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|    Message 207 of 1,004    |
|    Tim Schattkowsky to Ulrich Schroeter    |
|    Re: fresh new install runtime error 216    |
|    05 Dec 21 22:17:32    |
      MSGID: 2:240/1120.29 00fee905       CHRS: IBMPC 2       TZUTC: 0100       REPLY: 2:240/1120@fidonet 61acab00       //Hello Ulrich,//              on *05.12.21* at *11:50:32* You wrote in rea *WINPOINT*       to *Tim Schattkowsky* about *"fresh new install runtime error 216"*.               US>>>>>>> setup exe ... all I get is a runtime error 216 any hints ?        TS>>>>>> Not really. Works here in various Win10 x64 installations including        TS>>>>>> my desktop with the latest patches and various VMs. Anything special        TS>>>>>> about that VM?               US>>>>> 2 fresh new Win10 Pro installations:               US>>>>> a. Host Win10 Pro 64bit, Build 17763.1577        US>>>>> b. Guest Win10 Pro 32bit, Build 19042.1348               US> 3rd installation try .. on top of bare metal lenovo v510 with the win10        US> pro 64bit build: 1909 (18363.1556)        US> I've get a splash screen (WinPoint) ... and then nothing else on the        US> taskbar there is a "WinPoint Setup" pinned and a mouse hover displays a        US> white box in the taskmanager details the process setup.exe still displays        US> with path c:\install\wp2005b5\setup.exe        US> but nothing else happens               US> every runtime error 216 results at the same address              I just        - made a fresh install of Windows 10 Professional x64 21H2 German directly       from an ISO created by the Meda Creation tool into a VirtualBox VM (4GB RAM,       50GB Disk, rest defaults)       - download Winpoint Beta 5 from www.winpoint.org using Edge       - double clicked the .ZIP and ran setup.exe directly from the ZIP       - completed the setup without issues       - successfully ran winpoint               So still, I cannot reproduce the issue :(              Regards,       Tim       --- WinPoint 380.2        * Origin: Original WinPoint Origin! (2:240/1120.29)       SEEN-BY: 30/0 221/1 6 229/426 428 664 700 240/1120 261/38 280/464       SEEN-BY: 282/464 1038 292/854 301/0 1 101 113 335/364 341/66 371/0       SEEN-BY: 920/1 2452/250 5020/1042 5058/104       PATH: 240/1120 301/1 229/426           |
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