

To me this sounds like my windower is having issues in downloading the proper content.

 

Next to this I remarked randomly an abort of the starting process when I launch from Pol to

Ingame. The reasons according to crash log are folder issues. Would have uploaded the crash.log

but I am not allowed to do so.

 

Kind regards,

Omen

Yeah, my bad, that was wrong. Change "load" to "lua load". The difference is that the first will load plugins while the latter will load addons.

Ok, I will try this the next time I log onto Windower and let you know what happens. Thanks.

There isn't much info in the crashlog itself:

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[ 4.2.5304.40974 ] 2014-09-25 17:21:37.3750000 UTC
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System.IO.IOException: Der Prozess kann nicht auf die Datei "C:\Programme\Windower4\scripts\autoload\autoload.txt" zugreifen, da sie von einem anderen Prozess verwendet wird.
   bei System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   bei System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath)
   bei System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
   bei #=qlhg1zXFH7V_ke$w3t0TlBrKaBJj3lO$Kt8s5cK3RMbE=.#=qB54pet5WJu_olsU4Mciqmg==(String #=qtXeegTq0vfcOySb5n9xexg==, #=q1$$mmPBOmxHvkrt263sfKs$XKpJhC$HaDntOe2aOqmI= #=q8ZH7VreTaPZxQMo4uALDwA==, Boolean #=q0lMy24WJiQAb8pL7fxu1hg==, TimeSpan #=qKE05wSZJPxAphftOx3ltVQ==)
   bei #=qlhg1zXFH7V_ke$w3t0TlBrKaBJj3lO$Kt8s5cK3RMbE=.#=qvZa5Q6TeRierycWhQLTD2A==(String #=qMhEamzJSzXlRVZQ1UZpPVg==, #=q1$$mmPBOmxHvkrt263sfKs$XKpJhC$HaDntOe2aOqmI= #=qSUK4MC9SN9vctHqyOvLiOQ==, Boolean #=qWunNUrzaZdd0UQEPovq8_Q==)
   bei #=qeP7u32INvpYiR49eK03MhWWpNIWJHeiDB$tUxV5Eug0=.#=qZFqRcnNJ8sgyyHLIc0FDpA==()
   bei #=q52ANejN2zeSoIc9fHjHKdNrho2yBfAWFvuCJaFvzBAQ=.#=qRCIks4INXej3GUzML$gYbA==(#=qSeGpLzo$XTCItZONsCYhkA== #=q2a$7gFZx5p0EiIlvF9uGnw==)
   bei #=qSeGpLzo$XTCItZONsCYhkA==.#=qtBMZzOYZb6$C9xzc2zKOSg==()
   bei System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
   bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean ignoreSyncCtx)
   bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   bei System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
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[ 4.2.5414.29359 ] 2014-11-12 18:52:31.9062500 UTC
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System.IO.IOException: Der Prozess kann nicht auf die Datei "C:\Programme\Windower4\scripts\autoload\autoload.txt" zugreifen, da sie von einem anderen Prozess verwendet wird.
   bei System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   bei System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath)
   bei System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
   bei #=q2E_f2wl6sGWzFZEkJUXQUyKglPYM51bHEa8f3gjU9vg=.#=qXY4YYWr2E1HwfDgUb0YdIA==(String #=qLPeuP0euzJ_PirSUJzeAdA==, #=qSBEp3jJAXVad70PbaEDOygcWExZAiLse5NwE42MfEpg= #=q5ecFsDHwiPWjZfVGtr$PIw==, Boolean #=qKW_NF6EjCbPLPILfTcyoWg==, TimeSpan #=qNmfjpf407kCByhUW1APqCg==)
   bei #=q2E_f2wl6sGWzFZEkJUXQUyKglPYM51bHEa8f3gjU9vg=.#=q_tR$BtqqdEGOH1Q6dNiF9A==(String #=q1uvIE6A6RTVurZkxlLDsZQ==, #=qSBEp3jJAXVad70PbaEDOygcWExZAiLse5NwE42MfEpg= #=qoZGKMtXGZCVSuf2E2w_JrA==, Boolean #=qKW_NF6EjCbPLPILfTcyoWg==)
   bei #=qPJzBzAHNI6BpxYdt0aASCnRK2e_AdhuzPB_PHXrT4Ro=.#=q7DGBnk7K1VIg9kTO_w1bjQ==()
   bei #=qiWx$L_mKxnqPX2eAAwutJ26zan_sPbusRal9SfOnW0s=.#=qEOr1sYO7V6ttpenl4Y8KHQ==(#=qfakzaMqKyV3MlIpra5hPrg== #=q11sFrW3mdICpwlM$T973Mw==)
   bei #=qfakzaMqKyV3MlIpra5hPrg==.#=qOIM8MHeEGP0a7ijDlDWBdg==()
   bei System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
   bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean ignoreSyncCtx)
   bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   bei System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
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[ 4.2.5414.29359 ] 2014-11-19 18:10:32.9062500 UTC
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System.IO.IOException: Der Prozess kann nicht auf die Datei "C:\Programme\Windower4\scripts\autoload\autoload.txt" zugreifen, da sie von einem anderen Prozess verwendet wird.
   bei System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   bei System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath)
   bei System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
   bei #=q2E_f2wl6sGWzFZEkJUXQUyKglPYM51bHEa8f3gjU9vg=.#=qXY4YYWr2E1HwfDgUb0YdIA==(String #=qLPeuP0euzJ_PirSUJzeAdA==, #=qSBEp3jJAXVad70PbaEDOygcWExZAiLse5NwE42MfEpg= #=q5ecFsDHwiPWjZfVGtr$PIw==, Boolean #=qKW_NF6EjCbPLPILfTcyoWg==, TimeSpan #=qNmfjpf407kCByhUW1APqCg==)
   bei #=q2E_f2wl6sGWzFZEkJUXQUyKglPYM51bHEa8f3gjU9vg=.#=q_tR$BtqqdEGOH1Q6dNiF9A==(String #=q1uvIE6A6RTVurZkxlLDsZQ==, #=qSBEp3jJAXVad70PbaEDOygcWExZAiLse5NwE42MfEpg= #=qoZGKMtXGZCVSuf2E2w_JrA==, Boolean #=qKW_NF6EjCbPLPILfTcyoWg==)
   bei #=qPJzBzAHNI6BpxYdt0aASCnRK2e_AdhuzPB_PHXrT4Ro=.#=q7DGBnk7K1VIg9kTO_w1bjQ==()
   bei #=qiWx$L_mKxnqPX2eAAwutJ26zan_sPbusRal9SfOnW0s=.#=qEOr1sYO7V6ttpenl4Y8KHQ==(#=qfakzaMqKyV3MlIpra5hPrg== #=q11sFrW3mdICpwlM$T973Mw==)
   bei #=qfakzaMqKyV3MlIpra5hPrg==.#=qOIM8MHeEGP0a7ijDlDWBdg==()
   bei System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
   bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean ignoreSyncCtx)
   bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   bei System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
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[ 4.2.5414.29359 ] 2014-12-25 06:48:48.5888656 UTC
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System.IO.IOException: Der Prozess kann nicht auf die Datei "C:\Programme\Windower4\scripts\autoload\autoload.txt" zugreifen, da sie von einem anderen Prozess verwendet wird.
   bei System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   bei System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath)
   bei System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
   bei #=q2E_f2wl6sGWzFZEkJUXQUyKglPYM51bHEa8f3gjU9vg=.#=qXY4YYWr2E1HwfDgUb0YdIA==(String #=qLPeuP0euzJ_PirSUJzeAdA==, #=qSBEp3jJAXVad70PbaEDOygcWExZAiLse5NwE42MfEpg= #=q5ecFsDHwiPWjZfVGtr$PIw==, Boolean #=qKW_NF6EjCbPLPILfTcyoWg==, TimeSpan #=qNmfjpf407kCByhUW1APqCg==)
   bei #=q2E_f2wl6sGWzFZEkJUXQUyKglPYM51bHEa8f3gjU9vg=.#=q_tR$BtqqdEGOH1Q6dNiF9A==(String #=q1uvIE6A6RTVurZkxlLDsZQ==, #=qSBEp3jJAXVad70PbaEDOygcWExZAiLse5NwE42MfEpg= #=qoZGKMtXGZCVSuf2E2w_JrA==, Boolean #=qKW_NF6EjCbPLPILfTcyoWg==)
   bei #=qPJzBzAHNI6BpxYdt0aASCnRK2e_AdhuzPB_PHXrT4Ro=.#=q7DGBnk7K1VIg9kTO_w1bjQ==()
   bei #=qiWx$L_mKxnqPX2eAAwutJ26zan_sPbusRal9SfOnW0s=.#=qEOr1sYO7V6ttpenl4Y8KHQ==(#=qfakzaMqKyV3MlIpra5hPrg== #=q11sFrW3mdICpwlM$T973Mw==)
   bei #=qfakzaMqKyV3MlIpra5hPrg==.#=qOIM8MHeEGP0a7ijDlDWBdg==()
   bei System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
   bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean ignoreSyncCtx)
   bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   bei System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
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[ 4.2.5414.29359 ] 2015-01-21 20:45:49.1093750 UTC
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System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Ein Teil des Pfades "C:\Programme\Windower4\updates\temp\" konnte nicht gefunden werden.
   bei System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   bei System.IO.FileSystemEnumerableIterator`1.CommonInit()
   bei System.IO.FileSystemEnumerableIterator`1..ctor(String path, String originalUserPath, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption, SearchResultHandler`1 resultHandler)
   bei System.IO.DirectoryInfo.InternalGetFiles(String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
   bei System.IO.DirectoryInfo.GetFiles()
   bei #=qk_l5Tf2ElK4yk84gSJ_GEGXZNk5Mn8FoQEjw_qu9aOc=.#=qj5cDbKsd7oWRAh4s$NcQ_g==()
   bei #=qps1CXYPc6DKMcIHjjoTozX2_YMHOeqZIb2dvbQvYJKA=.#=q7DGBnk7K1VIg9kTO_w1bjQ==()
   bei #=qiWx$L_mKxnqPX2eAAwutJ26zan_sPbusRal9SfOnW0s=.#=qEOr1sYO7V6ttpenl4Y8KHQ==(#=qfakzaMqKyV3MlIpra5hPrg== #=q11sFrW3mdICpwlM$T973Mw==)
   bei #=qfakzaMqKyV3MlIpra5hPrg==.#=qOIM8MHeEGP0a7ijDlDWBdg==()
   bei System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
   bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean ignoreSyncCtx)
   bei System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
   bei System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
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There are more entries older than 2014-09-25, but those shouldn't have an effect to the current situation imho. Thou, i may deliver them if you want. The full contents is about 26k of information.

I never experience a crash despite the one when I leave the game back to POL.

Kind regards,

Omen

The crash.log file only contains crashes relating to the Windower launcher (the program with the green background), it has no relation to POL, FFXI and crashes in those programs. It says that it can't access the autoload file which it automatically creates, but it doesn't say why, and I can't say...

Ok, I will try this the next time I log onto Windower and let you know what happens. Thanks.

I typed lua load like you said and it worked. Thank you very much! ^^

If there is a permanent fix, will you post it here? Or will it just be an update?

It wasn't able to create the windower\updates\temp\ directory for downloading the updates either. How strange...

Been trying to create that temp directory at updates. Windower when started is deleting that one there silently.

With that the addons have been removed from autoload. Looks like an empty tab means they get removed.

So, whenever I am going to check if the addon tab is working again - i get them removed. *omg*

After thinking about the crash log entry with the temp directory - could it be a side effect of multiboxing?

Windower seems to download stuff into /updates/temp and clear the directory somwhen again. When having the

right timing in starting my different characters, the directory might be available and a second later gone - usually

a developer does not expect a directory disappears by its own inbetween checking existance and removing it after

work has been done. Anyway helpful?

Other than that I have no other results.

Kind regards,

Omen